Army Is Ready This Time
Army readiness contrasts World War I mobilization chaos with a modern system. The 1917 army struggled with sanitation, mud, weapons, and rapid drafts. now 3 million more men can train under improved medical, uniform, and logistical setups, including a punch card system to assign tailored duties.
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Morgan MM. Neatty
Wasitington
Hmile
Army
Pexas
Medical Corps
Bugrayver
Timie
Wolk
Phe Army
Polar Bear squadron paves Alaska winter test for air corps
Maj Dale Gaffney reports Polar Bear squadron at Ladd field will winter with 14 officers and 200 men, rising to 30 officers and 300 men plus five planes. Planes will be tethered in open cold with heated canvas hoods. Eskimo tailors craft Arctic parkas and mukluks for the force. Elmendorf field planned near Anchorage as another Arctic test site.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Army Air Corps
Phiney
Uncle Sam
Far Banks
Alnslen
Dale Gaffney
Tedfield
Fairbanks
Air Corps
Laddfield
Faire Hanks
Revere Werther
Bambers
Ladd Field
Gaffney
Point Barrow
Alaska
Arctic Circle
Richard Freeman
McChord Field
Wash
McChord
Polar Beer Squadron
Winster
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Etpire
Buckner
Hood “Parkas
Elmendorf Field
Anchorage
Army
Navy
Crab King in WV Aquarium Returns After Five Day Dry Spell
A so called king crab or horseshoe crab, caught in Florida waters, was kept out of water for five days at West Virginia University before reviving. Prof. A. M. Reese received the crustacean from a friend and watched it resume activity once returned to water.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
A. M. Reese
Florida
Government Tests Orange Peel Gasoline Claim
The government tests Leonardo Yarochewsky's assertion that synthetic gasoline can be produced in large quantities from the skins of oranges bananas and pineapples.
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Rio DE Janerio
Leonardo Yarochewsky
Veterans Slow Down Sign Aims At Napa Home Road
In Napa California state officials praised a large warning sign urging motorists to slow to 25 mph near the old soldiers home complex. The initiative, tied to veteran affairs, seeks safer access for residents and visitors.
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Napa
Calif
Baca
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