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Saturday, February 1, 1919
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The Headlines
WILSON SWINGS HOUSE COMMITTEE FOR BIG NAVY BILL; Unanimous Report Follows Receipt of a Vigorous Messagefrom the President.POWER TO SUSPEND PLANPresident May Defer It if Instrumentality for Peace IsSet Up.NO BUILDING FOR ONE YEARMeasure Is Submitted by Padgett,and Its Early Passage IsPredicted. Text of the Amendment. WILSON SWINGS HOUSE COMMITTEE Enlisted Strength to be 225,000.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Clark Gable (1901)
- John Ford (1894)
- Langston Hughes (1902)
- Emilio Segrè (1905)
- Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884)
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
39,207 days ago
(107 years, 152 days)