Army blanket approval after wartime tests at Fort Benning
The army finally approved the standard wool army blanket despite tests showing heavier woolier blankets were warmer yet 90 bulky and moisture retaining. The Fort Benning study found no change to the army blanket in use and the board recommended keeping the current design.
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Byrd Aims to Reclaim Ancestral Estate Westover
Worcester mass report highlights Lieut Commander Richard E Byrd known for first North Pole flight seeks to recover the Westover estate in Virginia for the Byrd family. Captain Farle notes Byrd is a direct Byrd descendant from the 1700s mansion, now impoverished, hoping to restore the property for his wife and children with support from sponsors of the pioneering flight.
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Richard E. Byrd
North Pole
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Captain Farle
Suffrage Congress defeats extremists in Paris vote
The International Woman Suffrage Alliance congress rejected a resolution for unre served equal rights and voted against admitting the National Woman's Party of America. Estelle Phallman of Wyoming presented credentials from state governors. Vienna reports polo among nobility. Britain lists over 150 hardware firms.
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Paris
International Woman Suffrage Alliance Congress
National Women's Party of America
Alliance
Montana Women Federation Seeks More Members and Support
Calls issued to Montana women to pursue education and professional careers through a federation loan fund. President and officers elected at Hamilton convention. state plans a July meeting era and national officers noted. Luncheon dinner and initiation mark the Gammers Ten room gathering with plans for the state federation and National Music Week report.
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Miss Knox
Hamilton
Stricker
M'ssoula
Michlor Irving
Missoula
McCullough
Ronnesn
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Tutte
Mra
Olive Joy Wright
Cleo
Emma D
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Catherine Harrington
Ingpir Knox
Kelly
Girl Loses Life In Yakima Racing Crash
A racing car driven by Ira Cook of Astoria Oregon crashed through a fence at a Yakima Washington event this afternoon killing 9 year old Harlan D Johnson Jr and badly injuring four adults including the Johnson child’s mother the machine veered at a turn and overturned through the barrier.
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Yakima
Wash
Harlan D. Johnson Jr
Ira Cook
Astoria
Ore
Johnson
Walter Howard
Wills Not Matched With Jack Sharkey
Associated Press reports in Cleveland indicate Harry Wills, a Black heavyweight contender for Jack Dempsey, had no knowledge of being matched with Jack Sharkey at Providence this summer. Mullins, U S promoter bound by Tex Rickard contract, says no negotiations until Wills meets Dempsey.
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Harry Negro
Jack Dempsey
Wills
Box
Jack Sharkey
Providence
Tex Rickard
Dempsey
Harry Wills
Jeff Clark
Atlantic City
Billy Wallace
Harry
Kid) Brown
Philadelphia
Confederate Army Records To Be Compiled For War Bureau
Washington reports the Confederate army records will be completed after decades long halt. Clerks will gather records by capture gift loan or purchase to assist pensions and serve as credentials for Confederate Soldiers and potential admissions. The work relies on material from Civil War era Southern forces and contrasts with modern transportation and labor notes from Asia.
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