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Thursday, April 19, 1923
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The Headlines
LIKELY TO RAILROAD CLEAN BOOK BILL; STRIFE AT HEARING; Senators Hear Publishers Fight Censorship Urged by Re- ligious Leaders. JUSTICE FORD HITS EDITORS Gertrude Atherton Says Ban Would Only Result in PubLica- tion in Other States. SAY BILL WOULD BAR BIBLE Galiatin Asks Year's Delay -- Mgr. Lavelle Among Those Urging Adoption of Measure. LIKELY TO RAILROAD CLEAN BOOK BILL
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Yes! We Have No Bananas
Frank Silver & Irving Cohn
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- José Echegaray (1832)
- Getúlio Vargas (1882)
- Glenn T. Seaborg (1912)
- Ferdinand I of Austria (1793)
- Erich Hartmann (1922)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Bulldozer, 16mm Film & Hearing Aid (Vacuum Tube).
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
37,669 days ago
(103 years, 74 days)