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...Beryl M. McHam, a native of Sapulpa, Okla., enlisted as a private in the U. S. Army on March 28. 1917 and went overseas with the A. E. F. In the Argonne, from which only 15 members of his company of 250 emerged alive, he was wounded in the right arm. burned by mustard gas, cited for bravery. After the Armistice while stationed in the Rhine he got into a drunken brawl in a Coblenz cabaret. He was court-martialed and sentenced to five years imprisonment. The sentence was reduced to 15 months confinement at Fort Jay where...
From Congress last week a bill was dispatched to the White House to give Deserter Beryl McHam an honorable discharge and put him on the pension rolls. On the President's desk was a memorandum from Secretary Dern...
...Queen Victoria's death becomes apparent from an incident in the Marryots' kitchen; a shot of a life-preserver-lettered S. S. Titanic-ends, with an abrupt full-stop, the story of Edward Marryot and his bride. Of an adroit British cast which includes Herbert Mundin, Beryl Mercer, John Warburton, Frank Lawton and four child actors, Diana Wynyard gives the most noteworthy characterization...
...Cheney's game, less powerful than clever, was well suited to the peculiarly pinched fairways and hard little greens of the course at Saunton. In the third round she put out Jean Hamilton, who had beaten Miss Orcutt. Next day she played Beryl Brown, won 3 & 2 for the chance to play Enid Wilson...
...parade of corporations getting into the "next big industry": air conditioning equipment. Dr. Robert G. Guthrie, chief metallurgist of the Chicago utility, announced the invention of a new chemical compound which he calls "lamisilite." "Lamisilite" is a silicate like silica gel (which certain new air conditioners use), quartz, opal, beryl, tourmaline, garnet, mica. Like silica gel, the new material is highly hygroscopic- absorbs moisture, dehumidifies air. The mother ore of "lamisilite" is a trade secret. Victor Chemical Co., who will make the material for the gas-operated conditioners, knows of large deposits in North and Central America, some in South...