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Tuesday, April 25, 1939
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The Headlines
TOTALITARIAN RULE DECREED IN BOLIVIA BY PRESIDENT, 35; Busch Assumes Dictatorial Powers, Doing Away With Congress and Basic Law HOLDS BANKRUPTCY NEAR Executive Disavows European Inspiration--Says Political Chaos Was Threatened Regime Is Totalitarian Seeks Industrial Peace TOTALITARIAN RULE DECREED IN BOLIVIA Saw Bankruptcy Close Foianini the Architect Owes Job to Expropriation In Conference Four Days Planned Senate Elections Chile Anxious Over Coup Hull Reserves Comment
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You Share a Birthday With
- Guglielmo Marconi (1874)
- Oliver Cromwell (1599)
- Wolfgang Pauli (1900)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1917)
- Louis IX of France (1214)
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
31,818 days ago
(87 years, 63 days)