South poised to dominate Congress if Democrats win
Political prophets in Washington predict the South would control Congress in a Democratic victory, reshaping seniority, chairmanships, and leadership. South lawmakers like Garner and Sabath stand to gain top committee posts, with Robinson and Garrett poised to lead the Senate and House respectively if the party prevails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Congress
Nome
Senate
House
Representative Rainey
India
Garner
Texas
Sabath
Illnois
South
Robinson
Arkansas
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Representative Garrett
Tennessee
Longworth
Ohio
Appropriations Committee
Representative Burns
Senator Overman
North Carolina
Plan Airplane Service To South America
Abraham Martinez of Colombia reports plans for LANS to establish New York to Buenos Aires and New York to Barranquilla air routes with hydroplanes. Initial service focuses on meals with passenger service later. routes include New York to Barranquilla via New Orleans and Mexico to Costa Rica and Colombia, and New York to Buenos Aires via Florida, Key West, West Indies, Venezuela, and along the Amazon and Parana river corridors to major South American nations.
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New York
Central
South America
Abraham Martinez
Government Information Bureau
Crector
Buenos Aires
Argentine Republic
Barranquilla
Columbus
New York-Barranquilla
Colombia
Bogota
Bogote
New Orleans
Mexico
Guatemals
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Electric Lamp for Miners Gains Favor
A United States Bureau of Mines report shows safety lamps being phased out in favor of electric cap lamps as mining shifts from flame lamps. In 1914 Pennsylvania bituminous mines used mostly flame lamps. by 1918 electric lamps rose to about 48 000 while flame lamps fell to 17 000. Britain also shifted, with electric lamps increasing from 4 208 to 156 521. The article traces early mining lighting from Theophrastus to Clanny and Davy, noting the transition to safe electric illumination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Mines
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
Theophratta
England
Bureau of Amines
Agricola
William Reid Clanny
George Stephenson
Sir Humphry Davy
Air compass eliminates need for maps in flight
Viators reveal the earth inductor compass, developed at Mic Cook field, which uses isogenic lines to guide navigation. Two army flyers flew 75 miles from Dayton to Mitchel field without maps, trusting the tail mounted instrument to maintain course by magnetic isogonic lines and wind drift indicators.
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Viators
Ita
Dayton
Ohio
Mitchelfield
Earth Inductor Company
Mic- Cook Field
Bradley Jones
H. C. Downey
Ancceas
Tor
Mr. Jones
Mitchel Field Operations Office
Weekly Menu and Recipe Snippets Include Breakfast to Dinner
A cluttered weekly menu lists breakfasts, dinners, and suppers from Sunday to Saturday with items such as fricaseed chicken, cod, steak, roast beef, and salmon loaf. It includes numerous recipes and kitchen tips for soups, salads, breads, puddings, and pickles, plus a lemon sponge and Rusalan salad dressing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker House
Gun Fighter Vorce Dies at 92 in Colorado
Denver report details Newton Vorce a Civil War veteran and famed frontier gunfighter who died at his Denver home at ninety two. His career spanned Indian fighting and outlaw episodes near Deer Trail Byers Roggen and La Salle, with notorious escapes and clashes with lawmen.
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Denver
Newton Vorce
Vorce
Moseby
Colorado
Deer Trail
Bye
Ice
Vans
Vorcea
Byers
la Balle
Greeley
Roggen
Colo
Girl and Brother Capture 278-Pound Bear With Lasso and Ax
Barbara Fox and her brother Ray, while repairing a fence on a ranch near North Park, lassoed a 278-pound bear after it charged. The bear dragged Barbara and Ray, gnawed the rope, and finally Brain and Hay aided by roping and killing the animal with an ax.
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Cole
Barbara Fox
Ray
North Park
Brain
Hay
Braln
Egg Attack Leads to Fines in South Bionx City Court
In rural Iowa near Dakota City Ned and his parents Otto and Mrs. Kuebe were fined $100 and costs after admitting they threw rotten eggs at Miss Bernita Steele a rural schoolteacher who had whipped their child. The incident occurred a few days ago in South Bionx City.
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Bionx
Obta ins Aid For Many Legion Men
The American Legion national rehabilitation committee in Washington highlights veterans cases, notably John Adams, a Pittsburgh enlistee wounded by a bayonet drill accident in 1918. After years of hospital care and bureaucratic maze, Legion aid, affidavits, and medical records linked his injury to service, yielding several thousand dollars in back compensation.
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American Legion
Washington
John Adams
Legion
Pittsburgh
Infantry
John
De‘cembée
Veterans’ Bureau
Rowe
Natonal Rehabilitation Committee
Legion Committee
War Department
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Demand Monument for First Killed in War
Evansville groups led by the Everett Burdette American Legion post urge funds for a monument at Locust Bill cemetery to honor James Bethel Gresham the first American doughboy killed in World War I. The grave currently bears only a glass fruit jar with his name and a faded note. Local chambers and clubs plan support along with a state funeral honor when his body was returned from France.
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Locust Bill
Evansville
Ind
Fose
Mme Ife
Jamez Bethel Grestiam
Everette Burdette
American Legion of
Chamber of Commerce
Gresham
France
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National Capital Aftaids
Davis
Plan Airplane
Gordon Grats
Arapahoe
Voros
Ribute
William Mather Lewis
George Washington University
Associaion
Mather
Europe
Savant
Enita
Conan
Chir
Aman
St. Louis
Ims
Say
Bayer
Carey Medical Laboraories
Elmira
Malle
Salas
Moore & Cod
Newark
N. Y
Chicago
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