Infantry Pushes Modern Triangular Division Tactics
A Western Newspaper Union analysis notes the U S Army shifts to motorized triangular divisions with three combat teams, each with armor, artillery, engineers, and communications. Fort Benning hosts the Fourth division review. Second division serves as model. Parachute troops augment firepower and mobility with blitz capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
War Department
John J. Pershing
H. J. Brees
Third Army
VA. 8
Fort Benning, Ga
Lloyd R. Fredendall
First Armored Division
Rolla
Fort Benning
J. D. Motyl
Ninety-seventh
Georgia
Benning
Motyl
Chemical Warfare Service
U. S
Automatic Weather Stations Made for Remote Use
U S scientists announce a new automatic weather station able to operate unattended for up to one month at isolated sites such as mountains or islands. The system measures barometric pressure temperature humidity wind and rainfall and transmits data via radio to a remote site using changes in instrument resistance to modulate carrier frequency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
U. S. Department of Commerce
Aerological Division
Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy Department
Navy
National Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce
Tadic Lethulque
Ancient Disease Still Threatens Men and Livestock
A long article notes anthrax as one of humanity and animal farming’s oldest threats. It traces history from cave men to Moses and Wool Sorters Disease, cites global outbreaks, and describes transmission from soil and infected animals. It highlights vaccination, serum treatment, and scientists Koch and Pasteur in fighting the disease.
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Chicago
Moses
Holy Land
Siberia
South Africa
England
America
American Foundation For Animal Health
Mississippi
Dakotas
California
Atlantic States
Louisiana Experiment Station
Robert Koch
Pasteur
France
Coulee Dam Race to Move Railways Before Rising River
Spokane engineers and workmen speed relocation of railroads and highways at Grand Coulee to avert flood from the Columbia River. The project is two years ahead of schedule with the lake expected to reach 379 feet deep by June and toll titles long.
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Ralph D. G. Newman
New York
Earth
U. S. Army
U.S
Europe
Western
Union
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Utomatic
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