Aim to Make Uncle Sam Flyers More Efficient Than Kaiser's
New York April 14. Uncle Sam’s new army trains at Mineola Hempstead Plains on long island to produce top air men. Cadets undergo physicals, pay tuition and exams, learn engine mechanics, navigation, and map reading, with flights limited to half an hour per session. Demonstrations test scout and pursuit skills with 24 aircraft in simulated enemy maneuvers as commissions from Allied aviation aids arrive.
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New Army
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Governor's Island
New York City
Ruth Law
United States Army
Last Flight at Mineola Ends as Plane Skims Roof
Spectators watched a Britisher perform risky stunts as his plane rocked and swooped near a building at Mineola. The commandant grew angry as the display ended, marking the UK pilot’s final flight there while the U S urges airmen to value life but not injure themselves before real combat.
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Mineola
Sam
Four Million Killed In War Reported By Vorwaerts
A German report in Vorwaerts cites conservative estimates of more than 4,000,000 soldiers killed since the war began. It asks how such sacrifices can be grasped, noting the dead would form a line about 650 miles long from Basle to the Rhine mouth if marched in a single formation.
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Berlin
Vorwaerts
Basle
Rhine
Bravest deed earns DCM for Private Douglas Hall
London April 14 Private Douglas Hall twenty two of the Lancashire Fusiliers was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for a self sacrificing act at the front. He placed his hand before a trench mortar muzzle to shield a comrade as it fired. His right hand was blown off and he is recovering in hospital.
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London
Douglas Hall
Lancashire Fusiliers
Hall
Justice Shepard to retire after 24 years on D C Court of Appeals
Washington April 14. Chief Justice Seth Shepard will retire April 23 on his 70th birthday after 24 years on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and 12 years as chief justice. He aided custody of the original Texas Declaration of Independence and discovered it among State Department records. Born in Brenham Texas he practiced law in Brenham Galveston and Dallas before moving to Washington. He was a regent of the University of Texas from 1883 to 1891. He has two sisters listed in Houston and Dallas.
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District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Seth Shepard
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Brenham
Texas
District of Columbia
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State Department
Washington
Judge Shepard
Galveston
Dallas
University of Texas
Lewis R. Bryan
Houston
R. L. Goodman
John A Shepard to Retire in Brenham Area Ceremonies Planned
Washington lawyers plan to conduct appropriate ceremonies on the occasion of John A Shepard's retirement. He lives in Brenham.
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John A. Shepard
Brenham
Washington
Jewish butcher mourns sixth son killed in war
Stuttgart April 14 Moses Schwartzmann a Laupheim Jewish butcher was informed that his sixth and last son has died in battle. Three sons died in France and Belgium. two on the Russian front. the sixth perished in Roumania. Four earned the iron cross and one was to be promoted before a Russian shell killed him.
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Stuttgart
Moses Schwartzmann
Laupheim
Army
France
Belgium
Roumania
Goodbye To A Tall Soldier
Private Doolan, standing six feet three inches, faces a short sergeant who constantly orders him to lift his head. Doolan sighs that he will never see the sergeant again and bids farewell.
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Doolan
Alamo Glasses Toast to Loan Star Brewing in San Antonio
A festive note from the Loan Star Brewing Association in San Antonio invites patrons to fill their glasses with ALAMO and celebrate with the brewery's best drinks. The message blends regional pride with a call to enjoy their offerings in Texas.
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LOAN STAR/BREWING ASSOCIATION
San Antonio, Texas
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