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Friday, August 16, 1918
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The Headlines
3,200,000 MEN IN FRANCE BY NEXT JULY IS THE PLAN; With 4,000,000, Americans Will Go Through German Lines at Will, March Asserts. WILL CONCENTRATE THERE Says President Holds War Must Be Won on Western Front "and We'll Do It." MUST HAVE NEW DRAFT BILL Committee Submits 18-to-45 Measure to Senate, with WarChiefs' Arguments. Big Army to Shorten the War. Small Army Would Play Foe's Game. 3,200,000 MEN IN FRANCE BY JULY Must Work or Fight. Discrepancies in Draft Figures. Doesn't Like Airplane Situation.
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On This Day
The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Zachary Taylor (1816)
- Menachem Begin (1913)
- Gabriel Lippmann (1845)
- T. E. Lawrence (1888)
- Wilhelm Wundt (1832)
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
39,375 days ago
(107 years, 320 days)