Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-01-16
AerOnauticS.


Aeronautics.
/ AS 4 result of the Srru: .:rvc,1I,-
mrnt of nviation during the war. rapid
! progress WAS made during the year in
the use of both dir!yibles and heavier
than-air machines for commercial pur-
poses.
On May three United States navy
Scaplanes started from New York ON
! the first transatlantic flight Ivy way
or Halifax. N. s.; Trepassay BAY.
Newfoundland. and the Azores. One
OF these machines. the NC-4 arrived
at Lisbon. Portugal, on May -, hav-
Ing completed the first flight across
the Atlantic In actual flying time Of
~ hours. A minutes from Newtornd- !
land to Portugal. Fog caused the 9th :
er two planes TO lose their course
Two British aviatorS. Harry q. !
Hawker and Lieutenant Commander
| Mackenzie Grievc. left Newfoundland !
on May Is in the first attempt to cross
the Atlantic without stop. Engine
trouble forced them TO descend $50
miles from Ireland and the aviatOrs
were picked up by passing vessel
The first nonstop flight across the
Atlantic was made on June Ii and II
by Capt. John AlcOck. British flyer, /
md Lieut.. Arthur w. Brown. his
American navigator, who covered the |
1900 miles from Newfoundland to Ire
land in 16 hours and II minutes.
The British dirigible R-34, CARRYING
81 persons. started from Edinburgh on :
transatlantic flight to New York on
July and reached it's destination on
July q. II made the return trip with :
out mishap In three days and three !
hours.
Roland Isholfs. In a Curtiss triplane.
made new altitude record on Sep
TENDER Is by ascending 34.61O feet.
A tranScontinental aiiplnrc race was
started simultaneously 1T San Francis
co and New York on October 8 with
60 competitors. Five aviators were
killed during this race. Lieut.. Alexan-
der Pearson was declared the winner
On December 10 Capt. Ross Smith
| Of Australia completed an airplane
trip from England to Port Darwin.
Australia. in 30 days.
Neurology.
Death took a heavy toll among the
leaders in many fields of world activ-
ity during 1919. The most prominent
of Americans who passed away during
the year was former President Theo-
dore Roosevelt. who died suddenly at
his home Mt Oyster Bay on January 6. +;
The following are among the moro
| lfpnr i
during the year:
January 4. Count George F. Won
Hertling, former German chancellor: i
January 8. Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell,
G. S. A.; January IL, Sir Charles
Wyndham. English actor; January;
81, Nathaniel G.. Goodwin, famous!
American comedian; February II, Sir /
WiIfried Laurier. former premier Of
Canada; February %. William p. Bor-
land. representative in congress from
Missouri; DR.. Mary Walker. former
army surgeon and noted as IN advo-
cate Of male attire for women; Fcbru.
airy q, George b. Edmunds, former
United States senator from Vermont:
| March 10, Mrs. Amelia Il. Barr, au-
thor; April 4. William Crookes, IA
nous British chemist and physicist;
| April Q. Sidney Drew, comedian; April
! 81. Jules FcdrincS. noted French avia-
| tor; May 10. Edward Payson Call,
| prominent newspaper publisher Of
| Boston. Philadelphia and New York;
! May 20. Robert Bacon, former sccre-
! tary OF state and former ambassador
to France; June S. Manuel Franco,
| president Of Paraguay June II, John
| G. SpOOncr. former United States SEN
ator from Wisconsin; June 10. James
| A. Tawney, former representative i'm
congress from Minnesota; June II.
! Ernest Lister, governor Of Washing.
| ton: July .. DR.. Anna Howard Shaw,
| former president Of National Woman's
Suffrage association; July &c, Sir Ed
ward John Poynter. English painter,
| president Of the Royal academy; Au-
! gust |, Oscar Hammcrstcin. theatrical
sand operate producer; August II. An
! drew Carnegie, veteran steel manufGc-
turer and philanthropist; August %,
| Gen. Louis Botha premier OF the
| Union OF South Africa; September g.
| Admiral Baron Charles William Bcrcs-
! ford, British naval commander and
CrlUc, september y, Jotl1 NiiChcU. lH-
! hor leader; September q. Theodore
=. Shonts. president Of the Inter
| borough Rapid Transit company Of
| New York and former chairman Of the
| 1sthmian canal commission Scptcm-
Der 81, Adclina Patti. famous operate
singer; October 10. William Waldorf
| Astor, former American millionaire
who became q British peer; October
81. Alfred II. Ringing, head OF the IA
| fnpuS Nry