Aviators for France Planned at 1000 Monthly Target
The government sketches tentative plans to ship 1,000 aviators a month to France as the first overseas air force readies for embarkation. Officials report strong training progress in Dayton, Detroit, and other fields with ample applicant pools and coordinated US British and French aviation efforts to speed aircraft and engine supply.
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New York Times
Washington
France
England
Frartge
United States
Germany
Dayton
Ohio
Detroit
Cal
Char
Rng
Messines
America
Zeppelins Hunt Prey for U-Boat Attacks
German submarines light craft and Zeppelins continue active operations in the Gulf of Bothnia. Scandinavian ships are sunk daily as Zeppelins patrol along Swedish coasts and sometimes enter territorial waters. A Swedish patrol expelled a Zeppelin east of Stockholm amid growing discontent over the Harold sinking in the North Sea on May 6.
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Stockholm
London
Gulf of Bothnia
Gothenburg
Sweden
Harold
North Sea
Sailors Lost as Sverre II Sunk Off Lerwick
The Dagbladet reports the Arctic cutter Sverre II has sunk near Lerwick. One Canadian and twelve men have landed. A captain and another crew member were wounded, but the rest were rescued.
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Lerwick
Dagbladet
Sverre II
Wedded to Two in Error by Unprecedented Court Action
Mrs. Anna M. Howard, tied by two marriages, faces a possible loss of the second wedlock to Victor Jadowski if her first husband Edward Howard remains alive. Supreme Court Justice Delehanty granted permission to remarry in a separation suit, then ordered an amended decree after embarrassment to Howard and her attorneys May & Jacobson. The original decree allowing remarriage was filed on November 8.
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Delehanty
Anna M. Howard
Edward Howard
Victor Jadowski
Jadowski
Marria
Justice Delehanty
Howard
May & Jacobson
Smoot probes U S Army rifles data in Senate
Senator Smoot introduced a resolution asking the Secretary of War for details on the rifle adopted by the American Army and whether its bore and ammunition are standardized with French and British arms. Poindexter objected fearing disclosure could aid the enemy, and the measure was postponed to tomorrow.
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Paris
New York Times
Washington
Senator Smoot
Secretary of War
Poingexter
Smoot
Poindexter
Liberty Loan Drive Urges Immediate Subscription Nationwide
A wartime appeal urges citizens to subscribe immediately to the Liberty Loan totalling 2 billion dollars. It promotes bonds of 50 100 500 and up with a 334% return, describes them as first mortgages on US wealth, and calls on workers to join bankers and employers in buying bonds now to support war effort and keep the economy steady.
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United States
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