Aviation Fields Named After Army Air Pioneers Across US
The aviation section lists twenty fields named for officers and civilians who died in aeronautical service. Camp Borden in Canada hosts US and British aviation activities. Notable names include Langley Chanute Wilbur Wright, with fields such as Barron Everman Bolling Brooks Call Carlstrom Carruthers Chandler Chanute Dorr Eberts Ellington Gerstner Hazelhurst Kelly Langley Lave McCook Mather March Park Payne and more, each tied to a tragic accident or early aviation contribution and tied to specific dates and places.
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Signal Corps of
Army
Camp Borden
Toronto
Canada
United States
McCook Field
Langley
Chanute
Wilbur Wricht
Barron Field
Everman
Tex
TR. J. Barron
Chandler Field
Essington
Bolling
Anacostia
Washington
D. C
Raynal C. Bolling
Signal Corps
France
Brooks
American Flying Corps
Call Field
Wichita Falls
Loren H H. Call
College Park
Amd
E F. L. Ellington
Palm Beach
Fin
Call
Texas City
Newport News
Carruthers Field
Benbrook
W. K. Carruthers
Hazelhurst Field
Mineola
L. L
Rex Chandler
C. A
Signal Corps Aviation School
Sann Diego
Cal
San Diego Bay
Chandler
Chanute Field
Rantoul, J
Octave Chanute
America
San Diego
Columbus
N. M
Eberts
Ellington Field
Houston
KE Ol, Ellington
United States Naval Academy
Cavalry
Signa Corps Aviation School
Fla
Ellington
Raleigh
N. C
Gerstner
Lake Charles
Frederick J. Gerstner
10Th Cavalry
United States Military Academy
S. 1
L. W. Hazelhurst
Georgia
Augusta
L. Langley
Hampton
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Lave Field
Dallas
Moss L. Love
11Th Cavalry
Fairfax Courthouse
Dayton
Ohio
Mather
Sacramento
Carl S. Mather
A. S
Park Field
Memphis
Millington
Yonn
Joseph D. Park
14Th Cavalry
New Hampshire
Payne Field
West Point
Misa
Dewlit J. Payne
School of
Military aeronautics pioneers and fatal accidents linked to training fields
The record lists multiple early aviation figures associated with U S army aeronautics divisions, training schools, and field names. It notes commissions, duties, altitude records, and deaths at Fort Worth, San Diego, Manila Bay, and Mineola, among others, with fields named posthumously for fallen aviators.
Saleswoman Ships North as Stewardess in Steady Trade
Marie Cowan of Chicago returns to the United States after touring South American ports with a Western corset maker. She traveled 30 days in Chilean harbors, then shipped north as a stewardess when her firm pressed for personnel, adding 180 stewardesses to the roster.
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Boston
Marie Cowan
Chicago
United States
South America
Mollie King Tried to Enlist as Ambulance Driver
Two sergeants and a lieutenant refused actress Mollie King when she attempted to enlist with the Isanes in France. An ethnologist notes New Guinea natives are among the shortest lived people due to beetle diet and freshwater intake.
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Molly
Camp Crane
Allentown
Pae
Mollie King
France
New Guinea
Toulsvisit Courles Journal
Emancipated Clerk Denounces Efficiency Talk and Finds Love
Charlotte Day, a beauty parlor assistant in Reed's store, rebels against the new efficiency program after challenging managers about sales tricks. She quits the routine, confronts customers frankly, and later meets Avery Baker the efficiency man who helps her pivot to a sales role and proposes marriage, prompting reflection on true success versus conformity.
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Reed
Charlotte Day
Ife
Charlotte
Sas
Mrs. Peabody
Department
Iwan
Yeward
Avery Baker
Avery
Mrs. Armstrong
Generous Offer From Nephew in Birthday Gesture
A Chicago Tribune note recounts a nephew who could not afford a gift for Aunt Rose. He apologizes and offers to stay with her for two weeks as a thoughtful alternative, showing the charm of simple family generosity.
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Rose
Chicago Tribune
Colored soldier duel over chicken at Camp Pike
A Little Rock report recalls an incident at Camp Pike where a colored private chased a thief who snatched a home bought chicken. Razors were drawn on both sides until a captain directed a search yielding a basket of razors. The moment ended with no serious injuries.
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Little Rock
Camp Pike
Plan to Make Good Butter
Step by step USDA guidance outlines clean milk and cream, controlled ripening, precise churning temperatures, careful washing, coloring, and packaging to produce high quality farm butter. It emphasizes thermometer use, sanitation, and proper handling from milk to final printing.
NEAT PACKAGES FOR BUTTER
Prepared by the United States Department for home use, butters are often packed in glazed earthenware crocks. Crocks with imperfect glaze absorb butter, becoming unsanitary. For market, the rectangular one pound print is preferred for appearance, convenience, and carton compatibility. prints are formed by pressing butter onto oiled parchment, excess scraped, then printed on parchment.
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United States
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Dorr
Arcadia
Pla
S. H. Dorr
Eberts Flield
Lonoke
Ark
Melchior
William A. Marshall
Italy
University of Iineis
Taliaferro Field
Fort Worth
Post Field
Fort Sill
Okla
Henry B. Post
21Th Infantry
Rich Field
Waco
Perry C. Rich
Philadelphia
Port William
Manila Bay
Rockwell Field
Lewis G. Rockwell
10Th Infantry
Scott Field
Bellevile
Corporal Scott
Selfridge
Mount Clemens
Mich
Thomas Selfridge
F. A
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Souther
Americus
Henry Souther
U.S. BR
Hartford
Toston
Army Air Service
Fort Monroe
Camp
Taylor Field
Montgomery
Ala
Ralph L. Taylor
SIG
U. S
Wilbur Wright
Poirfield
Wilbur
Poe
The
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
British Trade Union Congress
Thas
United States Department of Agriculture