Army Economy Board Reviews Cost Cuts and Promotions
Secretary Garrison leads a wartime economy effort with a board including Breckinridge and General Aleahire to trim military expenses without broad pay cuts. They discuss officer rank realignment, staff consolidation, aviation reserves, and equipment trials while safeguarding efficiency and personnel.
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Navy hearings hint broader House support for naval build-up
From hearings by Navy Department officials in the past week before the House naval committee, indications point to greater liberality in appropriations and legislation for the naval establishment. Provisions for new vessels of war likely include usual types and some new ones such as battle cruisers and submarines.
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David S. Stanley
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Thomas C. Goodman
Frank H. Lawton
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Theoadore K Tacker
May Kensey J. Hampton
Maj. Robertsonuth
Col Kellinger
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House Naval Committee
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Naval
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Naval Committee
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Marine Corps
Engineers Corps
Balfour Knocks Wood as Asquith Speaks in Commons
Special Cable from London reports during Asquith’s war explanation in the British House of Commons, Admiralty transport moves 2.5 million men with life loss of about one tenth of 1 percent. Arthur Balfour, nearby, tapped wood in a solemn gesture amid the debate.
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Rap Wood
America
House of Commons
Asquith
Admiralty Transport Service
Admiralty
Arthur Balfour
Lefty Flynn Bride Of Eleven Days Remarries After Split
New York social news recalls Rena Leary later Irene Clair who wed Yale fullback Lefty Flynn in 1913 then saw a quick divorce in 1914 after he returned to his father's home. She has since married Charles Rendiga and moved to a West Sixty Street address, while former spouse Maurice Flynn remains linked to the case.
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Winter Garden
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Yale
Maurice Bennett Flynn
Supreme Court
Syracuse
J. A. Flynn
Misa Leary
Irene Clair
Charles Rendiga
Ballimora
Seventieth Street
Rendiga
Seventy Fourth Street
Charles M. Schwab
Alice Leary
Bendigs
National Correspondence Chess Championship Opens With Large Field
ABIRTY-FIVE players from eighteen states and four Canadian provinces begin the third annual National Correspondence Chess Association tournament. New York leads with six entries. Norman T. Whitaker and William H. Woodbury are among notable participants. Simultaneous exhibition by Whitaker scheduled, with one woman among entrants. Twenty-four Home Club members compete in the current individual tourney, with a close race and final round next Friday. Capablanca competes in a rapid transit event at Manhattan Chess Club, winning 9.5 to 0.5. Rosenthal and Meyer also place.
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L. B. Meyer
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Boris Koptic
Wahrburg
When to Quit a Poker Game Ends in a Night's Loss
A late night poker session ends with four players seated around a table as dawn approaches. The narrator and banker discuss knowing when to quit, recounting a youth who quit too soon and later returned to lose more, illustrating the perils of chasing winnings and lingering at the table.
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King of Hearts
Fish at Gatun Lake Called by Iguanas Echo in Waters
Special to The Washington Post Ancon Canal Zone June a phenomenon near the Gatun spillway shows fish in the submerged jungle responding to iguana splashes. Fishermen use a doughball on a six foot cane to imitate or provoke the splash, a method they call “calling the fish” as large catches emerge from the dying trees and turbid waters.
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Canal Zone
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Gatun
Aiza
Gatun Lake
Panama Obtains 1.25 Million Dollar Loan
Panama City January 8 The Panama government secured a 1,250,000 loan from a Chicago trust company and three New York banks at 96 for twelve years to ease temporary treasury difficulties. Most of the funds will pay outstanding obligations amid past deficits reported at over 1.256 million. The loan was authorized by the national assembly months ago.
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Invitation to Cuba for Roosevelt as honored guest
A Washington Post special cable from Habana reports Cuba will invite Col Roosevelt to be the nation's honored guest in connection with his role in shaping Cuba's fate after the Spanish war. The Havana organ Iva Discusion notes his blood shed for Cuba's independence, though records do not show Roosevelt was wounded in that war.
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Col Roosevelt
West Indies
Iva Discusion
Cuba
Navy to Build 15 Aeroplanes in Massachusetts
Boston Jan 8 The United States navy has under construction or ordered in this state fifteen aeroplanes of advanced design. Three nearly ready for delivery are called aerial battleships with speed up to 80 miles an hour and a 1200 pound load. Six others are tractor planes with 100 horsepower motors. The remaining six are hydroaeroplanes of steel construction.
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United States Navy
River of Doubt traced to its headwaters by Berkeley engineers
George and Steuben Gester of Berkeley describe reaching the headwaters of the River of Doubt in the Cordillera Geral after crossing the Andes from Lima. They report the river rising among high glaciers and running about 900 miles from Bolivia’s border into Brazil, with sources near the Madeira River. They faced fever country and encountered serpents and exotic wildlife during the expedition.
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Brother of Justice Shiras Dies in Florida at Sea Breeze
Oliver F. P. Shiras eight years old, brother of former Justice James Clark Shiras of the United States Supreme Court, died Friday in Sea Breeze Florida while wintering there with Mrs. Shiras. He was formerly of Dubuque Iowa and born in Dubuque.
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United States Supreme Court
Serbian Refugees Seek Enlistment in New Army
Thousands of Serbian refugees in Italy gather at the Serbian legation and consulates to join a new Serbian army fighting with the allies, aiming to reclaim their homeland.
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