Supremacy in Air Necessary to Win
Washington formal hearing quotes Rear Admiral William A. Moffett urging rapid construction of five 13,500 ton fast carriers to secure air superiority. He notes the United States trails Britain and Japan in carrier strength, requires about 759 more aircraft and an $800 million price tag, and argues air power decides sea victory.
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Washington
United States
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Great Britain
Japan
Langley
Admiral Moffett
Widow of Maj. Gen. Leonard M. Wood Proposed Pension
A bill to grant a pension of five thousand dollars annually to the widow of Maj. Gen. Leonard M. Wood has been reported to the Senate by the pension committee.
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Leonard M. Wood
Senate
Investigation sought on oil sale to Shell via Honolulu firm
Secretary Wilbur orders inquiry into whether naval reserve oil in California is sold to the Royal Dutch Shell company by the Honolulu Consolidated Oil company. Senate elections panel defeats Ware seating petition 8 to 6.
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Wilbur
California
Royal Dutch Shell Company
Honolulu Consolidated Oil Company
Senate Elections Committee
Senate
William S. Ware
Pennsylvania
Inland Waterway Dredging and Airplane Motors Order
Representative Chalmers of Ohio seeks dredging channels 25 feet deep in the Great Lakes from Welland to Buffalo Chicago Detroit and other harbors. The War department allocates 180000 for inland waterway improvements Norfolk Virginia to Beaufort North Carolina. Representative Sea of California proposes direct presidential election abolishing electoral college. The Navy department orders 100 Wright nine cylinder air cooled airplane motors at 1141920.
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Chalmers
Ohio
Great Lakes
Welland Canal
Buffalo
Chicago
Detroit
War Department
Norfolk
Beaufort
N. C
Electoral College
Representative Sea of California
Navy Department
Madison Senate calls for federal probe of coal strikes
The Wisconsin state senate adopted a resolution urging federal Congress to investigate coal strikes in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia amid growing labor tensions.
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Madison
Wis
State Senate
Federal Congress
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Pan American union rejects Mexican rotation proposals
At Havana the Pan American conference committee rejected Mexico’s amendments demanding rotating chairmanship and director general roles. U.S. Hughes argued against artificial restrictions while Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic backed the status quo. Canada may join aviation talks. a Pan American chamber of commerce was proposed for the next congress.
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Havana
Pan-American Union
Committee On Communications
Canada
America
Fletcher
United States
Felipe Espil
Argentina
Pan-American Union Committee
Charles Evans Hughes
Honorio Pueyrredon
Rafael Urbina
Mexico
Hughes
Ecuador
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Pan-American Union Organization
Jacobo Varela
Washington
Bolivia
Pan-American Chamber of Commerce
Committee On Economic Problems
Pan-American Commercial Congress
Big Steel Merger Formed To Unite Two Major Firms
Consolidation of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co and Inland Steel Co into a single corporation with assets near 400 million dollars has been agreed by their executive officers after years of talks. The plan will go to boards, then to stockholders for adoption and to execute the merger.
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Big Steel
Chicago
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Inland Steel Company
President Coolidge Warns Against Excessive Tax Cuts
Washington report says President Coolidge warned that no tax reduction should be excessive, signaling a veto threat over a bill cutting revenues beyond $225 million. He prefers applying surplus to reducing the public debt while urging continued budget economy and defense spending restraint.
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Washington
Coolidge
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Continental Memorial Hall
Herbert M. Lord
Congress
Treasury
Cattle Supply Seen Sufficient for U S Domestic Need
El Paso Texas L C Brite president of the National Live Stock association says 1927 brought fair profits to American cattle men and the six year liquidation period is ended. He notes the current cattle supply meets domestic demand and urges resisting embargo removals on hoof and mouth disease countries.
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U. S
el Paso
Texas
L. C. Brite
National Live Stock Association
Brite
Missing Submarine S-3 Found Near Florida Coast
The submarine S-3 with forty one crew members was located off the northern Florida coast after two days missing and was moving under its own power toward Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Washington
Florida
Guantanamo
Cuba
Famine Strikes Shanghai Provinces Sherman Reports
Four million people in Shanghai area face famine with over four thousand others suffering in Shantung and Chihli provinces, fears voiced by officials.
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Shanghai
Shantung
Chihli
Salute Etiquette Edict From 1802 Military Reform
Friedrich Wilhelm III issued an order abolishing hat sitting among soldiers in 1802. New protocol required entering soldiers to remove hats, those on foot to lift a left hand to the eye, and horsemen to salute with the right hand.
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Friedrich Wilhelm III
Ancient Egyptian Road Built 4000 B C Said to Span Half Africa
Greek historian Herodotus described a road in Egypt used to haul pyramid stones that supposedly stretched halfway across Africa. He claimed it was built around 4000 B C and required 10,000 workers for ten years to complete a single mile.
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Herodotus
Egypt
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Washington Briefs
Ask Coal Strike
Pan-Ams
Nokol
Twin City Sales
Henry J. Mohr
Lincoln Ave
Dalton, Nl
Dolton
Kelvinator
First Trust & Savings Bank of Riverdale
Pastoret - Dorsey - Barrett Co
Municipal Contractors
Washington St
Dolton, II
Conrad Kern
Indiana Ave
Riverdale
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