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Tuesday, January 17, 1939
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The Headlines
ROOSEVELT ASKS EXTENSION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TO MORE AGED AND CHILDREN; PROJECTS WIDER AID Congress Is Urged to Add 6,000,000 for Old-Age Insurance 'PANACEAS' AGAIN DECRIED President Sends Report Stressing Merit System, Grants toStates, Unified Service
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You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Franklin (1706)
- David Lloyd George (1863)
- Anne Brontë (1820)
- Al Capone (1899)
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
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
31,917 days ago
(87 years, 162 days)