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Tuesday, April 30, 1918

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The Headlines

ASSAILING HYLAN, DR.AMSTER QUITS AS HEALTH HEAD; Resigns Rather Than Remove Physicians of Advisory Council on Mayor's Order.DR. COPELAND IN HIS PLACE Retiring Executive Warns HylanThat "Present Chaos" Portends Federal Intervention.MAYOR WILL NOT CHANGE Says He "Doesn't Give a Darn," and Will Run the Departmentas He Sees Fit. Says Mayor Ignored His Request. COPELAND HEALTH HEAD, AMSTER OUT Parallel to Bugher's Case. Amster's Interview with Kylan. Warns Against Federal Intervention. Amster's Letter to the Mayor. Wanted Health Stations Abolished. Wouldn't Dismiss Bureau Heads. Tells of Department Economies. Upholds Education Bureau. Hylan Accepts the Resignation. Amster Says Hylan Evades. Indorse Amster's Action. Copeland Expects a Free Rein.

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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

lousysnapshotmovies

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

39,484 days ago

(108 years, 64 days)