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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sense of the word was she a prostitute. I'm sure Julia Peterkin, the author, of the book had no intention of presenting her heroine in the light of a prostitute...
...M. ZlNMAN Atlantic City...
Walter Reed Hospital occupies a large scrubbily-wooded tract at the far end of 16th Street, Washington, near the District of Columbia-Maryland line. It is composed of central stone buildings surrounded by numerous one-story frame houses. Commanding is Brig.-General James Madison Kennedy, U. S. M...
Monster Seaplane. To the Glenn L. Martin Co. went a Navy contract for the largest, most powerful, fastest flying boat ever developed. Specifications: three Pratt & Whitney motors producing 1,725 h. p. Top speed, 140 m. p. h. Cruising radius, 2,000 miles. Crew, five men. Cost, $150,000. Construction time, one year. This all-metal seaplane will serve the Navy as a "fighting patrol...
Dirigibles for Offense. Up under the belly of the dirigible Los Angeles last week rose a Navy service plane. Both craft were traveling 60 m. p. h. On the top wing of the plane was a big hook. Down from the dirigible extended a rigid trapeze. The plane's pilot successfully maneuvered to engage hook with trapeze so that the plane hung there, was carried along. Three times the plane thus made successful contact. The experiment had been effected previously with smaller, semirigid Navy dirigibles, never with the big Los Angeles. Experts viewed the work as changing big dirigibles...