Silk Trade Race Highlights Transpacific Shipping Race
Washington reports a dramatic trade race as silk shipments move from Yokohama to New York. The three thousand three hundred mile course uses steamships trains and planes with secrecy amid millions at stake. The silk trade time is money with two day savings worth 50 cents a day in New York and vast insurance costs. The silk route set a record of 13 days 3 hours and minutes from Yokohama to New York as the President Jackson carried $6.6 million in raw silk to Seattle before proceeding to New York.
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Washington
D. C
Uncle Sam
Beause
United States
Japan
Pacific
Wilkia
Yokohama
New York
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Single & al
Seattle
Orient
Manhattan
Jackson
United States Mail
Mner
Victoria
Swift Oriental
Chicago
Gowdy Field Named At Camp Benning For Hank Gowdy
Hank Gowdy, catcher for the New York Giants and hero of the Argonne and St Mihiel, was honored by Maj Gen R L Bullard with a memorial noting the new Weld at Camp Benning Ga is named Gowdy Field. Earl Sande, famed jockey, broke his leg and became unable to ride after a Saratoga race collapse involving three horses.
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Hank” Gowdy
New York Giants
Argonne
St. Mihiel
R. L. Bullard
Camp Benning
Gowdy
Earl Sande
America
Saratoga
N. Y
President Jackson cargo and the Queen Silk train
A description of a heavily guarded treasure and silk shipment train bound for New York. It explains sealed orders, quick distribution to warehouses or mills in Paterson and Woonsocket, and notes on night air mail to speed paperwork for silk trade from Japan. It also references historical ties between silk, China, and Japan.
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President Jackson
New York
Paterson
N. J
Woonsocket
R. I
President Grant
Seattle
Yokohama
Bea
United States
Hudson
Japan
China
Orient
Christ
President Walks in Spite of Heat
Washington August 11 The intense heat has hampered President Coolidge who continues his twice daily walks for exercise. He walks from 30 minutes to two hours in the morning and shorter in the evening. He plans to rest before Thursday night’s formal notification address and then go to Vermont with his family for 10 or 12 days of vacation at his father’s Plymouth Vt home.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Vermont
Plymouth
Thompson's Dave Replays Boone Miracle of 1833
Oldtimers recall a Waterloo stunt by Professor Boone who drove blindfolded with telegraphic directions from volunteers 25 years earlier. A hidden key, note delivery, and a dramatic post office setup framed a daring ride beginning at Back Nauman Watts.
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Hayward Thompson
Boone
Waterloo
Dr. Brinkman
J. E. Brinkman
W. OW. McClung
William Halter
J. B. Kangley
9. F. Salisbury
Professor Boone
Bridge Street
Amagazine
Dr. Kehl
Nauman, & Watts’ Company
Vision and daring mix in Alaska flight tale of Thompson
An article recalls Hayward Thompson’s dramatic demonstration and a heated debate over how his vision was achieved behind a light-blocking bandage. The discussion ranges from secret observers to rumored tricks, while pilots and mechanics prepared planes for a perilous Alaskan coastal flight and the northern trek.
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Phyai Cian
Thompson
Thomases
Jiolan
Uncle Harry
Sophia
Alaskan
Presse
Jon
Smith
Thosa
Pusa
Uncle Harry’s Talks About World Flight Reunion
Uncle Harry and Jimmy discuss the American World Girdlers voyage begun March 17 and nearing five months in, with Helen wondering if aviators will welcome home normal life after many hairbreadth escapes and extensive travel.
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Santan Monica
Uncle Harry
Jimmy
Helen
Unclear flight of morale tied to Pacific voyage then Seattle welcome
Excerpts describe the arduous cross country flight to the Pacific and the upcoming Seattle greeting. Uncle Harry stresses nerve, endurance, and public confidence in the airmen and their machines, noting royal welcomes are avoided until arrival. Real estate notices follow in the same column.
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Migit
Oy Stern
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Uncle Harry
Uncle Sam
Pirote
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