Locations of the Twenty Nine U S Aviation Fields
The article lists many U S Army aviation fields named after fallen officers and pioneers. It notes McCook Field as an exception, names fields such as Barron, Bolting, Brooks, Chanute, Chandler, Chanute, Dorr Meld, Everts, Ellington, Gerstner, Hazelhurst, Kelly, Langley, Love, McCook, Mather, March Field, Park Field, and others. It details how each field received its name from cadets, lieutenants, or officers who died or distinguished themselves in early aviation efforts.
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Rignnig Corps of
Army
Camp Borden
Toronto
Canada
United States
McCook Field
Langley
Chenute
Wilbur Wright
Barron Metd
Everman
KR. J. Barron
Chonister Field
Essington
Pays
Bolting Field
Anacostia
Washington
D. C
Raynal C. Bolling
Signa Corps
Brathe
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Tex
S.J. Brooks
Kelly Field
Brooker
American Flying Corps
Call
wWichita Falls
Loren I. Call
Nc. A. G
College Park
B. L. Ellington
Palm Beach
Fre
Signe
Victor Carlstrom
Carlstrom
Newport News
Carruthers
Pell
Benbrook
W. K. Carruthers
Hazelhurst Field
Mineola
L. T
Chandler Field
Rex Qhoendler
Signal Corps Aviation
San Diego
Gal
San Diego Bay
Chandler
Oni
Phim Beach
Fly
Signal Corps
Leutenant Ellington Avis
Signal Corps Aviation School
Cal
Raleigh
N. C
United States Military Academy
L. C
L. W. Hazelhurst
Georgta
United States Miliary Academy
Augusta
Ald
Hazelhurst
G. J. M. Kelly
30Th Infantry
Curtiss Aviation
Langley Vield
Hampton
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Love Field
Dallas
Moss I. Love
11Th Cavalry
Fairfax Courthouse
Texas City
San Dingo
McCook
Aviation Squares and Military Names in Early US Army Air Service
A fragmentary roster traces names and stations linked to early Army aviation. It lists officers and fields such as San Diego College Park Fort Worth Signal Corps Aviation School Fort William McKinley and Mineola, noting altitude records and deaths in the line of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Illnois
Washington
Thunferro Mel
Fort Worth
Tex
Post Wield
Fort 8
Oklo
Henry B. Post
25Th Infantry
Signal Corps Aviation School
San Diego
Gal
Army
Rich Field
Waco
Perry C. Rich
Philadelphia
Fort William McKinley
P. I. Maret
Manila Bay
Rockwell Field
Sana Diego
Cnt
Lewis G. Rockwell
10Th Infantry
College Park
Kilen
Scott Field
Bellevue
Scott
Selfridge
Fort Monroe
Taylor Field
Montgomery
Als
Ralph L. Taylor
Tt. C
A. S
Mineola
Wilbur Wright
Patfield
Dayton
Ohio
Wilbur
Griilie Wright
Saleswoman Ships North as Stewardess
Resourceful Mrs. Murle Cowan of Chicago returns to the United States and is upbeat. She works for a Western caréet manufacturing company and scouts major South American towns. With scarce passenger ships on the Chilean run, she waited 30 days before shipping out as a stewardess following company orders by wire.
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Boston
Murle Cowan
Chicago
United States
South America
Caréet Manufacturing
Nore
Molly King urged women ambulance service in France drive push
A fragmented note reports Mollie King an actress resisting enlistment with a plea that women should operate ambulances for Uncle Sam in France. Two sergeants sought to persuade her at Allentown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly
Ocamp Crane
Allentown
Houten
Ant
Mollie King
Uncle Sam
France
Ussacs
Short but Not Merry Ethnologist Notes New Guinea Height
An ethnologist states New Guinea natives are among the shortest lived due to beetle consumption and drinking seawater. The Courier Journal notes the remark as a curious, controversial claim in its brief column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Avery
Loulevith Couriers Journal
Camera Is Real Eye of Army
London reports that aerial photography has become the army s eye during war gains in observation value with cameras linking numerous snapshots into a complete view of enemy defenses. Pilots and observers face antiaircraft danger while steadily documenting terrain from 4000 feet, the process requiring cool nerve and precise handling of the camera and aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Archibald
Maaneuver
Antiulteratl
Climbig
Abele Ee Eska
Woman Window Washer Patriotically Plucky in Seattle
A fragmented Seattle report highlights Ressla McGillivery, known as a brave window washer, who contends with danger and inequality while earning a man’s pay of 80 dollars a month. The piece frames her work amid personal risk and gender roles in a gritty city setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Ressla McGillivery
Oman
Ler Gamle
Lieut O Brien Confesses to Berkeley Prank Mystery
Lieutenant Pat O Brien, linked to a Berkeley prank baffling the university for years, reappears in a confession. The tale involves the so called American gee who fell 8,000 feet and escaped, and a mystery around a glowing gold letter O found on a campus hillside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Cal
Mat Owen
Gee
Hearst Groolk Theater
St. Patrick's
Clinester
Cetmpur
Bwiliabe Geen
O'Brien
Flour Sack Frocks Spark Fashion Demand in 1920s Era
Report describes dresses made from flour sacks by Bheboggin and Win-Train adepts amid wartime shortages. Prices fluctuate as buyers seek handmade outfits, with observers noting the changing taste and rising popularity of the new style among followers of United Fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enaibys
Sendinn
Hines Bart
Ian
Potash Extraction Process At Fertilizer Plant
Federal Judge Ciles Porry presided over a manufacturing case concerning an potash extraction process. The court examined the ability to obtain potash for Linn pad fertilizers while overseeing the production timetable and related procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitsburg
Eile
Ciles Porry
Tobie Na
Permneatt
Bayete
English train yanks aviators for first flight tests
An American airfield in England trains fledgling flyers under British instruction. A young student undergoes practical lessons, learning takeoffs, landings, and basic piloting with careful supervision as the instructor warns and guides. The process emphasizes nerves, control, and steady progress toward solo flight.
Kidnapped Child Missing Thirty-Two Years
Trenton reports a girl abducted thirty two years ago near Newark and Turin. Investigators trace clues to foster homes and grocers as they seek names of relatives. Authorities plan to exhume graves of the foster parents to uncover buried papers and evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Lel
Kise
Myx
Tanneili
Capri
Trllytawin
Cuilly
Wits
Foster
First Museum at Alexandria Palace Lures Luried Men
Fragmentary note recalls the Phodrat museum within the Palace at Alexandria where luried men were kept at the public cost. It contrasts with eminent public servants in the Prytaneum at Athens and attributes the foundation to Ptolemy Philadelphus around 280 BCE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phodrat
Alexandeia
Prytaneum
Athena
Ita
Ptolemy Philadsiphus
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U. S. Aviation Service
Bordeh
Dorr
Arendla
Pai
H. Dorr
Everts Field
Lonoke
Ark
Melchior
Eberts
Oni States Miliary Inmene
Italy
Trajan
Wilinn A. Marshall
Nairrow
Seaund
Beneit
Hone
Jeanne
Ad Cross
Lieut
Pat O'Brien
Wieconsin
Enghint
Bogland
Fyroinee
Gaynemurs
Lathoris
Eligsie
Wright
Hitler
Kuyding
UNO
Ind
Clukorkinig
Arlos
Helen Tistruet
Connecticut
Tracee
Eliytn
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