Aerological Survey Urged To Aid Early Aviation
Dr Walcott of the Smithsonian urges a North American aerological survey to chart atmospheric irregularities aiding safety and efficiency for future aviation. The National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics seeks aerological stations at military sites to guide air travel, reconnaissance, and combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Hydrographic Office of the Coast and Geodetic Survey
Alan R. Hawley
Aero Club of America
New York
Charles D. Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
North America
Half a town joins the army from Vida Delaware
In Vida Delaware half the town goes to war and two thirds of the rest plan to enlist. Six of the 13 men aged for service join the Montgomery recruiting office. Enlistees include C F Wright N B Wright H E B Hedgepeth B M Durden B D Hedgepeth and John C Adams. The postmaster receives 30 dollars total for recruiting.
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Wilmington
Del
Vida
Montgomery
Regular Army
C. F. Wright
N. B. Wright
H. E B. Hedgepeth
B. M. Durden
B. D. Hedgepeth
John C. Adams
Sauerkraut and Sleep Mark Milner's 100th Birthday Dance
Lancaster Ohio notes Mrs Anna Miller born in Germany in 1830. She celebrated her centennial with a dance with a great great grandchild. She lived on a nearby farm eighty seven years and has five children, twenty six grandchildren, twenty one great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Lancaster, O
Will of W F Bryan and buried coins near Centralia
Centralia residents recall W F Bryan who in 1888 left a will promising one half of a gallon of buried gold coins to the finder and to hire a digger with half share. He states kin may receive a dollar if they object. Another jug of gold is said to lie west of the dwelling, but its mark is lost. Bryan died in the 1890s. Allan Miller, a local, is a Bryan relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Wash
W. F. Bryan
F. Bryan
Bryan
Allan Miller
Baltimore girl grows six feet at age twelve
A Baltimore girl now over six feet tall at twelve, after three years of rapid growth, is under Johns Hopkins medical observation. Doctors expect she may become a prodigy with intact mental powers, noting her intellect above average despite her extraordinary size.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dog Rescued From eighteen Foot Well in Abandoned House
In Greenfield Indiana a dog fell into an eighteen foot deep well beneath an abandoned house. Sam uel Bulkin and helpers lowered a basket then a net to lift the animal. The grateful dog ran to a nearby home seeking a child playmate.
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Greenfield
Ind
Samuel Bulkin
Jefferson eighth graders outspell parents in geography match
In Tacoma Washington the Jefferson school eighth graders defeated their parents in a geography or rail road spelling match. Mrs. Clarence Birney retired after thirty minutes unable to name a geographical starting with G as Ruth Bitney finished spelling Darling. Johanna Madsen Rene Lechner and Ruth Bitney remained for the final rounds.
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Tacoma
Wash
Jefferson School
Clarence Birney
Ruth
Darling
Australia
Johanna Madsen
Rene Lechner
Ruth Bitney
Westgate Brigs Atlantic Return After 110 Day Voyage
The British full rigged ship Westgate arrived in New York after 110 days at sea from London. Departing Dec 11 with chalk, gales blew sails away and steered to Barbados for repairs. Repaired with new canvas, she struggled toward New York, reaching quarantine after a tired voyage. captain towed by tug Marion Lee and one crew member hospitalized.
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New York
London
Westgate
Atlantic
Barbados
Barney
Steele
Marion Lee
Bear Invades Farms Near Costen Station
A large cinnamon bear terrorizes farms at Costen Station Shelbyville Delaware. The bear appears at farmhouses frightening residents and killing sheep and pigs as weather cuts food. Despite multiple hunts its trail leads to an almost impenetrable swamp. It is believed the bear escaped from a circus near Princess Anne seven years ago.
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Shelbyville
Del
Costen Station
Princess Anne
Camp organizes defense league of aging athletes in New Haven
Walter Camp, Yale football adviser, forms the Internal Defense league for men ages forty five to sixty to perform home guard duties in war. The program trains former athletes to relieve the militia, guard railroads and factories, and expands nationwide after starting in New Haven.
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New Haven
Internal Defense League
Walter Camp
Yale
Camp
New England
League
Believed Dead Four Years In Calvary Border Rescue
Grass Valley residents learn Peter Manseau, long presumed dead after a fall from a border tower, may be alive. A letter from a friend of Albert Manseau says he saw "Pete" at El Paso serving as an interpreter for the government with military authorities.
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Grass Valley
Cal
Peter Manseau
Albert Manseau
Pete
el Paso
All wedding gifts not bride’s property ruling
New York jurors ruled that wedding gifts and household effects do not belong to the bride. Mrs Amy Philbrook Clark had sued to recover items valued at 44 000 dollars including a car after her husband filed for divorce and allegedly locked the family safe.
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New York
Amy Philbrook Clark
St Louis Offers Motor Boats and Labor for War Effort
More than a score of St. Louis motorboat owners offered vessels to the navy with boats suited for submarine chasers and anti aircraft use. Albert Bond Lambert and 125 expert fliers also volunteered. Local manufacturers seek girls for factory work and the Western Union trains girl operators with 50 enrolled, aiming for 500. The chamber of commerce began enrolling all able bodied men in the district.
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St. Louis
Nelson Thomas
Western Union
Chamber of Commerce
Laprairie Fades After Postmaster Closes Village Office
Grand Rapids Mich final steps mark dissolution of Laprairie once a lumber era hub at Mississippi and Prairie river junction. population 1000 to 3000 during logging days, now a memory as Grand Rapids grows and Laprairie’s buildings move away. Eugene Arnold closes post office and retires to a farm.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Laprairie
Eugene Arnold
Mississippi
Prairie River
Prairie
Mississippi Grand Rapids
Arnold
Prison Is Home To Him In Alamosa Justice Court
Juan Medina a Pueblo Indian by heritage and now inmate awaiting district court says he would return to the penitentiary despite being charged with burglary. He notes twenty seven years served across six terms and speaks in clear English while awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamosa
Ual
Juan Medina
Cambridge student wins Burr scholarship at Harvard
William B. Snow Jr of Stoneham is awarded the Francis H. Burr scholarship at Harvard University becoming the first undergraduate recipient since the fund's four year establishment. The scholarship, $325 yearly, honors Frank Burr a former football captain and scholar. Snow excels as guard on the football team, champion heavyweight wrestler and boxer, and lacrosse defenseman.
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Cambridge
Mass
William B. Snow, Jr
Stoneham
Francis H. Burr
Harvard University
Frank Burr
Burr
Dean Yeomans
Briggs
Snow
Amberg Boy Fights Bear and Kills Mother Bear
Willie Matson seventeen of Amberg Wis on way home from his father’s camp shot and killed a large mother bear after the animal rushed him. He captured four bear cubs who were following the mother and brought them to Amberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinette
Wis
Willie Matson
Mattie Matson
Amberg
Matson
Four new submarine chasers funded for New York defense
Four 110 foot submarine chasers are being built at Bristol Rhode Island to protect New York and surrounding areas. Funded by A I du Pont and prominent financiers, the boats will have steel hulls, oil engines, and crews of nineteen, capable of twenty five miles per hour. Deliveries start July and August.
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New York
Bristol
R. I
Naval Reserve Force
Third District
A. I. du Pont
R. E. Tod
Payne Whitney
Harold Vanderbilt
Navy Department
Mosquito
du Pont
Marine Division
Home Defense League
Frederick D. Underwood
The
Erie
Governor Lister Urges Increased Food Production
Governor Lister calls county officials to mobilize agricultural resources to maximize food production as a war measure. Proclamation seeks county meetings with officials and citizens to farm every arable acre with support from farmers groups and seed loans repayable in cash or produce after harvest. Additional notes mention F A Losekamp’s return to Leavenworth and optimism about mining ventures, plus a contractor adding to G N Lumber Co.’s office.
Letter mailed sixteen years ago reaches Salem man
Salem Oregon resident L. M. Crolson receives a letter from J. Sutton Burns of Boonville Missouri eight years after the sender died. Burns crossed the plains in 1846 with Crolson’s parents, and the son had written to the pioneer in 1910. The note sat in post offices for years before arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
M. Crolson
J. Sutton Burns
Booneville, Mo
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Charles DO. Walcott
Will
Mr. Camp
American Press Association
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Manseau
United States
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Him
Harvard
Killa the Bear
Lister
F. A. Losekamp
Leavenworth
Seattle
Speidel
G. N. Lumber Co
Leavenworth Meat Market
Inland Meat Co
Wenatchee, Props
Graham’s Repair & Harness Shop
Post Office
Michigan
F. T. Motteler
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