American Hero Despite Loss Of Feet Becomes Airman In France
Owen Cobb Holleran of Atlanta lost parts of both feet but pursued air service in World War I. After being discharged from infantry, he joined the British air force, earned a pilot license, and rose to captain and flight commander while serving with a Dublin Fusiliers unit and later in the American embassy circle in London. His journey from crippled soldier to aviator highlights resilience and daring.
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Atlanta
Dublin
Fusileers
British Air Service
Huns
France
Owen Cobb Holleran
Owen
Holleran
Holloran
E. G. Lowry
London
United States Army
Captain Lowry
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Gray
New York
Scotland Yard
Dublin Fusileers
Gallipoli
Egypt
Serbia
Georgia
South Carolina
England
Cliveden Hospital
Air Force
Dublin Fusiliers
Hero of Zeebrugge Captain Carpenter Returns to New York
Aboard the Vindictive Captain Carpenter, famed for leading the Zeebrugge raid, arrives in New York praising the ship’s battle damage and recounting his avoidance of further service due to a medical defect. He notes the raid’s success and expresses resolve to continue serving. Meanwhile, Captain Holloran is reported captured by the Germans after leading a daylight bombing mission, a dramatic turn during a brisk Allied air operation.
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Captain Carpenter
H. M. S. Vindictive
New York
Mander
Holloran
Holleran
Castor Oil Imports From Orient Help War Planes
Seattle reports thousands of gallons of castor oil arriving from the Orient aiding U S airplane engines. Castor oil proved the best lubricant for motors though domestic production lagged. Government encouragement of castor bean crops failed while Oriental yields were abundant. Increased oil flow is expected with aviation mail routes widening.
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Seattle
Wash
Orient
America
United States
Judge Freesman With Flu
Walter Sanowski appeared in criminal court and was released without standard due process after a doctor diagnosed influenza. Court officials fled toward the doors as the judge ordered dismissal and Sanowski was taken to a hospital for care.
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Pittsburgh
Walter Sanowski
Criminal Court
Sanowski
Captured Hun Band Plays Our Anthem
In France a German regimental band of 60 prisoners played The Star Spangled Banner. Corporal Ewan W. Allan of the 390th Infantry, in a letter to his father, notes the surprise attack without preliminary barrage and praises the German musicians as playing the air creditably.
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Pittsburgh
France
Ewan W. Allan
Three Hundred and Ninetieth Infantry
Allan
Western mining and oil prices roundup
Denver metal prices from the Western Newspaper Union show bar silver at 1.01 percent, copper at 2.556 cents per pound, lead at 7.05 cents, spelter at 8.12 cents, and tungsten concentrates priced at 17.00 to 20.00 dollars per unit.
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Denver
Copper Stocks Declares Dividends and Production Totals
The Old Dominion Copper Company pays a quarterly dividend of 1 a share on Dec 31 to record holders Dec 17. Denial of Jan 1 shutdown at Shan non copper properties. Shattuck Arizona Copper declares 50 cents a share payable Jan 20 to record Dec 31. Greene Cananea reports November outputs of 5,100,000 pounds copper 169,000 ounces silver 1,330 ounces gold. Shattuck Arizona November output 583,655 pounds copper 514,127 pounds lead 11,296 ounces silver.
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Old Dominion Copper Company
Shannon
Clifton
J. W. Bennie
Shattuck-Arizona Copper Company
Greene-Cananea Copper Company
The
Shattuck Arizona Company
Colorado Mines Report Busy 1918 Ore Developments
R. A. Duncan reports good ore from Silver Siding in Ward district. Red Rock Oil Co restructured and plans to sink a finishing well near Rocky Ford. Ward mines show favorable oil prospects near Twenty Mile area. War minerals policy creates uncertainty about manganese and tungsten futures. Boulder County ends 1918 with 50 percent gain in silver. Victoria mine yields high grade gray copper with $10-$20 gold and $50-$200 silver per ton. Leadville shipments reach 60 804 tons of ore with 10-35 percent manganese, likely similar output in H2 1918 per USGS figures.
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Red Rock Oil Company
Rocky Ford
Ward
Steamboat Springs
Twenty Mile Oil and Gas Company
Colorado
Boulder County
Victoria
Salina
Leadville
United States Geological Survey
Anaconda Copper Reports November Copper Output
The Anaconda Copper Company announces November copper production of 22,600,000 pounds. From April 1 to November 1, 1918 the War Department bought 2,111,024 half barrels of oils and lubricants worth 23,809,584. Bricklayers finish the Washoe Reduction Works stack, rising 585 feet as the world's tallest chimney.
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Anaconda Copper Company
War Department
Anaconda Mining Company
Washoe Reduction Works
Copper Corporation
New Oil Venture Grips Chaves County Area
Mogollon camps see arrivals as mills and mines push toward full crews. The New Mexico and Arkansas Oil and Diamond Mining Company files for incorporation to develop oil and gas lands in Chaves county at Mogollon. Black Hawk Mining and Milling Company buys 240 acres, including 15 claims near its Black Hawk property, with Hotchkiss holdings joining a major Grant county deal adjoining Chino Copper Company. Development to begin immediately.
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Oaks Company
Pacific Mine
New Mexico and Arkansas Oil and Diamond Mining Company
State Corporation Commission
Chaves County
Mogolion
Black Hawk Mining and Milling Company
Hotchkiss Group
Grant County
Black Hawk
Chino Copper Company
Deepest Well in Ohio Oil Field Held by Fishing Job
The well of the Ohio Oil Company on section 33, three miles east of the pioneer well, now down 3 900 feet, is temporarily held up by a fishing job. In Wyoming a new field the National Anticline may be developed about thirty miles north of Cheyenne with a drilling rig and 3 000 feet of casing ordered and drilling planned within sixty days.
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Ohio Oil Company
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Cooperative Bull Associations Help Small Dairies Grow
The history of co operative bull associations shows they suit small herds by pooling ownership and sharing pure bred bulls. Blocks divide territory with one bull per block, rotating every two years to prevent inbreeding, enabling members to herd up at low cost.
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Co-Operative Bull Associations
Co-Operative Bull Association
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Bull Association
Maryland
Michigan
Breeding Report Shows High Daughters Gain Across Dams
The report lists bulls and their offspring with counts of daughters and dams. Bull No 1 has seven daughters from seven dams, while Bulls No 2 and No 3 have two daughters from two dams each. Across fourteen of sixteen daughters, the gain over dams averages about 30 percent.
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Navy Department
State, War and Navy
Pennsylvania Avenue
Potomac Park
Army
Zeebrugge
Hal
Judge Freesman
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Arizona
R. A. Duncan
Silver
Montana
New Mexico
Mogollon
Special Information Service
Cooperative Bull Association
State Agricultural College
Dairy Division
United States Department of
New Windsor
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