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Wednesday, February 16, 1938
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT DEFINES NAVY DEFENSE-AIM; Avoiding Japan's Ratio, He Explains Two-Ocean Fleet as Necessary in Policy VINSON WILL SPEED BILL Says Committee Will Report It to House Next Week--Fish Under Fire at Hearing Issue Not Mathematical PRESIDENT DEFINES NAVY DEFENSE AIM He Sees "Parallel Action" Scores Cruiser Visit at Singapore Report to House Next Week
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You Share a Birthday With
- Octave Mirbeau (1848)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497)
- Francis Galton (1822)
- Radoje Domanović (1873)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Hardboiled
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Swing Era
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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
32,251 days ago
(88 years, 131 days)