NC-4 Not To Fly Back Blimp May Make Next Try
NC-4 arrived in Plymouth completing the first transatlantic flight and will not attempt a second nonstop return to the United States. Secretary Daniels said the mission was scientific, data will be analyzed, and the crew may travel to Paris if leaders deem it appropriate. Experiments with lighter-than-air craft continue, possibly using a dirigible next.
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Plymouth
England
United States
Danials
Aroostook
Daniels
Paris
Wilson
Admiral Benson
Aviation
Om- Clas
Wiren
Army plans coast to coast flight to match Navy feat
The Army charts a transcontinental flight from New York to San Francisco to test Liberty engines and measure meteorological routes. Capt Roy N Franc and First Lieut Edmund A Clune lead the mission, with two or three mechanics, taking a two-day east to west leg via North Platte Nebraska.
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Navy
Army
United States Martin
New York
San Francisco
North Platte Nebr
Roy
Air Service
Edmund A Clune
Marin
Liberty Motors
Martin
The Jarr Family Entangling Alliances With Police
The piece narrates a comic episode in which Mr Jarr dodges rumors of arrest as plainclothes officers pursue him about a supposed burglary and spy charge. Neighbors and shopkeepers react with gossip while Detective Skelly questions Mr Jarr about Clara Mudridge Smith.
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Mr. Jarr
Izzy Slavinsky
Feller Jarr
Gus
Gollies
Lena
Elmer
Muller
Mr. Rangle
Jarrie
Gollieat
Jarr
The
Law
iSkelly
Mrs Jarr
Skelly
Clara ;Mudridge-Smith
Clara Mudridge
Route outline civilizations: midwest to west coast
The route passes through northern Ohio and Indiana to southern Iowa and central Nebraska, continuing through southern Wyoming to northern Utah, Nevada, and California. Major cities include Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, Des Moines, Omaha, Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, and Sacramento. The trip crosses Lake Michigan, the Mississippi at Rock Island and Davenport, and the Missouri at Omaha, with最高 elevations near 000 feet along the way.
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Vania
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
California
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
Des Moines
Omaha
Cheyenne
Salt Lake
Sacramento
Lake Michigan
Rock Island
Davenport
Heirs of Dr Griffith Probate Will Amid Bequests
Dr Michael J Grafith—typo in source—left a holographic will Feb 25 after 423 years as deputy register of wills. Bequests to Catholic institutions relatives and friends, 2250 to Catholic groups, 800 to relatives. Residue valued above 10004 goes to Mary E Fisher of Lafayette Indiana, two thirds, and Frances P Ellery and Mary E Ellery of Washington, deceased wife’s sisters, one third. Michael F Coughlin named executor. Robert E McNamara petitions to admit will to probate.
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Michael J Grafith
Cardinal Gibbons
Mary E Fisher
LaFayette
Mra Vrances P Ellery
Mary E Ellery
Washington
Griffiths
Michael F Coughlin
Robert E McNamara
Bate
Plans Auto Truck Parade At June Washington Meet
At the Washington Automotive Trade Association meeting the committee was tasked to study a motor truck transport day in late June. A parade will showcase dealer and consumer trucks loaded with each firm’s product, with prizes for best decorated trucks and largest dealer representation. A building for an automotive show next year was also under consideration.
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Washington Automotive Trade Association
Commercial Club 2
Washington
8B Cumner
Airnaut Club elects officers at lawn gathering
A largely attended Airnaut Club meeting on the lawn between Four-and-a-Half and Sixth streets elected M W Parley as president Mrs Catherine EB Warren as first vice president Miss Anna P Ross as second vice president Louis EO Florey as secretary Albert Lariviere as treasurer and named Eleanor Belyer Cant H Sigourney Miss Roslyn Gari and N Bernhardt to the board of governors Mail Gen C T Mencher head of the air service pledged support for the club. The Walter Reed Band played.
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Airnaut Club
HK . Clark
M W Parley
Catherine EB Warren
Anna P Ross
Louis EO Florey
Albert Lariviere
Eleanor Belyer
H . Sigourney
Roslyn Gari
N Bernhardt
T Mencher
Air Service
Walter Reed Band
Buy ice by the pound says district official
George M Roberts district superintendent of weights and measures warns Washington housewives to insist on buying ice by the pound to avoid short weight. He discourages ice tickets unless the dealer clearly states the pounds per ticket and says there is no prosecutable remedy if short weight occurs.
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George M Roberts
Washington
For Farms for Soldiers bill urged by Brig Gen Cole
Brig Gen Charles H Cole of Massachusetts urged passage of the For Farms for Soldiers bill yesterday. endorsed by Secretary Lane, the measure would provide farms for soldiers and sailors, giving them a path to independence and reducing risk of discontent as potential agitators. Cole enlisted as a private and emphasized the aim to create independent citizens rather than a limited bonus.
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Lane
Charles H Cole
Massachusetts
Gan Cole
Sunday in New York Special Excursion Ady
The item notes a Sunday in New York Special excursion train leaving Washington Saturday midnight 1245 AM bound for Pennsylvania Station in the heart of New York City. It emphasizes the trip as a peak urban experience in the metropolitan area.
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New York
Yiec
Army to direct its own recreation plan shifts
War Department policy to assume social welfare duties for soldiers risks winding down the War Camp Community Service after this summer. Several officers expect to reorient the service as demobilization nears while Secretary Baker signals the army may take over civilian welfare tasks, pending morale section guidance and continuity of current agencies during demobilization.
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War Department
War Camp
Moraie
General Staff
Baker
Navy Seeks 32 Musicians for USS Pittsburgh Voyage
Washington musicians may join the US Navy recruiting station at 406 Ninth Street NW to form a 32 piece band for the US SS Pittsburgh. The bureau of navigation requests this recruitment ahead of a scheduled sailing around June 11.
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Washington
United States Navy
Ninth Street
Bureau of Navigation
Pittsburgh
Sayings of Mrs. Solomon By Helen Rowland
A humorous poem in which Mrs. Solomon sings of the many arms of women and the gaze of men. The speaker urges modesty and restraint, praising mercy over vanity as she laments arms and romance in modern life. Copyright 1916 by Press Publishing Co.
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Mrs. Solomon
Helen Rowland
Arma
Slesvelete
Prain
Salah
Press Publuuhing Co
Highlands Citizens Meet Urges School Board Election
At a Highlands Citizens Association gathering Rev James B Montgomery of Calvary ME Church spoke on civic pride and community action. The meeting backed a direct vote by residents for district school board members, with the Board of Trade committee to discuss education funding.
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Rev. J. S. Montgomery
James Bhéra Montgomery
Pater
Calvary ME Church
Sixteenth Highlands
Prowteyterian Church
Board of Trade
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