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Thursday, August 28, 1919
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The Headlines
URGES UNIFICATION OF THE RAILROADS; Anderson Proposes the Operation of All Lines Through aSingle Corporation.IS AGAINST PLUMB PLANBut Tells House Committee That Owners, Workers, and Public Should Be Represented. New Status for Labor. URGES UNIFICATION OF THE RAILROADS Opposes Plumb Plan. Would Make Strikes Illegal. Calls Warfield Plan Hopeless. Charter with Broad Powers. Would Divide Surplus.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Jack Kirby (1917)
- Godfrey Hounsfield (1919)
- C. Wright Mills (1916)
- George Whipple (1878)
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
38,998 days ago
(106 years, 308 days)