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Saturday, May 26, 1917
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GOETHALS TO BUILD MERCHANT MARINE OF STEEL VESSELS; Tells Steel Men Wooden-Ship Plan Is Hopeless and Enlists Their Aid. 3,00,000 TONS IN 18 MONTHS Pledged by Diners on Hearing That Birds Still Nest in Trees Which Are to be Wooden Craft. AND NO MONEY IS VOTED YET Committee of Congress Still Discussing That;-Steel Corporation's Resources Put at Goethals's Call. No Small Task Ahead. Need Shipyards. GOETHALS WANTS ALL STEEL SHIPS Responsibility Lacking. Would Revise Tariff Upward.
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- Mehmed III (1566)
- János Kádár (1912)
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Tech Check
Modern Zipper & Drone Torpedoes.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,823 days ago
(109 years, 38 days)