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Saturday, May 11, 1918
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The Headlines
BORGLUM ACCUSED OF PERSONAL ENDS IN AIRCRAFT HUNT; Trying to Form Airplane Company While Making Investigation, It Is Charged.K.W.MIX MAKES STATEMENTHead of Indiana Concern Tellsof Negotiations Which Made Him Suspicious.FACTS GIVEN TO SENATEThomas Says This Shows Borglum'sCharges Valueless, but InquiryWill Be Pushed. BORGLUM ACCUSED IN AIRCRAFT SCANDAL Mix Informs Officials. Statement of Mr. Mix. Borglum Very Positive. Borglum Goes to Washington. Harris Appears for Borglum. Mix and Borglum Meet In Capital. Mr. Mix Becomes Suspicious. Decides to Lead Borglum On. Facts Told to Coffin and Squier. Could "Do Anything" with Wilson. Borglum Urged His Own Inventions.
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Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
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You Share a Birthday With
- Salvador Dalí (1904)
- Richard Feynman (1918)
- Camilo José Cela (1916)
- Irving Berlin (1888)
- Martha Graham (1894)
Slang
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
39,473 days ago
(108 years, 53 days)