Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...They fear a repetition of the Dover disaster from the Navy arsenal at lona Island, a mile away. Perhaps Manhattan citizens tremble as they recall the terrors of Dover if they know about the arsenal at nearby Sandy Hook. Other death dealing overstocked plants include the arsenals near Pittsburgh, Springfield, Mass., Augusta, Fort Monroe, Va., Philadelphia, Rock Island, Watertown, Mass., San Antonio and many another town...
...Canton license. The incident has led the nation to picture Canton, an ugly enough industrial town at best, as one of the largest stagnant backwaters of the Midwest's underground currents. This it may or may not be. There is a broad-beaten route between Canton and Pittsburgh along which bootleggers, white slavers and "reindeers" (dope-peddlers) have plied their flourishing trades. But the same route extends to many another Ohio city. To quote a civic-proud Canton Chamberman of Commerce: "If something similar should happen to rip the lid off, say, Youngstown or Akron, a much worse stench...
Nevertheless, many agencies have rushed investigators to Canton. Last week the Pittsburgh police held one "George the Greek" Psialias, alleged "reindeer," who was shown to have been near Canton at the hour of the shooting, but who eluded detention before Canton's sleuths could pin direct suspicion upon him. Canton's citizenry, abashed by their own past political indifference and by a week of unproductive sleuthing, forced the suspension of their local police chief, Seranus Lengel, who had been one of Mellett's prominent targets. There was even talk of changing Canton's form of city...
General Nobile (about to leave the Ritz-Carlton in Manhattan for a fete in Pittsburgh): "As captain of the airship, every person on board depended on me during the flight. Riiser-Larsen, second in command of the airship, was appointed navigator by me. . . . During the entire flight of 71 hours I acted all the time as captain of the airship, giving orders to every one, controlling what everybody was doing...
General Nobile (still excited, in Pittsburgh): "It is so strange, I do not understand. All Ellsworth did was to give money for the flight. It was I, Nobile, who designed the Norge; it was I, Nobile, who commanded it; it was I, Nobile, who was responsible for its success. Without me the flight would have been impossible! . . . Lincoln Ellsworth was just a passenger. . . . He was a nice passenger, but that...