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...printed scores of pictures of children maimed and blinded by them. Following this series Mayor William J. Gaynor signed an ordinance banning fireworks in New York City. Many another municipality, then many a state government followed suit. Then it was that fireworks manufacturers called Science to their aid to construct safer, saner displays. Sparklers of aluminum bronze which throws off incandescent but quick-cooling particles as it burns, were invented for children. Crackers were reduced in size (largest is now 5 in.), then fuses were improved. Skyrockets were made with stronger sticks, roman candles with thicker handles...
...Passed a bill to construct a naval hospital "at or in the vicinity of Philadelphia...
...Passed a bill to construct two federal penal institutions, one a reformatory in the West, one a penitentiary in the Northeast. This bill completed legislation for the Department of Justice's new prison program...
...Passed a bill to construct a $33,500,000 George Washington Memorial Parkway along the Potomac River...
...request citizens had contributed $30,000 to construct at the naval aircraft factory at Philadelphia a racing plane for him to pilot in last year's Schneider cup races in England. The plane. Mercury II, was 880 Ib. overweight, would not fly. He wanted to take it to England anyway, crack it up at the starting line and thus conceal the naval aircraft factory's "bungling construction." For six years the Navy had hampered his speed experiments. When in February he was ordered to sea duty, he resigned from the service in the belief that only in private aviation could...