American Aviators Lead Swift Air Attacks Over German Lines
In France on June 9 the Franco American Flying Corps dispatched twenty eight aircraft to skim German lines. Pilots including William Thaw and Victor Chapman led the mission, with nine hunter planes pursuing the bombardiers. After tense returns, Chapman lands with minimal fuel as Thaw laments lack of enemy sorties, and camp fumbles to tally damages and crew status.
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Trose
Delange
William Thaw
Pittsburg
Elliot Cowdin
Victor Chapman
New York
Norman Prince
Prides Crossing
Mass
Kiffen Rockwell
Atlanta
J. M. McConnell
Carthage
N. C
Hall
Galveston
Tex
Thaw
Iris
Fram
Chapman
Sea power and Germany’s wartime aims in naval debate
The piece argues that if German naval critics are correct Britain’s sea power could be broken by closing German ports, restoring German commerce, and blockading the British coast. It holds that without sea control Britain cannot sustain the war, while success would tilt victory to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
British
France
Flanders
Germany
Complete Jury Sat Rae Tanzer Trial Despite Protests
In New York on June 9 a bid to adjourn Rae Tanzer's perjury trial faced a private judge’s chambers hearing after defense counsel argued disqualification of Harold Spielberg and the need for a key witness. Ex-Lieut. Gov. Chanler defended Tanzer, saying the aim was a square deal. twelve talesmen were chosen, with swearing postponed to the afternoon session.
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New York
Rae Tanzer
Miss Tanzer
Wolverton
United States District Court
Benjamin Slade
Slade
Harold Spielberg
Offens
Spielberg
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
Oliver Osborne
James W. Osborne
Frederick Kelly
West Twenty-ninth Street
Abram H. Tompino
Linden Street
Yonkers
William J. Hurley
Classified list of names and addresses in 1840 article
A fragmented OCR passage lists numerous individuals with titles and addresses including John M. Kavanaugh Oscar Pearson Eugene P. Tully Erle F. Barron and John J. Long along with varied street addresses across New York area locations such as West 129th Street 105th Street Broadway Franklin Avenue and Gramatan Avenue Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Avenue
John M. Kavanaugh
129Th Street
George H. Whaley, Jr
105Th Street
Oscar Pearson
Franklin Avenue
Robert 8. Watts
Gramatan Avenue
Mount Vernon
Charles E. Douglass
Wales Avenue
Charles F. Chapman
Kings in Old Clothes
A London clothes dealer buys showy costumes and discarded uniforms for sale in the orient. Africa receives many odd outfits as locals wear items backward or in mismatched pairs. Notable tales include a prince’s crew dressing a man in a tight Hussar coat and the humorous image of chiefs in pink satin capes and Gainsborough hats.
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Exchange
London
Orient
Africa
Prince de Joinville
Gaboon
Hhussar
Move Toward Systematic Kitchen Inspections Urged
The Health Department seeks systematic kitchen inspections for hotels restaurants and eating houses to protect public health. It favors voluntary Good Fair Bad cards for proprietors though compulsory power is uncertain with potential prompt results. Brooklyn Eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Health Department
Health Department
Brooklyn Eagie
Keeping Vermonters at Home Exhortation by Vergennes Enterprise
Emissaries from large industrial centers seek Vermont skilled mechanics to lure them away from home. The Vermonters are urged to stay, as local jobs pay well, living costs are lower, and housing is scarce elsewhere. The piece warns that postwar booms may vanish and many workers could lose jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Providence
Springfield
Newark
Frank Howe
Vergennes Enterprise
Center Shot in Western Gambling Den Sparks Heard Story
A traveler bursts into a Western gambling hall amid large fortunes won and lost. He claims Dickson was shot about half an hour earlier, the tale circulating as cow punchers tense up and ask where the incident occurred at the store.
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Far West
Dickson
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Niles
A. N. Cook Chiropractor
G. W. Hohne
Mechano
State St
Corner Park Ave
The
Rolsom
Teutons
Willliam Thaw
Edness
Society Woman of
Philadelphia
America
Joseph M. Gazzam
Abbie Sutherland
Ogontz School
Rose D. Weston
Mrs. Gazzam
Fifth Avenue
Main
Staurants
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