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Tuesday, June 26, 1917

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT TAKES CONTROL OF EXPORTS TO MEET OUR OWN AND OUR ALLIES' NEEDS; MAY HALT FOOD BOUGHT BY NEUTRALS; NAMES ADVISORY COUNCIL Hoover Is a Member With Lansing, Houston and Redfield. LARGE PLANS FORMULATED With British Co-operation, Virtual Control of the World'sTrade Will Be Possible.FOOD AND COAL FOREMOSTProclamations Are to be IssuedPromptly, Starting theNew Program. The President's Order. A Series of Proclamations British-American Control. To Determine Foreign Needs.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Over There

George M. Cohan

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1917

  • Uncle Sam wants YOU

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

39,791 days ago

(109 years, 6 days)