Remarkable Careers of Three Immigrant Americans
The piece profiles three immigrants who shaped U.S. history. Samuel Powhatan Carter, born 1819 in Elizabethtown, rose to rear admiral and brigadier general, meriting the title Admiral-General. Benjamin Judah P. Benjamin, born in Savannah and educated at Yale, held key posts in Louisiana and in the Confederate and later exiled services. James Shields, born 1810 in Ireland, served as U.S. senator from Illinois and Minnesota, fought in the Mexican and Civil wars, and ended as Senate floor keeper.
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Webster
United States Navy
United States Army
America
United States
Tennessee
Samuel Powhatan Carter
Elizabethtown
Carter County
U. S
Ohio
Naval Academy
Uncle Sam
China
Carter
War Department
Tennessee Volunteers
John Wi. Morgan
Smith
Knoxville
John Schofield
Navy
Lighthouse Board
Mississippi River
New Orleans
West Indies
St. Croix
Benjamin
Judah
Judah P. Benjamin
Wilmington
N. C
Yale
Louisiana
Senate
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Davis
Confederate States of America
Richmond
Florida
Bahamas
Liverpool
England
Inner Temple
London
Paris
James FE. Shields
Dungannon
County Tyrone
Ireland
Shields
Illinois
Kaskaskia
Supreme Court
General Land Office
Cervis Hfe
Illinois Volunteers
Taylor
Rio Grande
Wood
Chihuahua
Scott
Cerro Gordo
Valley of Mexico
New York
South Carolina
Chapultepec
Oregon
Minnesota
United States Senate
California
Mexico
Washington
Fred W. Lander
N. P. Banks
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Winchester
Jackson
Carrollton
Congress
Missouri
Ottumwa
Towa
Western Newspaper Union
Summer Foods and Drinks and Quick Seasonal Dishes
A column offers bright summer meal ideas using grapefruit as a centerpiece with candy inserts, plus simple chicken Sonora fried with onion and potatoes. It suggests two fruit based salads Orange and Strawberry and Cherry Delight, plus drinks like Iced Tea with fruit juice blends and Orange Ginger Ale.
Midsummer Dishes for Light Seasonal fare
A collection of summer recipes including Grape Juice Parfait, Banana and Pecan Sundae, Mint Ice, Currant Pie, and Egg Sauce. Instructions cover preparation, chilling, baking, and serving, with notes on garnishes and dish pairings for hot weather menus.
Pilot Relies on Instruments in Fog Flying Tests
New York Times reports at Brooks Field Texas on instrument flying as a solution to fog landings. Captain William C. Ocker demonstrates a box instrument panel to train pilots to trust gauges over senses. He argues most fog crashes occur when pilots ignore instruments.
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Brooks Held
Texas
Ben H. Pearce
New York Times
WiLiam C. Ocker
Army Air Corps
Captain Ocker
Brooks Field
Frank P Lahm
Air Corps Training Center
Maj
Every Town Urged to Build Airport
Washington report from the National Airport conference led by Frank L. Bertschter urges every city town and village to provide airport facilities. It cites future planning, economic benefits from outside visitors, publicity, rapid transport, and community recreation as reasons to act now.
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Nationa Airport
Frank L. Bertschter
United States
America
Lo Ig
Japan Plans Two New Air Routes to Asian Cities
Japan will establish a one day air mail and passenger service between Tokyo and Seoul and a hydro airplane route between Osaka and Shanghai. The Osaka Shanghai flight would become the longest regular overseas route, about six hours covering 600 miles from Fukuoka in Kyushu.
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Seoul
Japan
Korea
Osaka
Shanghai
China
Student Photographers Aid Geological Survey at Chanute
Officers and men of the Army Air Corps Technical School photography department at Chanute Field aid the United States Geological Survey by making tri lens aerial photographs. They mapped about 1 000 square miles of Illinois quadrangles and expect to photograph 2 500 square miles more if the weather remains favorable.
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Rantowl
Army Air Corps Technical School
Chanute Tield
United States Geological Survey
Alinois
Geological Survey
Floating Isle Enables San Francisco Air Ferry Landings
A sea drome near San Francisco Bay serves as the smallest floating island landing place in the country for air ferries. It is 100 feet wide with a rounded top and an internal air tank system to adjust depth and float angle, stabilized by sand on the approaches to prevent skidding. The structure anchors at a dock where about 85 landings and 85 takeoffs occur daily.
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San Francisco Bay
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Sheriff Horning
Air Ferry Line