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According to the El Paso herald., February 02, 1917, HOME EDITION, Page 10, col. 2, "The GOSSIP CORNER", a new junior naval reserve school, aka John Paul Jones naval school, opened on January 30, 1917 in Corpus Christi chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88084272/1917-02-02/ed-... S. also Corpus Christi caller and daily herald., January 15, 1917, Page PAGE THREE chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86088527/1917-01-15/ed-...

Another school of naval reserves was in New York, the Sunday Oregonian, June 03, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Image 68, col. 1 reported that "A SCHOOL ff Naval Reserves has been established in New York where those who have enlisted In that body may study practical navigation and chartreading. Classes of 15 meet three times a week in the Mc Creery building." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1917-06-03/ed-1/se...

Archie Bradley (4 January 1897 – 27 March 1969) was an Australian professional boxer of the 1920s. Also known as the "Gympie Whirlwind" or the "Gympie Tornado", Archie Bradley was the Australian Welterweight Champion from 1922–to 1924. At the height of his popularity, Bradley was afforded huge publicity with whole pages of magazines and newspapers devoted to his boxing career. It was not uncommon for over 12,000 fans to fill stadiums in Brisbane and Sydney to watch him fight. In the 1920s his stamina and athletic ability as both a boxer and a professional rugby league footballer became legendary. Bradley was born at Wickham Street, Gympie, Queensland on 4 January 1897. He was the seventh of 10 children born to John (b. 1860, Ulverston) and Minnie Bradley (née Gierke, b. 1866, Toowoomba). In September 1917 Bradley had his first professional fight against Joe Healy at the Theatre Royal in Gympie. After 15 rounds the fight was awarded to Healy in a controversial decision. Bradley went on to win 14 fights in Gympie before traveling to Brisbane in 1918, at the age of 21 years, to further his career. In an eight-month period in Brisbane, he had seven wins in seven bouts—against boxers such as "Smiling Georgie" Malouf, Roy Hayward, Bert Secombe, and Jimmy Hill. After a loss to Silvino Jamito on a foul in the fifth round, he went on to outpoint Eugene Volaire and knock out the famous Eddie Lynch after nine rounds of furious fighting.[1] In August 1921 Bradley beat Sid Godfrey on points.[2] In 1922 he took the welterweight crown from Tommy Uren, and was later described as "probably the greatest fighter to come out of [Queensland]".[3] He had a break from boxing from August 1925 – to September 1926, but was out of form on his return, losing soundly to Jim Cox. After his retirement from boxing, Bradley bred greyhounds for racing, and produced champions including "Archie's Wonder", "Bradley's Best", and "Archie's Gift".[3] He also managed a relative of his who was taking up heavyweight boxing,[3] Col Daley, who went undefeated for at least 29 fights.[5] He kept up his associations with the sport until at least the 1950s, attending tournaments at mission stations. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Bradley_(boxer)

Originally from Caulfield Grammarians, Pie was transferred to Queensland for work in 1922 and played centre half-forward for the Brisbane club's 1923 and 1924 premierships. but returned to Melbourne to play a solitary VFL game in 1926. He was forced to miss the next match through injury and didn't return, rejoining Caulfield Grammarians as captain/coach in June that year. Pie went back to Queensland in 1927. He briefly played for Valleys before a knee injury forced his retirement. An tall player and accomplished boxer he was lightweight amateur champion of Queensland, and runner-up in the welterweight division. President of QANFL, Queensland Interstate Players, Queensland MP, founder of Pie Industries textile manufacturers. Served as president of the Queensland League from 1935 to 1938 and coached Queensland in 1936. Elected as a member for Hamilton in 1941 as an Independent Democrat candidate. Resigned on 30 June 1943 to contest the federal seat of Brisbane but was defeated and returned to the Queensland Parliament as Member for Windsor, representing the Queensland People's Party. He led the party from 1946 to 1948 and in 1950 became a member of Kedron as part of the Liberal Party (after the QPP had changed name) before resigning from Parliament in 1951. He was Patron of Windsor Football Club from 1953 to 1956. His son David Pie trained in the 1952 pre-season but didn't play. Source: demonwiki.org/Bruce+Pie