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Friday, March 24, 1939
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The Headlines
ECCLES CHALLENGES CONGRESS TO SLASH SPENDING AS TEST; Public Seems Economy-Minded and It Is Democracy's Way to Act Accordingly, He Says HE HIMSELF SEES DISASTER Byrd and Harrison at Once Call for Roosevelt to Assume His Executive Responsibility Would End Uncertainty Says Revenue Cannot Be Cut CONGRESS IS DARED TO SLASH SPENDING Higher Farm Subsidy Backed His View of Spending's Effects Not for Congress Alone, Says Byrd For Diagnosis Before Treatment
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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
31,850 days ago
(87 years, 95 days)