West Point draws seven army grads from ranks rise
A 1927 West Point class includes seven ex regular army men who earned cadet ranks and top towers during training. Cadet Holmer led with 2757.05 points, Cadet Kurstedt second, others include Lovell Schwab and Williams with strong athletic records. Preparatory schools expand access to the academy for soldiers serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eratio Alger
Luck
United States
Ufe
Sam
Fortune
Buck
West Point
Military Academy
Uncle Sam
Real Democracy
Dudson
Iowa
Wall Street
Medford
Ore
Regular Army
Tiarold A. Kurstedt
Weehawken
N. J
United States Military Academy
John FR. Lovell
Ottumwa
John A. Schwab
New York City
Cyril E. Williams
Ontario
Canada
Harold A. Kurstedt
Mt. Vernon
Hans W. Holmer
Charlie Weener
Green Lake
John T. Holset
New Haven
Willams
St. Catherines
Charlie Wesner
Wia
Kurstedt
Schwab
Holmer
Lovell
Academy
National Guard
Corps of Cadets
Army
Hane
Shaw mocks American marriage ease at luncheon
George Bernard Shaw quips on US divorce ease during a London dinner, noting an American girl and a British youth debating marriage. He comments that marrying on a Friday might be unlucky and the conversation ends with the American girl saying a divorce would not be possible before Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bernard Shaw
London
Rubber Molding Shaped by Steam Heated Presses Says Bureau
The Bureau of Standards notes rubber is not poured molten but molded in steam heated presses. High mold temperatures render rubber plastic to take the mold shape. A hard rubber contains at least 21 percent (text truncates).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Standards
Rubber Vulcanization and Sulphur Content Requirements
The text discusses the need to extend vulcanization and adjust sulphur content to achieve a specific hard rubber grade. It notes that the amount of sulphur in the rubber compound determines the hardness and that processing must be tailored to reach the desired quality.
Jeffersons Early Notion of Pacific Coast Exploration
The source notes Thomas Jefferson conceived exploration to the Pacific coast, inspired by John Ledyard, a young New England sailor, with details tied to 1754 and Jeffersons views in his autobiography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
Ile
John Ledyard
New England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congress
Tenns
Cane
the Forty-and-Eight
Paris
Play
Honor Society of the American Legion
Palais Orsay
Palais d'Orsay
Quay d'Orsay
Boucher d'Orsay
Jefferson
Soldier Field
Chicago
Great Stadium
Dempsey
Tuoney
Coolidge Zoo
Ray Sanders
Putroiman
Scheible
Seattle Police
Diddy
Sestile
Miss Baltimore
Buelah
Goldsborough
Baltimore
Atlantic City
W. F. Staudtey