The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-10-16
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IA little more than year and a half in
the aviation service he has made sew
er;l records.
The Protestant Episcopal Church of
America. in annual convention in De-
troit. Mich, last week, passed reso-
luton asking for the ratification of the
peace treaty and League Of Nations
covenant.
Ellington Aviation Field. near Hous-
ton, TEXTS. has been assigned !F;3 of
the 1o.OSS men to be retained pernla-
nently in the air serviceef the Army,
making it one of the largest in the
United States.
The committee representing the Jews
of America are having made a bronze
medal to he dedicated to Americans
not of their race who aided them III
the overseas work of keeping 6.OOO.OOO
Jews clothed and fed during the war.
Queen Elizabeth. of Belgium, took
an aerial flight while in California last
week She took King Albert and four
other members of the royal party along
with her in Il hydrO-airplane and sail
ed around Santa Barbara Channel for
forty-five minutes.
Col. Edward NJ House arrived in
New York Sunday from France, suffer
ing from slight attack of la grippe.
He has been nearly year In Paris and
has lately been the Presidents repre-
sentative there In the supreme council
Of the peace conference.
The United Confederate Veterans. in
session in Atlanta. Ga. last week, pass
ed resolutions in favor Of the imnledi-
ate ratification of the pence treaty and
the League Of Nations. the pensiOning
of Confederate veterans by Congress,
and extending sympathy to President
Wilson because Of his Illness.
Monday at Youngstown, Ohio, in the
steel industries region. strikers in
great. numbers stoned strike-breakers
who were OH their way to work in the
steel mills. Considerable disorder pre-
vailed at many different mills that
| were resuming operation after the
shut down Of three weeks ago. Several
arrests We're made.
Col RoOsevelt-the younger-is a
candidate to represent his home dis
trict In the New York Legislature. He
has definitely committed himself to
politics. His opponent. Il son of a New
York tailor and a soldier Of good rec
ord In the late war-besides being Il
| lawyer of promise-has announced
that his hat is IN the ring and 1t Il
not any fathers hat. either
Clyde Opelt. jr.. son Of an Avalona
hotel keeper OH the Santa Catalina
Islands, California. leavassfiis fathers
/ hi
;lirplane on his way to school in the
San Fernando Valley, fifty miles away
and returns home by the same convey
ance every Friday. afternoon. He i
said to he the only school boy in tht
United States who goes to school il
that way.
Friday of last week eight Thousand
Confederate veterans the remnant O1
Gen. Lees glorious armies of the Los
cause. paraded in Atlanta. Ga. BO!
Scouts carried water for the veteran:
along the length of the long line ant
Red Cross ambulances followed eacl
division to pick up any veterans VIII,
might drop out of line. but few needed
the ambulanceS, though it required tw'
hours for the parade to pass a givel
point, and the day was warm.
Rolling stores that pay no rent
buy direct from the producers and sci
direct to the consumers. saving ~ PIE
cent in middlemen't profits. are said t
he playing havoc with the protiteers II
the New York East Side. NumerOu
inquiries from other cities would seel
to forecast the introduction of ''rOllin
stores" in other parts of the countr!
according to dispatches of this weei
The New York promoter Of this motor
truck store idea says: I'VE starte
out with one truck: to-day we hav
twenty-five and hope to have $50 b.
the middle of October"
A special committee of eleven. repre-
senting the Aero Club of America an
the Aerial League of America, bega
last Friday its journey from New ior
around the world, to select station
and landing places for the first rount
the-world airplane derby, to occur dul
ing 1920. Sixteen stops We're made an
: as many prospective landing places e!
amined between New York and IA
: Francisco The major part of the con
mittee will maintain headquarters
San Il francisco and work in Americ
A for the present, but three members wi
/ sail for YokollOma OH November Sd.