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Saturday, February 2, 1918

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The Headlines

ARMY THREAT TO CRUSH BERLIN STRIKE; WARNS TROOPS WILL FIRE ON CROWDS; POLICE AND RIOTERS CLASH; ONE KILLED; MARTIAL LAW IN CAPITAL Berlin Commander Forbids Labor Leaders to Direct Strike.SOCIALISTS DENY CONTROLTrades Unions Also DisclaimResponsibility--HertlingRebuffs Workers.MOVEMENT IS SAID TO WANENot Spreading in Berlin, Gaining Little Elsewhere, SaysGerman Statement. Policeman Killed in Street Clash. Locomotive Workers Join. Disclaim Control of Strike. Appeals for Conciliation. Vital Effects Doubted.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

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Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1918

  • The Yanks are coming

Tech Check

Superheterodyne Radio Receiver, Enigma Machine (Early Version) & Hydraulic Brakes.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

39,571 days ago

(108 years, 151 days)