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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1919
Page
4
The Salvation Army won the hearts of boys in France with doughnuts. CHILDS served light and sweet doughnuts that were given away in large numbers for the Salvation Army Home Fund effort.
Secretary Daniels presses Congress to increase next year’s navy aviation budget to 45,001,000 while arguing 36,000,000 is the minimum to avoid lag. He notes Britain and France outpace the U.S. in aviation, with plans for rigid dirigibles and hangar shortages in North America.
The article notes three daring air feats with Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown credited for the first nonstop Atlantic flight. It contrasts this with the NC-4 seaplane achievement by American naval officers, which crossed with a stop at the Azores.
Henry Woodhouse secretary of the Aero Club of America calls Alcock and Brown’s transatlantic flight the most stupendous achievement of the age and predicts swift growth of regular aerial express and passenger service linking Europe and the Americas from Atlantic City where he attends the Pan American Aeronautical Exposition. He credits the Vimy era with accelerating demand for an Atlantic air port and for a permanent transatlantic air service.
Lieut Col Theodore Roosevelt and William Sroyce Thompson lead a party to Blackwood South Dakota for a July 4 memorial honoring Theodore Roosevelt. A boulder memorial will crown Sheep Mountain near Deadwood with Major Gen Leonard Wood delivering remarks and officials from four states attending.
Admiral Kolchak head of the Omsk Government in Russia sends a dispatch from Omsk dated June detailing his commitment to guarantee equal protection before the law for all ethnic and religious groups and to reject national discord after meetings with Jewish community delegations.
Garvan and the Chemical Foundation urge a licensing system to control coal tar dye imports to protect U.S. defenses and industry. The brief cites Bernstorff’s 1915 warning that a dye embargo could throw millions out of work and argues a domestic dye sector is essential for national defense, medical chemistry, and industrial progress.
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