Saturday, March 19, 1921

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The Headlines

25,000 PATRIOTS AT GARDEN ANSWER 'RHINE HORROR' PLEA; 15,000 Inside, 10,000 at Overflows Cheer as Legion MenPreach Americanism.'WAR ENTHUSIASM PREVAILSBut Silence Falls and Heads AreBowed as 500 "Gold Star" Mothers Enter Hall. PERSHING HITS PROPAGANDALittleton Stormed With Applause as He Asserts Peace Should HaveBeen Made In Potsdam. No Trouble, but Much Noise. Hundreds of Thousands Wear Flags. 500 "Gold Star" Mothers Attend. Cries of Greeting to the Wounded. Band Silenced by Cheers. Then "Taps" Brings Tears. Warns of "Evil Influences." Attacks Poisoned Propaganda. Resents Abuse of Citizenship. Littleton Received With Shouts. Should Have Marched to Berlin. Denounces German Propaganda. Germany Stupid and Unrepentant. For What Did Our Boys Die? Willis for America First. Federation 100 Per Cent. Loyal. Galbraith Answers Disloyalists. General Wood Sends Regrets. Organizations That Co-operated.

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On This Day

• Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.

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You Share a Birthday With

• David Livingstone (1813)
• Adolf Eichmann (1906)
• Albert Speer (1905)
• Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900)
• Richard Francis Burton (1821)

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Tech Check

Robots (The Term 'Robot'), Polygraph (Modern) & Insulin (Medical Tech).

Cost of Living (1920)