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Wednesday, June 20, 1917
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT'S AIDS AGAIN CONSIDER A WOODEN FLEET; Shipping Board and Cabinet Take Up Question as New Drive Gains Ground. DEFINITE ACTION NEXT WEEK Wilson Will Consult Goethals and Is Expected to Make Final Decision Soon. STONE ATTACKS GENERAL Weeks's Throat to Revive Demand for War Control Committee Ends Hot Debate. Goethals and Denman Silent. Calls Goethals the "Goat." WOODEN FLEET AGAIN TAKEN UP Stone Fears Grafting.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jacques Offenbach (1819)
- Errol Flynn (1909)
- Sigismund III Vasa (1566)
- Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861)
- Kurt Schwitters (1887)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
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
39,798 days ago
(109 years, 13 days)