Vimy Postpones Start While Handley Page Seeks Break
At St Johns Newfoundland on June 13 the Vimy team delayed takeoff due to cross winds and mechanical tweaks. Alcock and Brown chased a first cross Atlantic flight as Handley Page endured tests, with both crews aiming to depart tomorrow if weather holds and no last minute issues arise.
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Baroness de la Roche Sets Female Altitude Record
Paris reports Baroness de la Roche piloting a stall biplane to 15 706 feet, surpassing Ruth Law's height mark for women fliers. The French Aero Club verifies the feat and announces the new official record and a dinner invitation honors NC-4 crew and leaders.
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Close Hearings On Courts Martial Hear Diverse Suggestions
The American Bar Association committee examining military justice heard witnesses from a private in France to Manila officials, all favoring trained law officers for the accused. Major Orville J. Taylor Jr. endorsed the current system, while Edward H. White urged a Judge Advocate with final charge review and government-funded defense counsel. Joseph Wireless of St. Louis offered additional perspective as Central Department Judge Advocate.
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Roslyn Plans World War Memorial Building
Roslyn plans a new community memorial building honoring 200 local youths who served in World War I. The site sits opposite the Neighborhood House on Roslyn Neighborhood Association land. A War Memorial Building Campaign Committee led by Clarence Mackay will run June 22 to 28 to fund the project. plans await campaign results.
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Critique of Courts Martial and Precedent by Major Speaker
The speaker delivered a severe indictment of court sentences and cited examples of incompetence in courts martial. He urged permanent presiding officers and condemned unitary courts as ephemeral and haphazard in their weighing of evidence.
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Defends Courts Martial In Address Before Bar Association
Major General Hugh L. Scott, former Camp Dix commander, defended the U S Army court martial system in an Atlantic City speech to the New Jersey Bar Association. He cited officers returning from France and Germany urging no change, warning against altering sacred institutions during challenging times.
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Meanest thief in town named for ice theft in Harlem
Magistrate Frederick Groehl brands Rudolph Wormick a notorious thief after arraignment for stealing a twenty five pound chunk of ice from the baby health station at 313 East 112th Street. Wormick, a milk wagon driver of 169 East Ninety-seventh Street, is held on $1,000 bail for grand larceny in the Court of Special Sessions. Patrolman Kuntz witnessed the crime and followed Wormick to a nearby grocery store where the suspect tried to sell the ice.
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