Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Thursday, August 17, 1922. Flying boats, watermelons, and medals.

On this day, the Sampaio Correia, a H-16 Curtiss Flying boat, prepared to make the long journey to Brazil from New York for an expedition in Rio De Janero.



 Secretary of War Weeks presided over the awarding of medals to a collection of Army officers.


Watermelon boats were photographed delivering their loads to transportation at dockside.




Forest fires raged in Minnesota, leaving six dead and hundreds homeless.

Byzantine Catholic Priest Vladimir Abrikosov was arrested by Soviet authorities for persuading Russians to become Catholic.  He was at first sentenced to death, but was ultimately expelled.

The Bureau of Prohibition warned establishment owners that they could be held criminally liable for breaking the prohibition laws if they allowed their patrons to bring alcohol in themselves is flasks.

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