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Thursday, May 30, 1918

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The Headlines

ALLIES RETIRE ACROSS VESLE; Now On the Heights South of River Also Fall Back on Rheims. NEW GERMAN ARMY ENGAGES Huge Forces Outnumber Allies, Who, However, Retire Without Disorder. BERLIN TELLS OF SUCCESS Troops Are Being Pushed Forward "Uninterruptedly" --Many Towns Taken. German Official Report. A Third German Army Engaged. British and French in Close Touch.

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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

39,453 days ago

(108 years, 33 days)