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Friday, April 7, 1944
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The Headlines
U.S. PLANS TO TRAIN FOREIGN ENGINEERS; 18 Months of Intensive Study Here After War to Help Them Rebuild Their Homelands U.S. PLANS TO TRAIN FOREIGN ENGINEERS
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The Merry Macs
The must-have
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On This Day
In the Fragheto massacre, soldiers belonging to the German 356th Infantry Division kill 30 Italian civilians and 15 partisans near Casteldelci in central-northern Italy.
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You Share a Birthday With
- William Wordsworth (1770)
- Gerhard Schröder (1944)
- Gabriela Mistral (1889)
- Francis Ford Coppola (1939)
- Ravi Shankar (1920)
Slang
Slang of the decade
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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
30,009 days ago
(82 years, 79 days)