15000 Cadets In Aviation Schools Training Intensifies
The article outlines how six weeks were added to aviation training as of 1918 to raise standards, with over 15,000 cadets in various schools and more than 5,000 already commissioned or in training. It describes dual instruction, solo flights, stunts, cross country, aerial navigation, formations, and the risk of busting for poor landings or mistakes. It notes only about 11 fatal accidents among about 1,500 cadets and flying officers observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Molumby
Great Falls
Riverside
California
Washington
Immelman
Germany Struggles With Aircraft Shortage in War Effort
A Paris dispatch reports Germany faces material, motor, and petrol shortages as it fights to sustain its air program. The regime seeks motors in Switzerland and Scandinavia and searches Germany for aluminum and fine woods. Aviators are told to cut unnecessary flights and curtail photography, with joy riding banned as serious. The Halberstadt with two 160 horsepower motors appeared recently, followed by the Siemens Schuckert rotary motor 11 cylinders 260 horsepower aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Paris
New York Sun
Switzerland
Scandinavia
Halberstadt
Siemens-Schuckert
A Scotch minister and friend on the wedding walk
A Scotch minister and his friend return from a wedding and discuss their condition at the feast. The minister asks if he walks straight and the servant Sandy replies that he is fine but asks who is with him, adding a humorous note to the scene from the Toledo Blade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy
Toledo Blade
Montana link to Russia champion Colonel Thompson
Colonel William B. Thompson the Montana financier and former Butte resident has funded a park in Butte and built a memorial library in Virginia City. As head of the Red Cross mission to Russia he aided Petrograd during the revolution and later became a spokesman for the Russian people. He spoke at a Helena dinner hosted by Norman Holter, where Raymond Robbins praised his generosity and leadership. Robbins recounted Thompson placing 1 million of his own money to assist the Russian commission and urged readiness for postwar days.
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Butte
Virginia City
Red Cross
Russia
William B. Thompson
United
Colonel Thompson
Aldergulch
Petrograd
United States
Helena
Norman Holter
Montana Club
Thompson
Raymond Robbins
Mr. Robbins
Mr. Thompson
Hotel Europe
Robbins
Germany
Montana
Boulder
Colonel Roosevelt
Illinois
Sherman
Montanans urged to root out disloyalty in war effort
A Montana driven plea warns citizens of German propaganda and treason risks amid World War I. It outlines government vigilance, the need for loyalty, and the duty to report suspected disloyal actions. It lists violations related to false reports, obstruction of war efforts, and disloyal language with penalties, and invites reports to Butte's Army intelligence office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain District
Army Intelligence Department
Butte
United States
Sheepherder Rescues Train Then Heads to Jail
Charles Covey a Montana sheepherder flags a stalled Northern Pacific passenger train near Garrison after a tunnel collapse. Passengers reward him with 25 dollars later squandered on alcohol. He spends days in Helena jail before a US employment office places him in a hay field job.
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Charles Covey
Northern Pacific
Garrison
Covey
Missoula
Helena
Glen L. Foster
United States Employment Office
Pump shotguns face German objection over Geneva convention
The Pershing reception committee argues the pump shotguns are not approved by Germany, claiming they violate the Geneva Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing Reception Committee
Righto
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