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Friday, March 16, 1928
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The Headlines
KELLOGG HERE URGES UNQUALIFIED TREATY TO ABOLISH ALL WAR; Ready to Make Peace Compacts but Won't Pledge Our Armies to Defend Any Country. SEES NO CERTAIN GUARANTY In Address to Foreign Relations Council, He Insists on Including Non-Aggressive War.TELLS OF PARLEYS NOW ONSecretary Calls for an ArousedPublic Conscience "Againstthe Utter Horror of War." Supplements Existing Treaties. KELLOGG HERE ASKS TREATY TO END WAR Difficulties of Arbitration. Says Nations Should Submit. Opposes "Aggression" Plan. France Backed Principle. His Note to France. PARIS PRESS IS CRITICAL. Journal Sees in Speech the Theory of Dominating Nations.
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Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
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Tech Check
Electric Razor, Penicillin & Bubble Gum.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
35,875 days ago
(98 years, 105 days)