Bankhead National Highway Association Improves Work
The executive committee in Birmingham reviews nine months of progress and plans for 1918 19 with Col T S Plowman presiding. Secretary J A Rountree reports receipts disbursements publicity and achievements and is thanked for organizing efforts.
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Bankhead National Highway Association
Birmingham
Col
T. S. Plowman
Board of
J. A. Rountree
Rountree
Bankhead National Highway
Suson forecasts Lower California secession proclaimed
Fielding J. Suson of Los Angeles announced in San Francisco that he was advised he would be appointed diplomatic representative at Washington for Governor Esteban Cantu of Lower California. He said this foreshadows Lower California separating from Mexico.
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Vised
Washington
Estaban Cantu
Lower
California
Aviation Experts Arrive to Organize Camp Sevier School
At Camp Sevier in Greenville on January 1 the Thirtieth Division welcomes Captains and Second Lieutenants of the Signal Reserve Corps Aviation Section to lead a ground work aviation school. The facility will trains skilled trades for air service maintenance and serve as an assembly point for units before deployment. The school will boost camp population from 27,000 to over 38,000 and increase available beds to support 11,000 more troops.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
Signal Reserve Corps
Thomas D. Dixon
Edwin J. Lyons
Edgar B. Theband
Geo. H. Glade
David D. Cushman
Fern S. Patterson
Arthur W. O'Hara
Chauncey A
Raymond A. Babcock
John C. Mills
Lester L. Branthoover
Phillip D. Slinghuff
John W. Grant
Cupid M. Hollander
Merle A. Belman
Edwin H. Brown
Thomas L. Burns
William J. Carver
Air Service
Anti-Aircraft Barrage Dreads Airmen in France
In France on January 1, pilots fear anti-aircraft barrages as the era’s most dreaded weapon. Guns reach 23,000 feet, forcing pilots to endure shattering concussions and precise triangulated fire. Despite tactics like side-slipping, crews confront clusters and a high-risk flight environment over the front lines.
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France
Inflation in Austria-Hungary note issue alarms markets
Zurich reports rapid inflation of Austria-Hungary currency reaching seventeen thousand million crowns, rising by about one thousand million monthly. Measures discussed include paying government contractors with war loan stock or non negotiable treasury bills and urging public subscribes to a seventh war loan to curb note issuance. Die Zeit calls all remedies useless and says price rises will continue.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Austria-Hungary
Die Zeit
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