American Flying Fields Named for Aviation Pioneers
The aviation section of the Signal Corps now operates twenty nine fields primarily for training and testing. Several fields honor fallen officers and aviation pioneers, including Langley Bolling Brooks Call Chanute Dorr Roberts Hazelhurst and Love Field. Each field bears the name of an officer or civilian who helped advance U S aviation and many fields support both basic and advanced flight training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Corps of the Army
Military Aeronautica
Camp Borden
Toronto
Canada
United States
McCaote Field
Langley
Chanute
Wither Wright
Barron Flekl
Everman
Tex
TR. J. Barron
Chandler Field
Esaington
Bolling
American Flying Corps
Call Field
Wickita Falls
Loren A. Co
C. A
Elvil Ife
College Park
Afd
B. L. Ellington
Palm Beach
Signal Corps
Call
Texas City
Washington, D. C
Carlstrom Field
Arcadia
Victor Crmstrom
Carlstrom
Newport News
Carruthers
Essington
Rex Chandler
Signal Corps Aviation School
San Diego
Cal
San Diego Bay
Chandler
Dorr
Fla
5. H. Dorr
Mberts
Lonoke
Ark
Lieut
Melchior
United States Military Academy
Untdl
Memorials of early US aviators and air service sites
The list honors aviation pioneers and military airfields named for officers and soldiers. It notes promotions, duties at Signal Corps schools, altitude records, fatalities in flight, and commemorations at Fort Worth Texas San Diego California Manila Bay Manila Bay Fort Monroe Virginia Mineola New York Dayton Ohio and other locations, with dates ranging from 1908 to 1945.
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University of Tinois
Washington
Tallaferro Field
Fort Worth
Tex
Post
Fort Sill
Okla
Henry Us
25Th Infantry
Signal Corps Aviation School
San Diego
Cal
Army
Rich
Waco
Perry C. Rich
Philadelphia Searts
Fort Willan McKinley
P. T
Manila Bay
Rockwell Field
Lewis G. Rockwell
10Th Infantry
Callege Park
Scott Field
Dellevie
Scott
College Park
Selfridge
Taylor Setd
Montgomery
Ala
Ralph £. Taylor
The
BR. C
Mineola
Wilbur Wright Pield
Fairfield
Dayton
Ohio
Wilbur Wright
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Saleswoman Ships North as Stewardess Iseaton
Resourceful Mrs. Marie Cowan of Chicago returns to the United States and reports success selling corsets for a Western manufacturer. She scouted South American markets, waited 80 days at a Chilean port, then sailed north as stewardess amid limited passenger ships on the route, prompted by Terrett’s wireless urging.
Molly Klig Persists Against War Ambulence Drive
In a 1918 era tale from Aulentown five sergeants and a fraternity try to persuade Mollie Klig that women should not drive ambulances for the war effort. The exchange occurs as she defends her place on the list amid public wartime roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly
Camp Crane
Aulentown
Mollie Klig
Sama France
Short but Not Merry says New Guinea natives drink seawater
An ethnologist claims the New Guinea natives are the shortest lived people because they engage in eating and drinking seawater. The Louisville Courier-Journal notes the paradox that not every short life is a merry one.
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New Guinea
Louisville Courier-Journal
CAMERA EYE OF THE ARMY IN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
The piece extols aerial photographers as the army's eyes, detailing how hundreds of snaps are fused into complete enemy pictures. It covers the dangers, equipment, and nerve needed to film from 4000 feet, with antiaircraft threats and counter moves shaping a high risk but vital task for reconnaissance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Butts
Settlon
Degraes
Lui
Woman Window Washer Shows Pluck in Seattle
A Seattle woman window washer, described as patriotic and plucky, risked her life while washing windows on a tall building. She reportedly earned 80 dollars a month and joked about joining the trenches, displaying fearless resolve despite danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Bossie Mfecetlivery
Ant
Oman
Fla
Lieut Pat O'Brien Confesses In Campus Prank Mystery
A confused report notes Lieut Pat O'Brien who survived a 6,000 foot fall and a prison escape confessed to a prank at the University of California. On St Turiel's day the campus woke to gold letters and vandalized displays praising a local figure, while investigators traced a redecoration by an unseen hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
He University At
California
Saveral
Pat O'Brien
Germany
Aladloga
Lieutanant O'Brien
Dress made from flour sack material shocks readers
A Sheboygan reader recalls a wartime dress sewn from flour bags. The article notes the odd fashion choice and details the garment’s style, color, and fittings, including a satin trim and a belt. Prices and social reactions are touched on as the era’s thriftiness shaped apparel.
Potash from Dust Claim Sparks Industrial Talk
A fragment suggests Pilstiegh James proposes extracting potash from dust during a process tied to a regional fertilizer effort. Mentions cobbled names and an agreement with an entity, amid unclear details and official-sounding jargon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilstiegh
Pilsburg
Ilo
Vederal
Chirles 2
Ore
Dn Ohty Cement
Owortinonl
First Solo Flight Trains Yankee Aviators in England
A Kentucky trainee in an English flight school takes his first solo ascent under a British instructor. The scene shows British air corps training near a calm Tyne valley airfield as Americans prepare for France, mastering takeoffs, stalls, and landing maneuvers with final guidance on engine revolutions and control handling.
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Enghasid
Tiia
Mngland
France
Tyne
Tayond
California
Firat
Jean
Br Bias
Berthe Ir
Gore
gHde
Eliiah
Niki
Ming
Kidnaped Heiress Traces Family Forty Years Later
Mysterious kidnapping case from 32 years ago resurfaces as Trentin, M h discovers lineage to Leng Un Co and Tuilytown Pa. Foster family ties, adoption, and wartime searches lead to engagement with war department. Lieutenant Dinges plans to probe foster parents' legal holdings for clues.
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Trentin
M. H
Mount Kiser
Leng UN
Jared
Steut
Jenrge Dinges
U.S. A
Tuilytown
Trenton
A. A
May Dinges
Angel Onalty
War Department
Dinges
Whipping Post in Blantingham News Era
A fragmentary local item notes a whipping post erected in Blantingham with two accommodations for occupants and a parade of punishment imagery tied to past public executions. The text is damaged and inconsistent but suggests a historical practice and a price or value discussion around punishment methods.
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Tve Volins
Cheeftytotte Vl
Donfer's
Hagouily
Fragmentary note on ancient palaces and scholars
Fragmentary OCR mentions the First Museum in the Palaces of Alexandria where learned men were kept for public service. It also references the Prytaneum at Athens and a foundation attributed to Ptolemy Philadelphus around 280 BCE, noting public service and eminent figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaxandria
Prytinaum
Athens
Ptolem Philadelphus
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S. Aviation Service
Columbus
N. M
Pberts
Colmbus
Magter- Feld
Honaton
KL. Ellington
United States Naval Academy
Cavalry
Eilington
Raleigh
N.C
Gerstner
Lake Charles
Frederick J. Gerstner
10Th Cavalry
Hazelhurst Field
L. C
L. W. Hazelhurst
Georgia
Augusta
College Pari
Hastelhurst
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Leutenant
G. E. M. Kelly
80Th Infantry
Curtiss Aviation
Lingley Field
Hampton
Samuel Pismoningley
Smithsonian Institution
Love Field
Dallas
Moss L. Love
11Th Cavalry
Fairfax Courthouse
McCook Field
Mather
Sacramento
S. Mather
I. G
Ellington Field
Houston
March Field
Riverside
Peyton C, March, Jr
BR. Og, A
Peston C, March
Stat
March
Taliaferro
Park Field
Memphis
Millington
Tenn
Joseph D. Park
14Th Cavalry
New Hampshire
Payne Field
Italy
Nin
Italan Subhat
William A. Marshal
Sansa
Velit
Daigy
Jennne
Front
Toul
Acs
Sheboyusin
Win—lhiour Savek
Toby Cielawn
Drese
Meneses
Connecticut
Tracon
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