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Saturday, February 16, 1918
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STRIKERS' LEADER DEFIANT TO HURLEY, WHO APPEALS AGAIN; Hutcheson Says Ship Carpenters Stand On Old ProposalCalling for Closed Shop.INSISTS MEN ARE LOYALNew Talk of Labor Conscriptionat Washington, but Gompers Warns Against it. MORE MAY STRIKE HERE Hutcheson Says He Opposes Action,but Cannot Control theLocal Unions. Many Against Conscription. New York Case Up March 1. STRIKERS' LEADER DEFIANT TO HURLEY Hurley Gives No Ground. Mr. Gomper's Statement.
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On This Day
The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Octave Mirbeau (1848)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497)
- Francis Galton (1822)
- Radoje Domanović (1873)
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Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
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
39,557 days ago
(108 years, 137 days)