Private Ring No Longer Controls Affairs of Navy
Congressman Clyde H. Tavenner reports the navy department under Secretary Josephus Daniels is freeing itself from private armor and munition suppliers. He cites savings from government production of powder guns and torpedoes and urges a government armor plant to curb excessive private pricing and ensure wartime independence.
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Clyde H. Tavenner
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels
Navy Department
United States
Army
Navy
Daniels
Spain
Congress
Russia
Italy
Haruna
Kawasaki Company
Kobe
Japan
Hethlehem Steel Company
Merrillat Shines as Army Beats Navy at Polo Grounds
Louis Merrillat of West Point, two-year cadet, starred in the army navy annual game at New York's Polo Grounds. He scored nineteen of the army's twenty-two points with a fifty-five yard run and two forward passes aided by Pritchard. His western style play drew praise as experts note it may surpass the eastern college game.
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Louis Merrillat
West Point
Army and Navy
Polo Grounds
New York
Navy
Merrillat
Army
Pritchard
Moerrillat
Wire tapping probes shake New York police leadership
Chief of Detectives George S. Dougherty shows strong interest in wire tapping disclosures disclosed by District Attorney Whitman. Tapped gangsters like the Gondorf brothers Curley Carter and Big Bill Larsen paid 15 percent of each theft for protection and sent a monthly sum of 2500. The wire tappers reportedly stole at least 1,000,000 in two years with losses to wealthy victims up to 50,000 each, yet major graft figures remain unrewarded or unarrested.
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New York
George 8. Dougherty
Whitman
New York County
Gondorf Brothers
Tenderloin
The Duke of Gordon and early bird dog breeding
The piece notes bird dog history with the Duke of Gordon around 1800 who founded the Gordon setter, tracing early trainers including the Duke of Northumberland and later arrivals who advanced set training, while touching on medieval allegorical references to England and Scotland and the Welsh unicorn.
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Duke of Northumberland
Gordon
Duke of Gordon
New York
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