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Wednesday, January 25, 1939
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The Headlines
ASSEMBLY VOTES AN INVESTIGATION OF JOB INSURANCE; Favors It 135-0, but Senate's Democrats Limit Approval to Finance Committee NOT A HUNT, SPONSORS SAY Meanwhile, Judiciary Groups Set Feb. 8 for a Hearing on Lehman Anti-Graft Bills
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View-Master
You Share a Birthday With
- Virginia Woolf (1882)
- Robert Burns (1759)
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938)
- Robert Boyle (1627)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874)
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
31,908 days ago
(87 years, 153 days)