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Wednesday, March 15, 1944
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The Headlines
' STATE RIGHTS' BILL FOR SOLDIERS' VOTE PASSED BY SENATE; Backing Measure on Roll-Call of 47 to 31 Are 23 Democrats and 24 Republicans 24 DEMOCRATS AGAINST IT Barkley Assails Legislation as Cutting Services Vote -- House Will Act Today SOLDIER VOTE BILL PASSED BY SENATE
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Mairzy Doats
The Merry Macs
The must-have
Slinky
You Share a Birthday With
- Andrew Jackson (1767)
- Paul Heyse (1830)
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933)
- Emil von Behring (1854)
- Zhores Alferov (1930)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
Harvard Mark I Computer, Kidney Dialysis Machine & Synthesized Quinine.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
30,032 days ago
(82 years, 102 days)