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Sunday, January 15, 1939
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The Headlines
DROP IN FINANCING BY RAILS FORECAST; Contraction of Total Property and Physical Consolidations a FactorREFUNDINGS A POSSIBILITY Trend Began About 8 Years Ago, Publicity Committee ofEastern Lines Finds Trackage in Country Drops Large Terminals Uneconomic Refundings in Prospect DROP IN FINANCING BY RAILS FORECAST Equipment Pooling a Factor
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You Share a Birthday With
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)
- Molière (1622)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918)
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809)
- Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
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Swing Era
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Tech Check
Television Sets (World's Fair), View-Master & Helicopter (Sikorsky).
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
31,918 days ago
(87 years, 163 days)