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Sunday, January 9, 1938
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The Headlines
UTILITIES DIVIDED ON SEC REGULATION; Some Prepare to Step Into Line, While Others Await Final Legal Tests EYE BOND AND SHARE CASE Hold-Outs Pin Last Hopes on 'Death Sentence' Fight--Cooperation Also is in the Air
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You Share a Birthday With
- Richard Nixon (1913)
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908)
- AD 727 (727)
- Karel Čapek (1890)
- Pope Gregory XV (1554)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Ballpoint Pen, Xerography & Nylon Bristle Toothbrush.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
32,290 days ago
(88 years, 170 days)