Jane McCrea and the Turning Point of American War
A 1777 frontier tragedy near Fort Edward, Jane McCrea's murder by Indians during Burgoyne's campaign stirred Patriot resolve and boosted recruitment. Her death became a rallying cry, shaping public sentiment and propaganda that helped sustain the American cause through pivotal battles like Saratoga.
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Ey Elmo Scott Watson
Sarasth Devo
Serbia
Strogsie
Jane McCrea
John Burgoyne
Canada
New York
Lake Champlain
Ticonderoge
Crown Point
Fort Edward
Sir William Howe
Hudson River
Albany
New England
Fort Baward
Philip Schuyler
Burgousne
Mre
McNeil
Simon Fraser
Burgoyne
Ariy
John McCrea
Moses Kill
Moses
David Jones
Standish
Indigas
Contre
Stockbridge
Mass
Ticonderoga
King
Congress
Ben Franklin
Stulps
Willett
Gansevoort
Fore Schuster
Warner
Bennington
Morgan
Arnold
Saratoga
Jane McCreauld
Western Hewspaper Union
Federal licenses for glider pilots issued nationwide
Washington announces three classes of glider licenses issued by the Department of Commerce for student non commercial and commercial pilots. Examinations include a flight test and banks. A central Washington Society for Aeronautics forms, linking 23 member clubs at Mile Square field near Alexandria with trophies for interclub contests.
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Washington
Aeronautics Branch
Department of Commerce
Air Commerce Regulations
Clarence AL. Young
Secretary of Commerce
Aeronautics
Department
Young
League of Glider Clubs
League of
Glider Clubs
General Aeronautical Educational Bureau
National
Aviation School of America
Henry R. Marks
Washington Society For Aeronautics
Mile Square Field
Alexandria
Professors Plan Air Route for Education Extension
Dr John W Withers of the school of education at New York University announces an extension course for next fall. Professors will fly to cities in New York Maryland Massachusetts and Delaware to instruct teachers in grade and high schools. The dean predicts skies filled with ships carrying education to many destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York University
John W. Withers
School of Education
New York
Maryland
Massachusetts
Delaware
Flying at Great Heights Not Easy
Washington. Lieutenant Apollo Soucek of the navy explains that practical commercial aviation at great heights faces major hurdles. He cites winds, extreme cold, cabin heating, and oxygen needs as costly factors, arguing passenger service above two miles is unlikely with current conditions. He notes upper air winds vary little and high altitude temperatures remain freezing, complicating sustained flight.
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Washington
Ayer
Apollo Soucek
Navy
Great Heights
Tansport
Soucek
Souveb
Northeaat
Grese
German Air Engine Unveiled by Siemens Firm
Berlin reports Germany will challenge the world with a new air cooled airplane motor of 300 to 580 horsepower. Siemens produced a nine cylinder engine weighing 800 pounds with fuel use of 212 grams per hour and oil use of 12.7 grams per horsepower per hour. A 50 hour test supervised by the aeronautical control bureau yielded 600 horsepower at 1000 revolutions per minute, with a steady development of 45 horsepower for long distance flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Aew
Siemens
Aeronautical Control Bureau
Hammond Invents Airplane Eye in Fog
Hammond, famed for radio research, unveiled a television system at his Gloucester lab that gives planes an eye in fog. The radio eye projects a cockpit screen allowing pilots to see the landing scene, a breakthrough in aviation safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Boston
John Bays Hammond, Jr
Gloucester
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Praise in Mission Texas
A Mission Texas reader reports relief from constipation and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She endorses the medicine and offers to answer letters from other women considering it. Also notes a separate Hong Kong dockyard claim of the world’s largest wire rope and a note on instinctive fear responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. W. Albertzon
Miler Avenue
Mission, Texas
Hongkong
When Food Sours How Phillips Milk of Magnesia Helps
When meal indigestion strikes many mistake it for a lasting condition. An acid upset can be fixed in minutes with Phillips Milk of Magnesia which eases sourness and gas after meals, neutralizes acid far beyond soda, and leaves the system feeling pleasant and renewed.
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Phillips
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Feck
Ant
Miles Standish
Jane McCrez
Mrs. McNeil
Bursoyee
St. Luc
England
John Burgos
Mary Riddle
Portland
Ore
Quingulr
Wasllingto
Staller
Regi
Daisy
Mtal
Brooklyn
Harold Somer
Pricodl
Parker
Ty Mailer
Scox Chemica Works
Patchogue
N. Y
Sioux City
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