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Thursday, January 23, 1919
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The Headlines
FIXED RAILROAD POLICY IS ASKED BY KRUTTSCHNITT; Urges Senators to Establish "One That Does Not Change Every Four Years." TELLS EXECUTIVES' IDEAS Their Suggestion Calls for a Cabinet Post and Avoiding Conflicts on Rates. DENIES LINES BROKE DOWN Southern Pacific Official Questions Superior Efficiency Claimed for Federal Control. Objections to Standardization. Denies Service Failed. FIXED RAILROAD POLICY IS ASKED Outlines a National Policy. Offered as a Suggestion.
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The First Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Velykomykhailivka.
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You Share a Birthday With
- David Hilbert (1862)
- Stendhal (1783)
- Édouard Manet (1832)
- Hideki Yukawa (1907)
- Gertrude B. Elion (1918)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Pop-Up Toaster, Shortwave Radio & Arc Welding.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,215 days ago
(107 years, 160 days)