Mitchell's Air Power Proved Battleships Obsolete
AP report recalls Gen. Billy Mitchell's 1921 1923 tests off Cape Hatteras showing airplanes could sink battleships New Jersey and Virginia. It traces his push for an independent air force, Navy opposition, and his 1925 court martial for conduct deserving censure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Bayer
Mitchell
Senate
Josephus Daniels
Hatteras
Army Air Service
Capitol Hill
Alabama
Virginia Capes
Frankfurt
Ostfriesland
Jutland
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Virginia
New Jersey
Clayton Bissell
Signal Mountain
Tenn
Bissel
Army
Calvin Coolidge
Defense Department
Japan
Alaska
Pearl Harbor
Moscow Visits Through Rust and Romance of a Capital
Reporter Jim Becker journeys Moscow to glimpse a capital mixing modern progress with decay. He notes a six year old apartment block framed by a rusty catch net, broad avenues, and a city that fumbles with upkeep while boasting Kremlin access, modern Palaces, and busy tourists from around the world. He records visitors sees Lenin’s tomb, Star Basil’s tale, and mixed impressions of freedom, red tape, and energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Jim Becker
New York
Woolworth
Bond Street
London
Paris
Lenin
Stalin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Palace of Congresses
Khrushchev
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan
St. Basil’s
Russia
Sioux Falls
S.D
Europe
Warsaw
Accra
Ghana
United States
U S Civil Service Tests and Postwar Career Notes
A mixed snippet shows U S Civil Service tests promising jobs with high starting pay and training, plus resumed air power advocacy by a former official. The text mentions a 1996 death in New York and a long-ago congressional medal, interwoven with a garbled personal notice and local lost items and employment ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
New York City
Congress
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Sale man Wanted Manager and Sol n Termite Territory Apply
Wanted ads list a salesman positions for termite territory with address 522 Vine St NE. Also offers child care in home at 515 Short St Hartselle and phone 733-6189. Short notice Want Ads get results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Care
Decatur Daily
Sol N
Vine St. N.E
Short St. Hartselle
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Billy Mitchell
Texas
Shenandoah
War and Navy Departments
Tasmania
Sydney
Australia
Direct Ous
Toca
Cislemeas
Persona
Henry W. Wade
Electrolux
Glenn Butler
R. O. Box
Decatur
Ala
Gracie W. Sartor
Herry Wade
New Decatur City
Ira’s
E. Moulton St
Paul C. Davis
Moulton St
Swift
Hotel Dixie
Church St
St John’s Paris
Dad
Dan Walden
Addie E. Glenn
Mary Glenn
J. E
J. E. Case
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Ronald
And
Everett Dr
S.W
J. D. Bush
Business Services
Decatur Ala
Storm Window Co
Sherman St
Gallatin Aluminum Product Co
Gallatin, Tenn
Moulton Concrete Products CO
Moulton-Decatur Hwy
Moulton
Johnson’s Radio & TV
Creighton Ave
S.E. Ph
J.H. Standridge
Bill Carson
Bath
11Th Ave
Alasama College OF Commerce
N.A.C.C. Bida
Madison St
Huntsville
U. S. Civil Service
Lincoln Service Box
Eco Decator
Wright's Electric
Clinton and
Pryor Streets
Athens
Goodyear
Goodyear Service
Lee and
Line Streets
Harper
Cornelian Court Hotel
W.T
Southern Greetings
Hollywood
Dept
Memphis
Te Tenn
Danville
T.V
W. T. Grant Co
Decatur Shopping Center
Hartselle
Dairy Queen
Stanley
Watkins
Watkins Products, Inc
P. O
Tennessee
Don Kirby
Consolidated Paint & Varnish Corp
East Ohio
Decatur & Huntsville
Atlanta
5Th Ave. S.E
Call
Birmingham
Johnson
Chidi Fey
Air Service
Waldrep Fence Company
Georgia
Nissecoet
P. O. Box
America
National Press
North
Chicago
Ill
Awwa Tran
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