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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1917
Page
4
A United Press feature from London on September 27 portrays the day-to-day experiences of young Western Front air fighters. The narrative follows a nineteen year old who recalls a dogfight with a Hun pilot, his wounded machine, and a clever retreat through cloud cover while narrating the peril and characteristic bravado of the aviators.
In New Bern North Carolina on October 27 sugar remains scarce with rationing at five pounds per customer in many shops two pounds in others. Prices stay at 11 cents per pound as set by the food administration. Also on the same date Atlantic Coast Line Railway clerks in the local office have not quit their jobs and show no intent to do so despite rumors.
New Bern NC Oct 27 The score or more of men engaged in building the huge ocean going tug for George Dilks and Son of Philadelphia PA at Meadows shipyard are making headway with the work and the vessel now bears resemblance to the completed boat It will require almost a year to finish and will be the largest tug boat ever built at a North Carolina ship yard Completion is not expected before sometime during the coming year
A wounded survivor explains how a fall from twenty feet left him with a bullet in an arm a burned back and a sprained leg after an attempted landing. He insists he fought not one foe but the entire bomber outfit bombarding defenseless cities and killing civilians and appeals to buy a drink for the listener.
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