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Wednesday, October 19, 1938
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The Headlines
PALESTINE RULED BY ARMY AS SIEGE IN CAPITAL GOES ON; Commanders Take Place of District Commissioners Under Martial Law NEW JERUSALEM GUARDED British Troops to Storm Old City Today--Will Seek to Recapture Arab Towns Military Law in Holy Land PALESTINE PLACED UNDER ARMY RULE PALESTINE PLACED UNDER ARMY RULE Tension in City at Peak Beady to Make Clean Sweep To Storm Old City Today BACKS PALESTINE ARABS Women's Congress in Egypt Urges Four-Power Conference on Strife
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You Share a Birthday With
- Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899)
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910)
- John le Carré (1931)
- Marsilio Ficino (1433)
- Thomas Browne (1605)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Hardboiled
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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
32,006 days ago
(87 years, 251 days)