Next War Aerial Powers Prepare Defense
London May 17. United Press reports that experts foresee a future air war as an air circus with deadly ground fighting and aerial bombardment of cities. Nations, including England, plan defensive postures while preparing offensive capabilities, aiming to protect London with expanded home-defense air power.
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Clarence DU Lossh
United Press
London
Edison
Qian
Air Ministries
Paris
Berlin
New York
Washington
England
Notable Figures in World Events From Paris l Auto
Suzanne Lenglen, world tennis champion, suffers jaundice and cannot defend her French titles. Rear Admiral W F Fullam states US surface fleet is not inferior to Britain but notes weaknesses in submarines and aircraft. Eleanor Elaine Harris faces bond in New York for forging Harris name to a letter seeking to reopen a case. Boston Mayor Curley calls for senatorial probe into Coolidge campaign funds.
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Nice
Paris
l’Auto
Suzanne Lenglen
W. F. Fullam
U.S. N
Eleanor Elaine Harris
New York
Beverly
Harris
National City Bank
James Curley
Boston
Coolidge
Air power plans and Germany's role in world routes
Air forces will shift toward home-basing while expanding craft and training over four to five years, increasing machine power with minimal man-power. Ground defense for London grows. air war philosophy favors air superiority. Germany blocks overland routes to Russia and the Near East under Versailles limits, delaying new global air connections.
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India
Mesopotamia
Near East
J Serviee
London
Germany
Russia
Japan
Near
Far East
Berlin
Cologne
Prague
Scots and Irish rule most of British top offices
London May 17 the Finglish people claim they are ruled by Scots and Irish. Four of six supreme court judges are Scotch two are Irish. Lord Chancellor Haldane is Scotch. Archbishops of Canterbury and York are Scots. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald is a Scotsman and Highlander. Baldwin was English but served briefly. Bandits take 30000 from Bank of Detroit branch in Detroit Michigan on May 17.
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London
Supreme Court of Appeals
Lord Schancelor
Lord Haldane
Church of England
Canterbury
York
Ramsay MacDonald
Scatchton
Stanley Baldwin
Tenants Flee From Tick Tock Bomb Alarm
In Chicago on May 17 a west side Italian neighborhood faced repeated bomb scares. Carmen De Nova reported whispers and a ticking alarm clock seen from an open first floor window. Police and detectives evacuated the six apartment building for about a half hour before locating the device.
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Chicago
West Side
Carmen de Nova
WIRED WIRELESS links Iowa towns Centerville Creston
In Centerville Iowa on May 17 the first town residents tested a new wired wireless telephone system linking Centerville and Creston, 100 miles apart. Messages travel over parallel power lines controlled by radio principles, enabling regular phone conversations with minimal interference. The system uses standard transmitters and the high tension wires, claimed to be safe due to triple-line protection.
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Centerville
Creston
Here
Toweyian
Daily Advertiser
Iowa
Towa South
Em Utilities Company
Thist
Hero to unveil memorial in Washington in October
Private Dan Edwards, sole American in World War I to win both the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross, will unveil the First Division memorial in Washington D C next October. He lost his right arm and left leg in service as President Coolidge plans the dedication.
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Washington, D. C
Dan Edwards
Coolidge
Social Center Will Be Established for Lutheran Students
Cedar Falls May 17 Establishment of a social center for 200 Lutheran students at Teachers College was approved at the latest meeting. The young people voted to buy or lease a suitable residence.
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Cedar Falls
ol.Tope Whs
Car Safety Chief Burned In Hotel Incident
Lefferts, public safety manager of the Automobile Club of Southern California, suffered a burned foot after dropping a lit cleaver during a safety talk at the St. Francis hotel. A shower of sparks set his clothing ablaze as he nursed the burn.
SICK BOY STARVED BY ALASKA INDIANS
Anchorage report describes Mawes with received hit Sar Brooks a tubercular native boy whose tribe abandoned him after giving a meal, leading to starvation and suicide. Officials investigate alleged brutal tribal customs and punish those responsible under education bureau supervision.
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Alaska
Anchorage
United Press
Sar Brooks
Pst
Bureau of Education
Bam Hrooks
Hauge Opposes Brookhart Urges Burton Sweet Nomination
Fairfield Fort Dodge cattleman Vernon J. Hauge who quit the U S senate race denounces Brookhart in a statement and urges Republicans to nominate Burton Sweet as successor. The May 17 release frames the race as a choice between Brookhart and Sweet with Hauge backing the latter.
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Vernon J. Hauge
Fairfield
Fort Dodges
United States
Brookhart
Burton
Sweet
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