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The Orteig Prize Tim Brady [email protected]
Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research Volume 12 Article 9 Number 1 JAAER Fall 2002 Fall 2002 The Orteig Prize Tim Brady [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.erau.edu/jaaer Scholarly Commons Citation Brady, T. (2002). The Orteig Prize. Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.15394/ jaaer.2002.1595 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Aviation/ Aerospace Education & Research by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Brady: The Orteig Prize The Orteig Prize THE ORTEIG PMZE Tim Brady Science, fieedom, beauty, adventure: What more could you ask of life? Aviation combined all of the elements I loved. There was science in each curve of an airfoiil . There wasfieedom in the unlimited horizon. A pilot was surrounded by beauty of earth and sky... Adventure lay in each pufof wind' Charles A. Lindbergh It can be reasonably argued that, apart from the Wnght brothers' epic flight of 1903, which ushered the world into gviation, the sm@e most important flight made in the twentieth century was the transatlantic flight made by Charles A. Lindbergh in May 1927. The economic impact of this solo flight was whose GNP had plummeted 45% in a raging depression. astonishing. For example, in the three-year period The average annual income dropped from $1,350 in 1929 following the flight, the number of passengers carried to $754 in 1933. -
$10,000 REWARD for WILLIAM BOSS TWEED SENSATIONAL ESCAPE from JAIL William Boss Tweed’S Life of Political Power and Corruption Came to an End at the Hand of an Artist
AIOP SPECIAL LIMITED FOUR ISSUE EDITION TH THEE 14 STREETEF Every G e Collect e G Exciting Issue RIBUNE All Four Free T Issues Volume One, Issue 1 New York, October 2, 2009 Free Edition $10,000 REWARD FOR WILLIAM BOSS TWEED SENSATIONAL ESCAPE FROM JAIL William Boss Tweed’s life of political power and corruption came to an end at the hand of an artist. Proving once again that the pen is mightier than the sword. Boss Tweed’s life of greed and power was depicted in a series of larger than life political cartoons in Harper’s Weekly drawn by the famous illustrator of Saint Nicolas, Thomas Nast. Nast also created the Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey. On seeing these drawings Tweed said, “Stop them damned pictures. I don’t care so much what the papers say about me. My constituents don’t know how to read but they can’t help seeing them damned pictures!” William Marcy Tweed or as he was called Boss Tweed, was the leader of Tammany Hall, (the Democratic Party Political Machine). Tweed’s corrupt political organization operating out of Tammany Hall, 145-47 East 14th Street controlled the city for years, rigging elections, falsifying payrolls, bribing public officials, and taking enormous payoffs from private contractors using strong-armed tactics. Tweed was arrested in 1871 and his bail was set at $8 million dollars. He was convicted of forgery and lar- ceny and sentenced to twelve years in jail but only spent one year in jail. December 4, 1875 Boss Tweed Escapes Boss Tweed, in jail for a second time for his corrup- tion, was awaiting trial when he made a sensational escape from jail. -
Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Manufactural Geography of East Chicago-Whiting, Indiana (A Study in Geographic Rehabilitation) Alfred H. Meyer and Diane Heidtmann Paetz, Valparaiso University This study is one of a continuing series of industrial community geographic surveys of the Calumet region of northwest Indiana and north- east Illinois, of which already four have been published—those of Michigan City, LaPorte, Gary, and Chicago Heights. The objective is to review and evaluate the salient historical geographic forces which enter into the development of the manufactural pattern, such as elements of settlement, locative factors, transportation facilities, sources of raw materials, mar- kets, and zoning-planning of industrial land. Appraisal of actual and potential manufactural resources is based on questionnaire and interview data and field mapping. The contiguous cities of East Chicago (pop. 57,669) and Whiting (pop. 8,137) form a compact industrial unit fronting on Lake Michigan and focused on Indiana Harbor and its ship canal (1). Whiting is pri- marily a petroleum refining center; East Chicago dominates in primary and fabricated metals. Some three-score establishments are oriented areally to three sectors of the transportation pattern. Rapid industrial expansion and crowding of industrial sites without the benefit of a con- current adequate zoning and planning program have resulted in wide- spread residential blight. The problem of providing improved living and recreational facilities in an area whose residential occupance constitutes only 11 percent of the total area of the two cities, and still provide for extra land needed for growing industries presents a challenging redevelop- ment project. Historic-Geographic Perspective This industrial community, variously characterized as "The Work- shop of America, Where Rail and Water Meet," and "The Steel Capital of the World," was a relatively late comer on the Midwest manufactural scene. -
Commission Meeting of NEW JERSEY GENERAL AVIATION STUDY COMMISSION
Commission Meeting of NEW JERSEY GENERAL AVIATION STUDY COMMISSION LOCATION: Committee Room 16 DATE: March 27, 1996 State House Annex 10:00 a.m. Trenton, New Jersey MEMBERS OF COMMISSION PRESENT: John J. McNamara Jr., Esq., Chairman Linda Castner Jack Elliott Philip W. Engle Peter S. Hines ALSO PRESENT: Robert B. Yudin (representing Gualberto Medina) Huntley A. Lawrence (representing Ben DeCosta) Kevin J. Donahue Office of Legislative Services Meeting Recorded and Transcribed by The Office of Legislative Services, Public Information Office, Hearing Unit, State House Annex, CN 068, Trenton, New Jersey TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Dennis Yap DY Consultants representing Trenton-Robbinsville Airport 2 John F. Bickel, P.E. Township Engineer Oldmans Township, New Jersey 24 Kristina Hadinger, Esq. Township Attorney Montgomery Township, New Jersey 40 Donald W. Matthews Mayor Montgomery Township, New Jersey 40 Peter Rayner Township Administrator Montgomery Township, New Jersey 42 Patrick Reilly Curator Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum 109 Ronald Perrine Deputy Mayor Alexandria Township, New Jersey 130 Barry Clark Township Administrator/ Chief Financial Officer Readington Township, New Jersey 156 Benjamin DeCosta General Manager New Jersey Airports Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 212 APPENDIX: TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Page “Township of Readington Resolution” submitted by Barry Clark 1x mjz: 1-228 (Internet edition 1997) PHILIP W. ENGLE (Member of Commission): While we are waiting for Jack McNamara, why don’t we call this meeting of the New Jersey General Aviation Study Commission to order. We will have a roll call. Abe Abuchowski? (no response) Assemblyman Richard Bagger? (no response) Linda Castner? (no response) Huntley Lawrence? Oh, he is on the way. -
General Hews Summary
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Chapter III 1927 – Year for Heroes and Headlines
Chapter III 1927 – Year for Heroes and Headlines The year 1927 was called a time of Ballyhoo and Ford and the Hamilton, “fireproof, you know;” they Hoopla and Wonderful Nonsense, a time when stared at the new Stinson, “built right here in everything was bigger and crazier and publicized Northville;” they tugged at the taut wires of the with more headlines than anything that ever sturdy Wacos and peered inside the cabin of the happened before. yellow painted Ryan, said to be just like Lindy’s, It was a time for Home Run Kings and Flagpole except this one was all fixed up with blue mohair Sitters, Beauty Queens and Talking Movies, Race seats like a fine automobile. Riots and Lynchings and Chicago Gang Wars, The spectators watched the airplanes run through Mississippi Floods and Big Radio Broadcast Hook- their takeoff and landing tests and they talked of Ups and Record Airplane Flights. People called one newsreel pictures they’d seen: of transatlantic another Sheiks, and Shebas; they said things like record seekers struggling to take off; “make their “You’re darned tootin,” and “he knows his onions.” getaway,” as the papers called it, dangerously Flaming Youth drove their Whoopies down the overloaded with hundreds of gallons of “high Main Drag and picked up Daring Flappers who test gasoline.” wore their skirts Two Inches Above the Knee and And the tour officials, mindful of all this scare smoked Tailor-Mades and drank Bootleg Hooch talk, changed the rules to eliminate the full-throttle from Hip Flasks just like their Boy Friends did. -
Download the First Chapter
Copyright © 2013 Jack O’Donnell All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used, reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photograph, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without the express written permission of the author, except where permitted by law. ISBn 978-1-59715-096-5 Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005nnnnnn First Printing CONTENTS Foreword. .xiii PART ONE Chapter One: A Reformer Is Born. .3 Chapter Two: Empire State Politics and Tammany Hall. .9 Chapter Three: William Sulzer’s Political Beginnings . 15 Chapter Four: Onward to Congress . .23 Chapter Five: Mayor William Gaynor. 31 Chapter Six: The Campaign of 1910 . 37 Chapter Seven: The Election of 1912. 49 PART TWO Chapter Eight: Governor William Sulzer . 67 Chapter Nine: Legislative Program . .81 Chapter Ten: Reformer . 85 Chapter Eleven: The Commission on Inquiry. .93 Chapter Twelve: “Gaffney or War!” . 101 Chapter Thirteen: Jobs, Jobs, and More Jobs . 109 Chapter Fourteen: Direct Primaries . .113 Chapter Fifteen: The Scandals. 139 PART THREE Chapter Sixteen: The Frawley Committee. .147 Chapter Seventeen: The Sulzer Campaign Fund. 153 Chapter Eighteen: Impeachment. 161 Chapter Nineteen: The Fallout . 175 Chapter Twenty: Governor Glynn? . .185 PART FOUR Chapter Twenty-One: Court of Impeachment . .191 Chapter Twenty-Two: The Verdict . .229 Chapter Twenty-Three: Aftermath . .239 PART FIVE Chapter Twenty-Four: The Campaign of 1917. .251 Chapter Twenty-Five: A Ghost Before He Died . .259 Acknowledgments . 263 Notes . .265 Bibliography . 277 FOREWORD William Sulzer is remembered by history as a wronged man. He was a reformer destroyed by the corrupt system he was elected to challenge and that he tried to change. -
Characterization of Fill Deposits in the Calumet Region of Northwestern Indiana and Northeastern Illinois
Characterization of Fill Deposits in the Calumet Region of Northwestern Indiana and Northeastern Illinois U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4126 Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY INDIANA Characterization of Fill Deposits in the Calumet Region of Northwestern Indiana and Northeastern Illinois By ROBERT T. KAY, THEODORE K. GREEMAN, RICHARD R DUWELIUS, ROBIN B. KING, and JOHN E. NAZIMEK, U.S. Geological Survey, and DAVID M. PETROVSKI, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4126 Prepared In cooperation with the U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY De Kalb, Illinois Indianapolis, Indiana 1997 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT, Secretary U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Gordon P. Eaton, Director The use of trade, product, industry, or firm names in this report is for identification or location purposes only, and does not constitute endorsement of products by the U.S. Geological Survey, nor impute responsibility for any present or potential effects on the natural resources. For additional information write to: Copies of this report can be purchased from: District Chief U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey 221 N. Broadway Branch of Information Services Urbana, IL61801 Box 25286 (217)344-0037 Denver, CO 80225-0286 District Chief U.S. Geological Survey 5957 Lakeside Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46278-1996 CONTENTS Abstract..................................................................^ 1 Introduction....................................................._ -
Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa), 1952-08-12
, Serving the State The Weather University of Iowa Fair aJleI hOi .. ceol ..- clar. Partly el... y and Campus and warmtr Wt clntlday. Hlrh Iowa City iOda)'. 78; low, St . Ilirh at .owan }Jonel ay. 78: low, '0. Est. 1868 - AP LeaSP.<i Wire - Five Centa Iowa C ity. Iowa. Tuesday. Auqust 12, 1952 - Vol. 86, No. 21 9 t' Ike Says GOP Demo Chiefs· To Map Strategy Can. Beffer Win Ridgway Calls ,Defense New Stevenson Appointees President May · Durable Peace Of West 'Inadequate' Get Secondary DENVER (A') - Gen. Dwight D. ----------- SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ---------------------- Eisenhower said Monday' he be- and his vice presidential running A.U.IED POWERS IN EUROPE amounl of money to be granted by lieves the Republicans generally mate, Sen. Richard M. Nixon of (,4>)-Gen. Matthew Ridgway said America for military offshore pur Campaign Role can dQ a better job of winning CaUtornia, 10 discuss plans for a Monday the military means tor .chases in Europe. France has In WASHINGTON (A') - Harry S. durable world peace than the GOP bid in the south. defense of the West are "seriously slsted she cannot keep her arms Truman and Adlai E. Stevenson Democrats. 8 States Represented inadequate In seve:al vital cate- lactories gOing without additional The GOP presidential nominee In addition to Louisiana, there gories" and that the 1952 targets U.S. money, and the U.S. has been meet today for Democratic slrate mode the remark at a news con- were representatives trom Texas, Generol Hershey for men and material might not ~ equally insistent that no more ' gy talks that may consign the terence when he was asked for Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Mis met. -
Irish Worker April 1925
•" The principle I state and Who is it spehks of defcaH mean to stand upon is:—that" I tell.yoira cause like ours: Is greater than defeat can theehtire ownership of Irelarid. ' . .know— moral and material up to the it is the power of power*. sun and down to the cent re is. As. surely as the earth rolls vested of right in the people round, of Ireland." As surely as theVloriwiiTTiiln 15rift«s the preal world, union —James Pintan l.alor. Edited by Jim Larkln, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1925. PRICE TWOPENCE. MOTERMEN Lawior was ;i good targ.-t agiiju^t which Uniijh illegally; l-'oran, who lirld{buck to direct his stacks on tin! Trades' Council, £7,5UO front .the*.women ;md children- of DON'T-USE SHELL-MEX PETROL. exposed Lawior and, though not successful the^nieu whojwert; Ipcked oiu^in 1913. in driving him out of the Trades' Coulnci, '^Members of tlie Municipal Workers' Scabs Again Given Transport Cards. was successful in destroying any. remnants • Union, it is not Lawior who is'to" blame of character remaining. And this same or" the stoOl-pigeOns . with ^whorn he A strike has broken out in the Shell- O'Brien has now taken the unblemished associates. So it i - not Lawior—it is you, Mex, Petrol Company, North Wall Ex- one . under his wing and Lawior has the members, : the rank and file.. , You tension. and some thirty men are out. expressed his willingness to act as%.a pay the piper and you .must "call tin tunc. The strike arose over the refusal of political degenerate for William, because If Lawior is to rentain among you and the men to allow the wages of one of William has to deliver the 'goods. -
National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form
Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) U NITtD SI AILS DEPARTMENT OE THE. INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS I NAME HISTORIC Old New York County Courthouse AND/OR COMMON _____Old New York County Courthouse; Tweed Courthouse LOCATION STREETS NUMBER 52 Chambers Street _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY, TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT New York —. VICINITY OF 17 STATE CODE COUNTY CODE New York 36 New York 061 HCLASSIFICATION CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE _ DISTRICT _^UBLIC -OCCUPIED _ AGRICULTURE —MUSEUM -XBUILDING(S) —PRIVATE —UNOCCUPIED —COMMERCIAL —PARK —STRUCTURE _BOTH —WORK IN PROGRESS —EDUCATIONAL —PRIVATE RESIDENCE —SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE —ENTERTAINMENT —RELIGIOUS —OBJECT _JN PROCESS -XTES: RESTRICTED X-GOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC _BEING CONSIDERED — YES: UNRESTRICTED —INDUSTRIAL —TRANSPORTATION —NO —MILITARY —OTHER; OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME City of New York STREET & NUMBER City Hall (Paul O'Dwyer, Council President CITY. TOWN STATE New York VICINITY OF New York LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC New york County Hall of Records STREET& NUMBER 31 Chambers Street CITY. TOWN STATE New Ynrlc [1 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE National Register of Historic Places DATE 1974 JJFEDERAL X-STATE —COUNTY —LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS National Registe r of Hi s t o ri cJPl aces CITY. TOWN STATE Washington DESCRIPTION CONDITION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE —EXCELLENT _DETERIORATED _UNALTERED JCQRIGINAL SITE _XGOOD _RUINS .^ALTERED _MOVED DATE________ _FAIR _UNEXPOSED DESCRIBETHE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Distinguished architect John Kellum completed the Old New York County Courthouse design in 1858, the same year that the enactment legislation for the building passed. -
Factors That Attract and Repel Visitation to Urban Recreation Sites: a Framework for Research
FACTORS THAT ATTRACT AND REPEL VISITATION TO URBAN RECREATION SITES: A FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCH David B. Klenosky 1.0 INTRODUCTION Department of Health & Kinesiology While most recreation research looks at attractive Purdue University places, our focus in this research is on less West Lafayette, IN 47907-2046 appealing places. This may include brownfields [email protected] with contamination issues or other sites that cities and communities are thinking about reclaiming Cherie L. LeBlanc and developing for housing, businesses, retail, and U.S. Forest Service recreation—or to attract tourists. In the heavily industrialized Calumet region of Illinois and Indiana, Christine A. Vogt the impetus for the current study, various development Michigan State University and redevelopment projects are under consideration or in progress. At the same time, this area underscores the Herbert W. Schroeder inherent challenges involved in such redevelopment U.S. Forest Service efforts. Areas like Calumet are prevalent across the Midwest and the United States and in other countries as well. Abstract.—The mix of natural features and manmade elements in urban and metropolitan areas presents In the early 1900s, the Calumet region emerged as a unique challenges for resource managers and planners. center for steel production and processing because While some elements of the urban landscape (e.g., of its central location in the country, access to Lake forested areas, parks, water features, and museums) Michigan and the other Great Lakes, and extensive may attract or encourage visitation, others (e.g., railroad network. Over the years Calumet has attracted industrial and commercial activity, odors, noises, a variety of steel-related industries including railcar crime, litter, and perceived class/racial/ethnic manufacturing, oil refining, automotive production, differences) may negate and even trump the positive and numerous other large-scale extractive and material elements, thus repelling or deterring visitation.