Army Coast Defenses Plan Fourteen Inch and Mortar Armament
War Department review outlines updated Atlantic and Pacific coast defenses, detailing four 14 inch guns, sixteen 12 inch mortars, six 6 inch guns, and additional anti aircraft and fortifications to protect the canal approach. Budgeted costs cover emplacement, construction, and ammunition, with new regulations for cavalry and aviation sections under reorganization.
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War Department Board of Review
Atlantic
Arma 1Oir
Canal Zone
Fort Grant
Gatun
Chagres Foor
Hagres
Uini
Sibmarts
Troy
Carstrata
War Department
Cavalry
Consl Artillery
Infantry
Leutenant
Theas
Judge Advocate General
Mountain Wildlife Roams Banff Streets and Rockies Hunt Life
Special to The Washington Post from Banff Alberta on May 7 notes mountain sheep goats and deer roam suburbs while a preserve protects big game. Hunters pursue grizzly bears mountain goats and bighorn sheep out of the park with guides and ponies, the bighorn proving elusive though its meat and horns appeal to epicures.
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National Park
Washington Post
Banff
Alberta
Rockies
Rocky Mountain
District Chess Tourney Set With Four Top Players
Four leading district players Whitaker Knapp Walker and Lovell will start a local tournament next Tuesday. Games are scheduled at the Capital City Chess Club Washington Cheap and Whist Club and the National Press Club with prizes for first and second places. Fox Napoleon and Byler invited but unable to participate. The event aims to crown local chess supremacy.
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Washington Cheas and Whist Club
Capital City Chess Club
National Press Club
Whitaker
Knapp
Walker
Lovell
Fox
Napoleon
Byler
Washington Cheap and
Cses Sone
Chess
Cadets Drill Plans Announced for Local High Schools
Assistant Superintendent Stephen E B Kramer announced the annual cadet drill at the American League baseball park next Wednesday and Thursday. McKinley Manual Training, Central High, Business High, Eastern High, Western High, and other schools field multiple companies in morning and afternoon sessions with Gen E M Weaver to review and present the banner. Tickets go on sale for the second day, and the colored cadets will drill on June.
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Stephen EB. Kramer
McKinley Manual Training High School
Central High School
Business High School
Eastern High School
McKinley Manuel Training High School
Western High School
E. M. Weaver
USA
Whitaker Defeats Crowley In London Chess Match
Norman T Whitaker of London master defeats Aleister Crowley in four games at the National Press Club. Whitaker employs the Greco counted opening and analyzes it in British chess magazines. The article notes Janowski and Jaffe matches, wireless chess discourse, and a difficult problem with PxPep j rule discussion.
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Aleister Crowley
London
Who
Norman T Whitaker
National Press Club
Whitaker
Showalter
Marshall
Chess club notes and acknowledgments at Pittsburgh event
Maloy draws Capablanca in a 52-player Pittsburgh Chess Club exhibition, playing pawn down most of the game and impressing with knight versus bishop. A Washington Post chess editor letter celebrates local clubs Cane Fear Chess and Checker Club in Moffitt building with 18 members and visitor welcome. Also reports Typographical Union No. 16 elects Charl es C. Carleton president. Wayne Goodwin as VP and others chosen.
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T. ¥. Maloy
Capablanca
Pittsburgh
Maloy
Ruy Lopez Capsblanca Dintor
Maloy Witte Bac
W Royster
Wilmington
N.C
the Post
Cane Fear
Cheas
Washington Post
Chicago
Charles C. Carleton
Typographical Union No. 16
E R. Wright
Waye M. Goodwin
Michaal Colbert
John C. Hardeing
Navy assigns battleship and cruiser commands
Secretary of the Navy Mary Daniels announces officer assignments to battleships Alabama New Jersey Louisiana Rhode Island Maine and to cruiser West Virginia San Diego with Latimer and Blamer changes. Luby Kaiser Phelps Bradshaw and others receive new commands and roles including inspection duties and War College duty.
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Mary Daniels
J. M. Luby
Alabama
L. A. Kaiser
New Jersey
W. W. Phelps
Louisiana
J. M. Latimer
Rhode Island
de Witt Blamer
Maine
Latimer
West Virginia
Puget Sound
Wash
San’ Diego
Pacific
A. H. Robertson
San Diego
Navy War College
American Seeks Freedom for Starr Hunt Held in Singapore
State Department representations to Britain are made on behalf of J B Starr Hunt, an American citizen from New York and San Antonio, held for months without hearing in Singapore. Starr Hunt, purser of the Maverick, was accused by British authorities of involvement in a German plot to attack British forces in the East Indies. The Maverick was laid up at Batavia after the plan miscarried.
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State Department
J. B. Starr Hunt
New York
San Antonio
Singapore
Slayden
Texas
Department
London
Starr-Hunt
San Francisco
Maverick
East Indies
Batavia
Java
Wireless chess debut by Nebraska players
Nebraska chess players attempted a wireless match from April 12 to May 2 with two moves a day. Robert C. Gorham of Franklin for Wesleyan University and Cooper Eilis of Wayne State Normal College led the game. After 24 moves Wesleyan was victorious.
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Nebraska
Robert C. Gorham
Franklin
Wesleyan University
Cooper Eilis
Wayne
Wayne State Normal College
Nebraska State Journal
Mr Pearsall Returns From Elusive Quest In Memphis Tale
Samuel Pearsall recounts his abrupt absence and return to Arkansas City reciting a Memphis poker scheme gone awry. He explains evading a chasing posse and dodging a sharp-eyed crowd while staking a comeback on a risky gambit. Fellow townsfolk react with wary interest.
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David A. Curtie
Samuel Pearsall
Greenlaw
Jake Winterbottom
Mia’ Pearsall
Sam Pearsall
F Pearsall
570 Fishing Craft Sunk By Enemies Reported
London May 21 Francis D Acland financial secretary of the treasury told the House of Commons today that 570 British fishing vessels have been destroyed since the war began and about 500 lives were lost on these vessels. He added that fishing has continued with necessary restrictions.
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Great Britain
Francis D Acland
the Treasury
House of Commons
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