Four Lexingtons span US Navy evolution from brig to carrier
A sprawling profile of the Rodgers family's naval lineage centers on Commander John Rodgers and the aircraft carrier Lexington. It traces four Lexington ships from a Revolution era merchant brig to the 1917 battleship conversion and the current electric powered 83,000 ton carrier, highlighting pivotal battles, milestones, and the ascent of naval aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dun Rodgers
Lexington
United States Navy
John Rodgers
All Board
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
William A. Moffett
John Paul Jones
New Haven Journal-Courier
New Haven
Rodgerses
Philadelphia
George Washington Rodgers
Rodgers
San Francisco
Honolulu
Kaual
Arrow
Ulleut
Byron J Connell
Pittsburgh
Skiles N. Pope
Jackson
Havre de Grace
Baltimore
John
Mare Island Navy Yard
Naval Observatory
Continental Congress
Ireland
Alert
New York Navy Yard
Atlantic
M. C. Perry
Japan
Cincinnati
Mississippi
Mound City
Lexlngton
Oregon
Puacific
Santiago
Cuba
Cervera
Yonder Harbor
Boston
the Navy
Wilbur
Illinois Brevities roundup case notes and deaths
Illinois brief items report Aliee Deitmitmer dying in Milan Italy after a heavy meal. miners Peter Mitchell and William Broskey die. Ben Gardner escapes Joliet Penitentiary. Hijackers flee with liquor at a Chicago rail siding. Jail plot foiled in Lake County. Memorial for 443 soldiers to be dedicated in Chicago Armory. Canalization study of Big Muddy river near Duquoin eyed by coal interests. Evanston hotel collapse injures workers. LaGrange Park fights loss of territory in court. Dorothy Dow and Darwin Curtis wed in Chicago and New York. Northwestern marks 70th anniversary. Dixon. Crossings abolition debate in Cook County. Prohibition rulings impact Illinois courts. Waukegan official fined for fraud. Barrett jailed. Two brothers drown on Pistakee Bay. Fritzi Snow shoots Pennock in North Shore Inn. incident labeled accidental.
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Aliee Deitmitmer
Milan
Italy
Peter Mitchell
Pana
William Broskey
Ben Gardner
Joliet
Chicago
Northwestern
Kinzie
Rockwell Street
Lake County
Bull Pen
Liberty
Edwin Ahlstrom
Michigan Avenue Armory
John Gotwals
War Department
Big Muddy
Duquoin
John Evans Hotel
Hinman Avenue
Davia Street
Evanston
LaGrange Park
LaGrange
Westchester
Edmund K. Jarecki
Dorothy Dow
Lockport
Edgar Lee Masters
James Edward Fitzgerald
Hyde Park
St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church
Dorothy Holmes O’ryan
John F. O'Ryan
Darwin Curtis
Augustus D. Curtis
New York City
Walter Dill Scott
Cook County
County Safety Commission
George A. Quinlan
Fa Nfe
Quinlan
State Supreme Court
Springfield
Illneis
Tony Brush
Assumption
Christian County Court
Supreme Court
John Looney
Rock Island
Looney
N. A. Larson
Julius V. Balz
Waukegan
Benjamin J. Barrett
Barrett
Balz
Police
Many Uses for Salt Versatile kitchen and home tips
Salt and vinegar clean brass and prevent color fade in laundry. Adding salt to water aids boiling vegetables and pasta and helps whipping cream. Warm salt water serves as throat gargle and rinsing salt stops clothes freezing on the line. Salt aids digestion with nuts and removes egg stains from silver and carpet stains. A Chicago American nugget notes the happiness of a man devoted to others.
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Chicago American
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Vohmy Rodgers
Lal
Oregor
John Dickinson Sherman
Constellation
Nevis
Porter
St. Kitts
Tripoli
Tunis
President
New York
Belvidera
North Point
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Naval Commission
Mediterranean
John Rogers
Brazil
Florida
Vincennes
Arctic
Ohio
Cairo
James River
Port Royal
Dupont
Wabash
Fort Walker
Weehawken
Atlanta
Wassaw Sound
Georgia
Congress
Illinois
Pistakee Bay
Foxlake
Pringle Nelson
Sexton Nelson
Slough Point
Misg_Fritzi Snow
Dean‘ Pennock
North Shore Inn
Lincoln Highway
Aurora
Oll
Doan
Foster Milburn Co
Mig. Chem
Buffalo
Peterson
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