Three-dollar bill (1948)

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   "Three-dollar bill" was mentioned in the "football bat" discussion.
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Monessen Daily Independent - 6/4/1942
...long AS THREE seASons is AS rAre AS A THREE dollAr BILL. The men who operA
ted on long.....of the seASon. THREE of them hAve employed THREE different men
And THREE hAve cAlled.....LeAgue And Lou Oehrie in the AmericAn. BILL Terry.
Grimm; George Sisler And "nti.....mAnAged to tAke DAler moundsmAn, wAlked
THREE And struck out one. The PricedAle..
Monessen, Pennsylvania Thursday, June 04, 1942  785 k

Nevada State Journal - 6/7/1942
...long AS THREE seASons is AS rAre AS A THREE-dollAr BILL. The men who operA
ted on long.....of the seASon. THREE of them hAve employed THREE different men
And THREE hAve cAlled.....to the ChicAgo trAcks won't Affect the two-dollAr
bettor A bit, The cAb fAre in this.....LeAgue And Lou Gehrig in the AmericAn.
BILL Terry, Grimm, George Sisler And until..
Reno, Nevada Sunday, June 07, 1942  690 k

Coshocton Tribune - 6/3/1942
...long AS THREE seASons is AS rAre AS A THREE dollAr BILL. The men who operA
ted on long.....of the seASon. THREE of them hAvc employed THREE different men
And THREE hAve cAlled.....SchumAcher returned to form And outpifched BILL Lee
AS the GiAnts defeAted the Cubs, 5-1.....out 20 hits for A totAl oi 32 bASes
AgAinst THREE pitchers, Aldon Wilkie, Johnny LAnning..
Coshocton, Ohio Wednesday, June 03, 1942  768 k

Edwardsville Intelligencer - 6/16/1948
...demonstrAtion mAy be AS phoney AS A THREE-dollAr BILL but it mAy Also
continue for AS.....AS being unAmericAn, wAS the fAther of THREE World WAr II
veterAns, one of whom wAS.....brAn. Hunting And fishing Are multimillion-dollAr
businesses, topping All sports In.....Announced he would offer An Anti-lynching
BILL AS An Amendment to the OleomArgArine TAx..
Edwardsville, Illinois Wednesday, June 16, 1948  646 k

Traverse City Record Eagle - 6/4/1948
...in the first plAce wAS AS phoney AS A THREE dollAr BILL. PerhAps you think
you hAve no.....no sign of the picketing threAtened by the THREE rAilroAd
unions whose scheduled.....he wAS Almost in teArs. "I I meAnt it AS A greAt prA
ise." "It just seemed to hAve.....t be there. Mr, TrumAn wAS in high spirits AS
his trAin left WAShington's Union stAtion..
Traverse City, Michigan Friday, June 04, 1948  452 k