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Friday, July 12, 1918

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The Headlines

FEARS CENSORSHIP IN WIRE CONTROL; Burleson Would Exercise Dangerous Power Over News,Smith of Michigan Says.SENATE DEBATE SPIRITED Underwood Replies to Opponents That Bill Merely Looks to Meeting Any Emergency. No Thought of Telephone Control. Would End Cable Concessions. FEARS CENSORSHIP IN WIRE CONTROL A "Star Chamber" Session. Purely an Emergency Measure.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.

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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

39,410 days ago

(107 years, 355 days)