Army plans round-the-world bomber flight next summer
Major W H Frank outlines a four-man crew and a Martin bomber with twin Liberty 12 motors to fly from New York, via Greenland and Iceland, to Norway and Russia then Alaska and Seattle, aiming to beat the 1919 transatlantic records. The route avoids fogs, relies on spare motors, and hinges on Russia’s political stability.
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United States
New York
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Vladivostok
Bering Sea
Cape-Nome
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Canada
Seattle
May
United States Army Air Service
A. BK. Geldhofn
Washington Bureau
Washington, D. C
Atlantic Ocean
Air Service
United States Army
W. H. Frank
The
San Francisco
C. T. Menoher
Frank
J. H Mears
Mears
Atlantic
Bering Straits
Pacific Coast
U. S. Army
Globe
Atlante
Azores
Portugal
NC Flying
Navy
Newfoundland-Ireland
Army
Read
Alcock
Army Aviation
U. S
Trepassey
Horta
St. Johns
N. F
Clifton
Ireland
Real wages down not up says expert
Benton Mackaye, chosen by the U S Department of Labor, argues that real wages fell from 1907 to 1918 as food prices rose. He uses wage and price curves to show that average workers gained in nominal wages but lost in purchasing power, urging quick relief plans.
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Benton Mackaye
Department of Labor
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Mackaye
the Star
U. S. Department of Labor
S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Harry Hawker
trans-Atlantic
Ireland
U. S. Children’s Bureau
Congress
Shantung
Aviator
Eight Die After Parkersburg Train Crash
Eight people died in a crash between a streetcar loaded with picnickers and a Baltimore and Ohio switch engine near Parmaco, Parkersburg. Five others died overnight. many were injured as steam pipes burst and objects flew into the car. A bystander died breaking glass trying to free trapped victims. Most victims were children.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio
Parmaco
Ias
Airplane Crash Kills Three Children in Baltimore Park
An 88th Aero Squadron plane piloted by Lieut. David R. Stinson crashed through a fence at Patterson park during a landing attempt, killing three children and injuring seven others. Stinson and observer Sergt. H. J. Fulwhler were aboard. the plane was demolished. Separately, a fundraising concert by Seattle artists at Frederick William Zimmerman’s East Seattle home raised funds for Mother Ryther Home, with boat trips from Leschi park and back, featuring Claude Madden and other performers.
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Baltimore
Patterson Park
88Th Aero Squadron
David R. Stinson
Springfield
Mass
Lieut. Stinson
Sergt
H. J. Fulwhler
Dayton, O
Seattle
Frederick William Zimmerman
Mother Ryther
Boata
Leschi Park
Zimmerman Landing
Mother Ruther Home Fund
Zimmerman
Claude Madden
Annie Louise Herold
Clinton P. Mc.Cormick
William Kuehl
Gwendolyn Taylor Lewis
Arville Belated
Mru
Luck P. Smith
Zimmerman Home
Bangs and Tippett Speak for Chamber
John Kendrick Bangs, director of the American committee for devastated France and humorist, shared the honors with Dr. E. H. Tippett who has tentatively accepted the office of executive secretary of the Seattle Federation of Churches at the noon meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Friday.
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John Kendrick Bangs
American Committee For
France
E. H. Tippett
Seattle Federation of Churches
Chamber of Commerce
Daylight Holdups Explained By Arrested Suspect
New York August 15 Joseph Ryan arrested after alleged daylight holdup of a Ninth avenue grocer explains there is nothing particularly dangerous in the daylight holdup and claims the motive was not fear.
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New York
Joseph Ryan
Ninth Ave
Mobilize Cots for Fleet Men in Seattle
Statewide mobilization of military cots for 10,000 sailors in Seattle dormitories hinges on Gov. Hart's permission. James Lansbury heads the sleeping accommodations committee promising ample care for officers and men ashore. A Friday luncheon at Bon Marche tea room will set plans and discuss a $100,000 popular subscription for fleet entertainment.
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Seattle
Louis F. Hart
James Lansbury
Bon Marche
Car crash injures eight near Sixth Avenue intersection
A motorcycle rider and a jitney bus collided at 245 p.m. near Sixth Ave S and Dearborn St. injuring Albert Miller and H. Hamada seriously. six others suffered minor injuries. Both vehicles reportedly traveled at high speeds, with details of injuries and hospital treatment provided by the city police report.
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Albert Miller
Northern Pacific Railway
Auburn
H. Hamada
Kent
D. Saiki
Roberta Ellis
Warren Ave
Sixth Ave. S
Dear
Miller
Hamada
M. P. Sheffield
Miss Ellis
Dean
Jackson Ast
D. Saski
Ball Park
Sheffield
Pittsburg Car Men Strike in Protest Over Wage Award
About 3000 union motormen and conductors on the Pittsburg Street Railway walked out at midnight, halting electric railway service across the district. They rejected the war labor board's 6 cent hourly increase, seeking 12 cents, despite mediation attempts by the Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants' association.
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Pittsburg
National War Labor Board
Pittsburg Street Railway Company
War Board
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants’ Association
Japan Deliberates New Chinese Policy Aimed at Unification
Tokyo reports the foreign office is developing a policy toward China including assistance to President Hsu for unification, government loans to China, removal of arms supply ban for voluntary contracts, and the return of Kian Chao under the China Japanese agreement regardless of peace treaty signing.
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Tokio
United Presa
Foreign Office
China
Hsu
Japan
Kian Chao
Magellan's Around the World Voyage Ends in Spain
The first voyage around the world began September 20, 1519 with five Spanish ships led by Magellan. He discovered the straits that bear his name and was killed in the Philippines. One ship survived, returning to Spain on September 6, 1522 after nearly three years at sea.
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Magellan
Spain
Philippine Islands
Andrew Carnegie Is Laid to Rest
Funeral services for Andrew Carnegie were held at Shadow Brook in the Berkshires. Dr. William Pierson Merrill of Brick Presbyterian Church officiated. The body was buried at Sleepy Hall in a family chosen lot with only intimate friends present.
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Lenox
Mass
Andrew Carnegie
Shadow Brook
Berkshires
Sleepy Hall
Carnegie
William Pierson Merrill
Brick Presbyterian Church
Fifth Ave
New York
Romance of War Ends in Marriage
Tacoma man Joe C. Williams and Ruth 4 Outtrim of Rome New York secured a marriage license and were married after meeting in the same base hospital unit during wartime service. Their romance traces back to the fields of old Flanders and grew while they cared for the wounded.
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Tacoma
Wash
United Press
Old Flanders
Joe C. Williams
Miss Ruth 4
Peace Army Plans Discussed by Senate Panel
Lieut. Gen. Bullard former Second Army commander in France and Maj. Gen. McAndrews former AEF chief of staff testified before the Senate Military Affairs Committee on the war department plan for a peace time army of 500000 men and universal military training in Washington on August 15.
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Washington
Bullard
France
McAndrews
A. BE. F
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Alaskan Railroad Chairman Mears Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Col. Frederick Mears, head of the Alaska railroad commission, receives the distinguished service cross for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in pretransportation of supplies to front lines. The honor reflects pivotal logistics work aiding Allied forces.
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Washington
Frederick Mears
The
Alaskan Railroad Commission
Legion Calls For More Members Inactive Veterans Drive
Elmer J. Ni Post American Legion launches a concentrated drive to recruit all returning soldiers. The effort includes plans for a reception to the fleet and a discussion at the Sailors' Club chaired by Lt. Col. Theodore and A V representative.
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Elmer J. Ni Post
American Legion
Legion
Theodore
Soldi — Sailors’ Club
A. V
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Jeremiah O'Grady
Martinez
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H. Heapp
Richmond
Bangs and Tippett
Ava
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Pacific Fleet
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