R-34 Plan to Bomb Berlin Halted by War End
The R 34 and R 32 airships, touted as world's greatest, were designed for a Berlin raid with 60+ bombs and long-range capability. War's end stopped the project, shifting focus to peaceful use. craft carried 70 crew, large gas capacity, and long range communications.
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Berlin
Associated Pry
New York
Siater
Germany
Fn Lding
Bat‘terres
Sudmeni
Nealed Pea
Lerma
Ani
Gen Maitland's Aerial Trip Told From The Skies
Gen Maitland recounts an aerial journey with details of altitude 1500 feet, cloud layers, and sea glimpses. The narrative describes crossing dense cloud banks from Atlantic approaches toward visible sea and observations by meteorological staff and navigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Maitland
Home Defense League Calls Up Volunteers for Patrol
A citywide appeal urges all Home Defense League members to report to their precinct police stations for three hours or more of patrol duty to aid in catching a local brute. Members may supply cars or motorcycles, though transport is optional, as organizers seek to form a citizen auxiliary force of at least 1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Home Defense League
League
Cloud Horizon Navigation From a Baltic to Atlantic Flight
The diary records Cooke and crew aboard an airship pushing through fog at 1300 feet with cloud horizons guiding position but noting up to 60 miles error. It lists crew roles, watch routines, meals, sleeping arrangements in the keel, and drift calculations as they sail toward Newfoundland with wireless contact to Last Fortune and Azores stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke
Scott
Cooke Pritchard
Admiralty Aire
Lansdowne
US Airship Service
Harris
Baltic
Wild Ward
H_ Scott
G S Greenland
Luch
J D Shotter
M Maitland
MG P
Air Ministry
E M Pritchard
Naval Airship Service
G H Cooke
Guy Harris
R D Durrant
R Mayes
Tight Serge Suall
Riplee
Avenden
Thulwall
Sarcraftsman Cribint Corps
Gray Arcraftsman Warler Aaiircraftsmen
Gray Arcraftsman Warler Aaiircraftsmen Northeast, L A Oc Mort. Riggersa
Robinson
Watson Corps Burgess
Smith
Forteath
Crowdie
Pi Powl
Edwards
East Fortune
Atlantic
Ireland
Last Fortune Lisden
Treand
Venta Delgada
Azores
Queen Elizabeth
Lunel
Dscelient
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Atlantic Crossing Log Notes Clouds and Low Mood Forecast
An Atlantic crossing entry reports cloud cover and no sighting of land after leaving the Irish coast. The crew tracks weather from Marconi signals and HMS Tiger and Renown, notes a new low mood entering the Atlantic and clocks adjusted to Greenwich time, logging 610 sea miles in 17 hours at 36 knots toward St Johns.
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Durant
Bt Johnson
Cast Fortune
Irish
P. m
B. Ballygally Heed
Belfast
Montreal
Marconi Spark
New York
Tiger
Renown
Admiralty
Atlantic
Hm.s
Dept of
St Johns
Clifden
Harry
New Glory for Old the government film shown at national theater
A war picture titled New Glory for Old being released after the nexce treaty is shown at the National Theater with a special Walter Reed Hospital showing for wounded soldiers. The film includes eight reels on doughboy training and combat scenes in the Chateau Thierry Argonne sectors.
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Walter Heed Hospital
Army
France
Chateau Thierry
St Mithiel
Argonne
Signal Corps
War College
Come Out of the Kitchen at Crandall’s Apollo
A small town pitcher rises to major league status then risks ruin over prosperity. He quits after a public showcase but resumes when money is needed to save the girl’s home. The program features short reels and orchestral music with Marguerite Clark and Wagene.
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Ethel Clayton
Crandaly
Miss Clayton
Marcel Middleton
A E Thomas
Crandall
Savoy Theater and Garden
Marguerite Clark
Claudia Daingerfield
Hudgene O'Brien
Burton Crew
Miss Clark
Mr O Brien
Savoy
Apollo
Thomas
Virginia
Crandalls Apollo Theater
Fonith
Wagene
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Huw Coast
America
Glasgow
Aati
Europe
Mother Earth
Lontins FD
Morr
Lask
Brown
Cloud Horwon
Union Trust Company
Cook
Scott Cooke
BIG Guns
THE
United States
Army Ordnance Silk
Army Ordnance
District Ordnance Office
Broadway
New York City
7Th and
B Streets
Washington, D. C
Dept
Rennel
Baltimore
Pritchard
Avenue Grand
Sport
Charles Ray
Crandall’s Avenue Grand Theater
Washington
San Francisco
U. S. Army Motor Transport Corps
Dixon
Lincoln Highway
Dixon’s
Joseph Dixon Crucible Company
Jersey City
New Jersey
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