Aerial Destroyers and the End of War Predicted
A naval officer forecasts a decade hence a new aerial destroyer capable of bombing cities. He describes design challenges, aluminum usage, and the moral claim that such weapons will force universal peace. Other officers echo the view that aerial warfare signals the end of conventional war.
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Hartman
London
United States
Mello
Brazilian Republic
Rio
de Bausset
America
France
Germany
Russia
Walter Wellman
Trials with Vaillant Bomb Dogs Mark French Chamber Danger
French police tied 20 dogs to trees to stand for cabinet members and deputies as a bomb identical to Vaillant’s was detonated on the ground. All dogs perished, illustrating the peril lawmakers faced. Also notes 15 widows of revolution veterans as of June 80th.
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Vaillant
Chamber of Deputies
Cabinet
Deputies
George W Childs and the humor of a Public Ledger editor
Pomaneville Feb 1. A portrait of George W Childs of The Public Ledger, famed for obituary rhymes and charity work, and a humorous anecdote about his gentle response to an irate subscriber who claimed to have stopped the paper. Childs escorts the man through the office to show the difference between stopping the paper and stopping the presses.
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Pomanevail
America
Public Service
George W. Childs
The
Public Ledger
Mr. Childs
Childs
L. G. BoLizs
Signs of the Times in Baltimore Pawnshops
Samuel Thompson reports that palmy times are gone as pawnbrokers’ windows fill with bundles of household goods. With rising unemployment families pawn old coats gowns clocks and eventually furniture to obtain food money. The pattern marks hard times across cities as debtors turn to pawnbrokers for survival.
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Baltimore
Samunl Thompson
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