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Friday, October 21, 1938
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The Headlines
Report Roosevelt Favors Farm and Oil Output Curb; Visitors at Hyde Park Say He Proposes Strict Crop Control and Refinery Pacts to Offset Increasing Surpluses REPORT ROOSEVELT URGES OUTPUT CURB Farm Subsidies Not Discussed Lee Criticizes "Orthodox" Ideas Oil Price Cuts Discussed
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alfred Nobel (1833)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929)
- Alphonse de Lamartine (1790)
- Hongwu Emperor (1328)
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
32,004 days ago
(87 years, 249 days)