Mitchells bold air power plan dominates defense rethink
Col William Mitchell told the aircraft board that air power is the chief national defense weapon and urged a separate Department of National Defense and a Department of Aeronautics. He blamed nonflying officers for hampering aviation progress, warned Britain could strike the U.S. with planes in days, and discussed Shenandoah and submarine losses as evidence of current inadequacies.
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Edward W. Pickard
Col
William Mitchell
Airecaft Board
United States
Great Britain
America
Japan
Alaska
Army
Navy
Department of, National Defense
Air Force
Department of Aeronautics
Enid Mitchell
Mitchell
Davy
Shenandoah
Haywall
Morrow
Fletcher
General Harbord
Mitchell Bunsel
Rodgers Defends Naval Aviation in Defense of Navy
Commander John Rodgers, leader of PN No. 1 to Hawaii, disputed Army aviator Cpl. William Mitchell on the Shenandoah mishaps and urged a broad reorganization of national defense. He argued a department uniting the navy and other services would improve coordination and warned against foreign airlanes capable of crossing oceans with large bombs.
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Washington
John Rodgers
PN No. 1
Haawaii
William Mitchel
Caftle
Rodgers
Olytt
Navy
Mitchell
Shenandoah
Air Administration
Department of National Defense
Departments of National Defense
National Defense
Navy Department
Two U S Deputies Ousted for Draggan Joyride
Terry Draggan planned to go to DeKalb County jail but led a seven hour joy ride in Chicago. Deputies Walter Zippman and Anton L Polk were discharged by U S Marshal Palmer D Anderson for aiding the trip. The party started from the Federal building at 4 PM, ending about 11 PM as federal judge James H Wilkerson ordered Druggan held until findings in five weeks.
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U. S
Draggan
Chicago
Terry Draggan
DeKalb County
Federal
United States
Palmer D. Anderson
Walter Zippman
Anton L. Polak
Atleven Federal
Grace Lusk Granted Conditional Pardon For Ninety Year Sentence
Grace Lusk, formerly Grace A. Lusk, a Waukesha schoolteacher once jailed for shooting the wife of her lover, had a nine year term commuted by Governor John J. Blaine. The pardon notes her marriage on September 22, 1925 to a professional man and cites poor health for the conditional release, with current residence and spouse undisclosed.
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Grace Lusk
Madison, Wils
Grace A. Lusk
Waukesha
John J. Blaine
Miss Lusk
Drigon
Blaine
Failures for Week and September Show Decreases
New York reports a small reduction in U S commercial failures. Week ending October 8 shows 301 failures, down from 360. September total falls to 1,485, and liabilities for last month total $30,087,319, the smallest in two years.
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New York
United States
R. G. Dunang Company
Calles Proposes Law to End Foreign Property Rights Clash
Mexico City reports President Calles proposes a bill amending Article 27 to end foreigners ownership in land and water within the restricted zone. The measure sets sale or naturalization deadlines for foreign holdings, with ownership transfer to Mexican citizens or reversion to state control after specified periods. Affected owners include herders and local residents facing compliance within the three year window.
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Calles
Mexico City
aAitte
New York
Mra
Almee Cracker Goursta
Crocker
California
Berengaria
Mistisine Gulutzing
Twenty- Ave
Los Angeles Expands as City Adds 27,000 Acres and 25,000 People
Los Angeles voters approved annexation of 27 000 acres and 25 000 residents, enlarging the city and extending its metropolitan footprint. The move brings more land and residents into the expanding metropolis.
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Los Angeles
Divers Locate S-51 Crew Dead After Sunk Collision
London Conn divers confirmed the death toll from the submarine S-51 after it was rammed by the City of Rome off Block Island. Of 86 aboard, 3 survived briefly, 4 bodies recovered including Walter B. Lawton of New London and Brady D. Landsay of Pensacola, as crews prepared to salvage the wreck.
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Nother Wisfortune
Navy
Block Island
City
Rome
London
Conn
City of Rome
Walter &. Lawton
New London
Brady D. Landsay
Pensacola
Sprague Must Pay Procter in Campaign Suit
Chicago Col A A Sprague was ordered by Judge Thomas W Slick to pay 82789 to Willitasy Cooper Procter after a jury verdict. He must also cover half of a 100000 note signed in 1820 and 5 percent interest from that date. A motion for a new trial was filed by Sprague’s lawyers.
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Chicago
Col
A. A. Sprague
Willitasy Cooper Procter
Thomas W. Slick
Han
Bricklayers and Plasterers Sign Peace Pact
William Green of the American Federation of Labor announced a peace treaty ending a jurisdictional dispute that had halted $250,090,000 in construction nationwide. The accord directs immediate cessation of hostilities and full resumption of work.
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Atlantic Cty
N. J
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Unlong
Green
Misouri Bar Address Denounces Crime Conditions
An address before the Missouri Bar association criticizes crime in the United States, calling conditions intolerable and referencing figures from the era. Details remain fragmentary but suggest concerns by legal professionals about crime impact nationwide.
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Cails
U.S
Louis—a
McNemara Sentenced to Five Years for California Plot
Jotina McNemara, who would later lead a group blamed for the Los Angeles dynamiting, received a five year sentence on an extortion charge. The case ties McNemara to earlier activities linked to Quillfornia, with the judge imposing the term in a tough racketeering prosecution.
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McNemara
Jotina McNemara
G Tilson
Fm Quilfornia
Los Angeles
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