Police Lieutenant Mina Van Winkle Targeted As DC Commissioner Candidate
Lieut. Mina Van Winkle, head of the Washington police women’s bureau, has been prominently mentioned as a potential successor to Cano Rudolph as District of Columbia commissioner, with her term expiring soon. She has built a strong reputation in police circles over about five years in her current post.
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Mina van Winkle
Woman's Bureau
Washington Police Department
District of Columbia
Cano Rudolph
Lieut. van Winkle
Air survey to begin on civil aeronautics development
Washington announces a nationwide air transportation survey under the air commerce act of 1926. William P. MacCracken Jr says the study will map existing carriers, define safe economic methods, and build a civil aeronautics network centered on the Trans-Continental Airway and the New York to Chicago night route. Additional airlines to start soon and night flying feasibility will be explored.
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Washington
William P. MacCracken, Jr
United States
Civil Air Transportation
MacCracken
Post Office Department
Summerall Named New U S Army Chief of Staff
Maj. Gen. Charles Pelot Summerall, senior officer and World War I standout, to succeed Maj. Gen. John L. Lines as chief of staff in December. Secretary of War Davis announced the President approved the appointment on his recommendation, but he gave no details on the factors behind the choice.
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Summerall
U. S. Army
Washington
Charles Pelot Summerall
John L. Lines
United States Army
Davis
Suspend 4 West Point Hazers Lose Standing
Four cadets at the United States Military Academy were suspended in their senior year for hazing the first disciplinary action in a decade. Named are John B Allen from St. Charles Missouri David Peter Laubach from Easton Iowa William U Potter from Toledo Ohio and Thomas J Cody from West Point. They may return next year but will stay behind classmates for their army careers due to promotion by seniority.
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West Point
Japan Launches New Cruiser Aoba At Nagasaki Yard
Prince Takamatsu christened the new first class cruiser Aoba launched at Nagasaki navy yards recently.
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Japan
Tokyo
Prince Takamatsu
Aoba
Nagasaki
World Court Reservations Spark US Senate Debate
Geneva delegates adopted a sub committee's five American reservations to the World Court but added a rider allowing withdrawal of adherence. The United States would need congressional advice for ratification, raising new tensions in Washington as Britons and Canadians warn of broader pushback.
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Washington
Geneva
World Court
United States Senate
Ieads
State Department
Coolidge
Congress
United States
America
Permanent Court of International Justice
Sir Francis Bell
New Zealand
Francis
Cecil Hurst
Great Britain
George Foster
Canada
M. Fromageot
France
League of Nations
Texas Cotton Fund Aims 100 Million for Market Relief
Dallas bankers plan a 100 million dollar fund to retire 1,000,000 bales of cotton by lending at 50 dollars per bale at a set rate. Clearing house associations in Dallas Houston Waco Galveston and other centers will implement the plan with 25 percent acreage reduction in 1927 pledged by bankers and landlords. The campaign will spread to other southern states until 3,000,000 bales are retired.
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Dallas
Texas
Houston
Waco
Galveston
Dallas Clearing House Association
Fonck Biplane Crash Claims Two Crewmembers
At Roosevelt Field New York the Sikorsky biplane carrying Captain Rene Fonck crashed shortly after takeoff. Two crew members died in the flaming wreckage while Captain Monck and Lieutenant Lawrence W. Curtin escaped. Radio operator Charles Clavier and mechanic Jacob Islamoff perished.
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Fonck
New York
Sikorsky
Rene Fonck
Paris
Roosevelt Field
I. T
Monck
Lawrence W. Curtin
Charles Clavier
Jacob Islamoff
Squirrels Build Nests in Trees Like Tiny Dwellings
The gray squirrel builds a summer home in trees using twigs and leaves. It lines the nest with leaves and bark strips, then covers it with a leaf roof and leaves a doorway just large enough for one passage.
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Nature Magazine
Great Lakes Food Fish Share by Lake
Lake Erie leads with 84 percent of the Great Lakes food fish catch, followed by Lake Michigan with 52 percent. Lake Ontario accounts for 2 percent, while Lake Huron shows 13 percent and Lake Superior 9 percent.
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Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Lake Ifuron
Lake Superior
Lake Ontario
Snakes Rare in Britain as Ireland and Scotland Stand Out
A historical note states that Ireland and Scotland have no snakes and England has only two known species, highlighting the uneven distribution of snakes across the British Isles.
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Ireland
Scotland
Lengland
Cruel Husband Refuses Dress for Wife in Letter
A woman writes to her mother that her husband Jack is acting cruelly by refusing to buy her a new dress and then denying her the same dress again. She describes persistent denial and seeks maternal counsel.
Bridge building through ancient civilizations
The article notes that bridge construction is an ancient art with examples from China around 2000 B C and Roman masonry arches spread across Europe whose remains still stand today.
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Europe
Beaver meat described as palatable and preferred by trappers
The article notes beaver meat has a gamy flavor but is excellent when properly prepared and cooked. It states trappers generally preferred beaver to other game even in pioneer days when buffalo, elk, and deer were abundant, and mentions the fatty, rich tail as a delicacy.
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U. S. Reservations
Subcommittee
Texas Cotton Fund
British Isles
112Th Place
Michigan Ave
Roseland
Pullman
Dayton
Cent First Mortgage
Denom
Earl DE Young
Chicago
Ill
Malloy Coal Company
Conrad Kern
Indiana Avenue
Riverdale
the House of Service
Roseland District
John J. Vanderaa
Teninga Bros. & Co
Michigan Avenue
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