Plan for United States Highway 66 to Join Chicago and Los Angeles
The United States Highway 66 association plans a 2275 mile concrete corridor from Chicago to Los Angeles named United States Highway 66. It aims to link cornfields with oil regions and fruit lands, cutting travel time by days and serving as both commercial and military highway. John T. Woodruff of Springfield, Mo, presides.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Middle West
Pacific
United States Highway 66 Association
America
Inllinois
St. Louis
Springfield
Joplin
Kansas City
Chambers of Commerce and
Automobile Clubs
Pacific Coast
John T. Woodruff
Woodruff
Transpacific flight by Maitland and Hegenberger sets speed record
Lieuts Lester Maitland and Albert Hegenberger completed the first nonstop flight from San Francisco to Honolulu in 25 hours 50 minutes aboard a three motor Fokker monoplane. The voyage, amid radio reports and wave of congratulations, marks a milestone in U.S. aviation alongside Byrd's Atlantic flight.
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Edward W. Pickard
Lester J. Maitland
Albert Hagenberger
San Francisco
Honolulu
Oakland Municipal
Wheeler Field
Oahu
Army
Sonoma
Golden Gate
Maitland
President Pierce
California
Navy
Howard
Department
Maikland
Edward M. Lewis
Byrd
Atlantic
Washington
John Rodgers
Wilbur
California Coed Seeks Honolulu Flight Companion
California coed Rose Anderson offers to accompany any Pacific flyer as a companion as women enter transoceanic aviation. Miss Mildred Doran of Flint plans to ride with Angie Peddler in the mainland to Honolulu flight, while another woman plans a Dallas to Hongkong route.
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San Francisco
Pacific
University of California
Rose Anderson
Mildred Doran
Flint
Mich
Angie Peddler
Michigan
Honolulu
Dallas
Hongkong
War Hero with Many Medals Seeks Job in Los Angeles
Louis Van Tersel, praised as the most decorated World War veteran, asks City Engineer Shaw for a position in the engineer department. A. D. Houghton of the American Legion state hospital committee endorses the appeal. Tersel previously worked in the city survey office and holds numerous honors from royal and allied forces.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Shaw
Louis van Tersel
A. D. Houghton
State Committee
Hospital Department
American Legion
Tersel
City Survey
Battle of the Argonne
Montenegro
The
Breakfast Club
Million Miles Flown for Each Fatality in U S
Newark New Jersey report cites that in the United States a commercial aircraft risks a fatality every million air miles flown while military missions show about half that risk. Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman of Prudential notes hazards decline as operations expand and forecasts aviation becoming common like Europe. He supports federal oversight for safer flight via aircraft inspections and pilot examinations.
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Newark
N. J
Army
Frederick L. Hoffman
Prudential Insurance Company
Doctor Hoffman
Atlantic
Europe
South Sea Flappers Debate Tropics Attire
Bishop Joseph Darnard of Samoa and the Union Islands argues clothing is undesirable in the tropics for health and romance. The interview discusses why South Sea isles favor scant dress despite local customs.
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South Sea
San Francisco
South Sea Isles
Joseph Darnard
Samoa
Union Islands
Tropics
Village Ghosts after Factory Closure Near Plymouth
The deserted village of Oliver Goldsmith mirrors Graystone near Plymouth Connecticut as shutters fall, gardens overgrow, and trains stop less. Once named Hoadleyville for clockmaker Silas Hoadley, it thrived on a clock factory that disappeared leaving the settlement abandoned.
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Plymouth
Conn
Oliver Goldsmith
Graystone
Hoadleyville
Silas Hoadley
America
Island bishop defends native customs against Western dress
The island bishop, after two decades in the Is lands, supports preserving aboriginal isolation and opposes South Sea islanders adopting Western garments. He argues clothing harms vitality, rejects trousers shirts or collars, and maintains the tappa as sufficient for both genders. He says civilization should improve lives without altering natural dress.
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Rome
Islands
South Seas
Moslem Piety Keeps Irak Officials Busy
London reports say corpse smuggling at Irak borders keeps European health officials busy enforcing quarantine rules. New laws require examination of local and transit corpses with passes for burial in holy places. Health permits accompany pilgrims entering Arabia to monitor epidemic sources in the Orient.
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London
England
The
Lancet
Arabia
Orient
Poem Parties Revived by Japanese Emperor
The imperial monthly poem party resumes after a Taisho death related break. Emperor Hirohito sets subjects for the rest of the year including The Thread The Duckweed The Cool Wind Moonlight in the Garden A Chrysanthemum by a Mountain Road Ice in the Dale and An Icy Night. The poem party meets on the fifth day of each month.
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Tokyo
Taisho
Hirohito
Ten Million Bug Air Force To Fight Corn Borer
New York report describes a government backed plan to deploy a vast army of parasitic insects to combat the European corn borer. Led by Dr. L C Howard the program aims to release parasite wasps developed in Arlington Massachusetts using a ten million dollar appropriation. The pests would target corn borers by laying eggs near the tunnels, with larvae killing the pest.
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New York
America
L. C. Howard
Bureau of Etymology
Government Laboratory
Arlington
Mass
Doctor Howard
Europe
Riviera
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Arctic
de Pinedo
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Oklahoma City
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Holbrook
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Rocky Mountains
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Rte
Dons
France
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Rouge- Westfield
Long Island
Bert Acosta
George Neville
Bernt Balchen
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ottawa
Canada
Harry F. Guggenheim
Daniel Guggenheim
Fund For the Promotion of Aeronautics
United States
Geneva
Great Britain
Japan
Ane
Vanzetti
Massachusetts
Fuller
Celestino Madeiros
Madeiros
Sacco
Grain Marketing Company
Armour Company
Illinois Commerce Commission
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Rosenbaum Grain Corporation
Export Elevator Company
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Postal Elevator Company
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Philippines
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East
Grace Vanderbilt
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Marquis of
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Stockholm
International Chamber of Commerce
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Germany
International Business Parliament
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Pacific Southwest
Motley H. Flint
Stern
Barber
Grangeay
Peking
Chiang Kai-shek
Shantung
Tsingtao
Shantung Province
Marshal Chang
North China
Nanking
Anti-Saloon League
League
Wayne B. Wheeler
Coed
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