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Thursday, June 6, 1929
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The Headlines
DEBENTURE CLAUSE CUT OUT OF FARM BILL BY CONFEREES, UP HOLDING HOOVER'S STAND; QUICK PASSAGE EXPECTED Administration Leaders Confident of Votes to Win in Senate. HOUSE WILL ACT SPEEDILY Likely to Send Measure to Up per Chamber Tomorrow After Debating Report . SMOOT MAKES TARIFF PLANS Hearings Begin June 12--Subcommittees Named to ConductThem for Various Schedules. Fight Expected in Senate. Tariff Committees Named. Smoot Schedules Hearings. ASK TARIFF BILL CHANGE. Merchants Want Foreign Trading Zones Established Here.
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Duncan Yo-Yo
You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander Pushkin (1799)
- Diego Velázquez (1599)
- Thomas Mann (1875)
- Sukarno (1901)
- Pierre Corneille (1606)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Car Radio, Sunglasses (Mass Produced) & Coaxial Cable.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
35,429 days ago
(97 years, 24 days)