Five-Power Naval Conference News Review
Delegates at the London naval talks press toward program details with private talks and a few plenary sessions. Britain seeks limits across battleships cruisers and submarines while the US pushes parity and a five-year ban on new capital ships. Social functions supplement diplomacy as Primo de Rivera resigns in Spain and Berenguer forms a new government amid unrest. ARL Eielson and Borland perish in Siberia while political hearings examine German influence and prohibition moves stir Congress.
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Edward W. Pickard
London
MacDonald
Dino Granidi
Ttely
Mussolini
Hon
Stimson
Rr. MacDonald
Dod
Italy
Wallee
Great Britain
Hoover
United States
Mr. Stimson
Primo DE Rivera
Spain
Alfonso
Damaso Berenguer
de Rivera
Berenguer
Madrid
Patriotic Union
How to Live Longer and Cold Weather Health
Director of Public Herb Education in Pennsylvania discusses winter health, arguing outdoor activity boosts vitality while over heating indoors promotes illness. He cites Byrd expedition endurance, warns against 70 degree indoor climates with dry air, and favors mild year-round warmth for longevity.
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Little America
Byrd Exploration Party
North America
The Rise of Service and the Lazy Colon Propaganda
A 1923 Western newspaper excerpt argues that modern service ages daily life by shifting work to machines and services. It warns that overreliance on service discourages physical activity and risks a lazy colon, urging continued exercise and natural remedies over laxatives and passive routines.
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Cues Legge
Federal Farm Board
Secretary of
Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Meests
Legge
Hoover
Eastern Life Insurance Companies
Mississippi Valley
Life Imsurance
Pilot viewed as ordinary man not superbeing
New York based chief pilot Silas A. Morehouse rejects the idea that pilots are superior beings. He stresses common sense, judgment in hiring, and solid mechanical knowledge, noting most transport pilots come from military backgrounds while commercial schools may supply future hires.
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Genata. Robinson
Indiana
Senate
Bing
Utah
Herman A. Metz
Metz
A Smith
King
Bim
I. G
Ad Chemical
Agostafé
Caraway
A L. Faubel
American Tariff League
New York
Silas A. Morehouse
Caesar
Magellan
Mussolini
Robin Bood
Morehouse
Hig Air Transport Company
Morelouse
Army
Navy
Brazehouse
Stunting Branded as Poor Publicity
A New York editorial argues aviation needs broader public interpretation and less sensational stunts. It cites Lieut. Harry Sutton's three year series of spin tests, noting his risked life and modest rewards to study flying for air minds.
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New York
Aeronautical
Aviation. cc
Lee
Harry Sutton
Army
Air Service
Sutton
War Department
Thrift minded Scotsman amid Rhode Island hospital talks
Brockton doctors report a conference in Rhode Island on hospital financing and town contributions. A Scotsman on a border town board is praised for thrift, pointedly noting a woman seeking part payment for an emergency operation overshoes and attire choices. Brockton Enterprise reports the anecdote.
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Scot
Brockton
Rhode Island
Providence
Selectmen
Scotch Selectman
Rhodes Island
Beield
Brockton Enterprise
Study Flyers Sight at Wilmer Institute
At Johns Hopkins Wilmer Institute laboratories research explores how extreme high altitude affects aviator vision. Led by Doctor Wilmer, formerly a World War I colonel in the medical corps, the team tests altitude effects using the Henderson Pierce rebreathing apparatus to simulate high altitude vision changes.
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Baltimore
Army
Medical Corps
Medical Research’ Laboratories
Air Service
Henderson-Pierce
Flying Safe Compared with Other Transport Claims
Statisticians based on operation data argue that a commercial air traveler faces a one in 4 009 chance of danger with 200 mile trips. They compare 800 000 miles flown to 4 000 trips of 200 miles, suggesting safety spans years. Critics note risk from high tension wires hoods and railroad accidents still loom in air travel.
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Washington
Leviathan
Average Pilot Earnings in Air Transport
The report from the aeronautic branch of the Department of Commerce shows the average regular air transport pilot earning about 85,556 annually and flying roughly 40,000 miles yearly with under two and a half hours daily. It notes monthly base pay around 194.02 dollars plus 55 cents per mile daytime and 93 cents per mile nighttime, totaling 463.51 dollars for about 63 hours monthly. Methodies and riggers averaged 16237 dollars monthly at 76 cents hourly.
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Aeronautic Branch
Department of Coxamerce
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Herbert Hoover
Walter B. Coffey
D. Humber
San Francisco
New Episcopal Home For
Crisca
Secretary of State
France
Americinn
Warren House
Stanmore
Duchess of York
Marquis and Marchioness of
Londongerry
Arl Ben Elson
Earl Borland
Siberia
North Cape
Crosson
Gillam
Bielsob
Borland
Eielson
Ju ‘Y
Bac Ce
la Guardia
Sabath, Tyre and Clancy
Cochran
Norton
Callig
Mitchell
Expenditure Committee
House
Department of Justice
Charles P. Anderson
Chicago
Episcopal Church of America
Mme Mms Destinn
Barry B. Hutchins
University of Michigan
Rebecca L. ‘Felton
Georgia
United States Senate
W. W W. Kimball
Thomas Snowden
David S. Gordon
Harry Taylor
Weetarn Nawennnar Gale
John Clarence Funk A.M. Sc
State of
Pennsylvania
Teehee
L. A. Morehouse
Qnan
Wilmer Institute
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