London Letter on Spring Weather and War News
London readers enjoy unseasonably warm sun and budding signs of spring while reporting on soldiers convalescing in military transport s tours. The piece notes museum closures, shifting hotels, and crime contrasts with New York. It ends with wartime warnings on imports and newspaper supply constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Metropole
Northumberland
Munions Department
Metropole
Wteltore
London
Uetratians
Dave
New York
New York City
Fipperts
England
France
Paris
Pneland
Chicago
Paw Notre
Tadly Mall
Famous Woman Air Passenger Dies After Rest Collapse
The death of Mize Trehawke Davies, famed as the most famous woman passenger in the air, follows a late life of record flights with Hamel, a 1913 cross-Channel journey, and a history of accidents and wills. Her death occurred after an afternoon rest when she asked for milk and died of heart failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mize “Queenie” Trehawke Davies
Aeanerd
Hamel
Miss Devies
Golder’s Green
Mr. Astley
Belfast
Navy voyage and wartime gossip in a sprawling clipping
A sprawling, era-tinged collage mixes war rhetoric about British naval action against Germany with jocular vignettes and social notes. It weaves WWI era propaganda lines, letters to home, remount anecdotes, wedding and marriage humor, petty gossip, and advertisements, all reflecting home front morale and popular culture.
How We Destroy U Boats The Naval War On Submarines
A lengthy wartime feature explains methods used against German U boats. It describes crew training, submarine nets, torpedo boats, and the roles of destroyers and aircraft in detecting subs via surface waves, periscopes, and air reconnaissance to bring naval warfare to the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnikdt
Inbec
Clyde
Britain
Glasgow
Kentish
Jack
Wilhelm Homie
von Tirpits
Wilhelm Putt
Fisher
Tavy
Jess
Third Fleet
Wilhelm Talle
Kiel
Wilhelm
Kiel Canal
RSP
Legac
Euler
Germany
Liv
Sean
Patti
Sever
Walter
North Sea
Bolton
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London Letter
Mioe
Ely
Toreett Hide Park
Kensington Palace
Thames
Emden
Trafalgar Square
Petel Yeu
Hembe
National Portrait Gallery
National History Museum
Wallace
National Art Gallery
Rendon Aerodrome
Suste Syndicate
Towalthig
Nate
Susie Selfridge
Newmarket
Westralian Remount Corps
Bart
Colpo
Hur
Optician
Wille
Willie
Pather
Corelli
Admiral Jelione
Bdne Lyall
King Constantine
Caine
General Joffre
Eric
Gittle
Gitte
Farrar
Crown Prince
Raffles
Hoar
Mae
Count Zeppelin
Guy Thorne
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Rand
Sir Edward Grey
von Hindenburg
Locke
Mr. Asquith
Dean Mattland
Maxwell
Stevenson
Lord Kitchener
Man In the
Iron Mask
Dumas
Mem Tleman
Fleter
Eixteen
New South Wales
Rewues' Zaliery
Forbes
Norandera
Bathoret
Wdt
Albany
Warner
Ant
Tucre
Crawley
Lawhey
Wysdham
Katgoorie
Issite
Okiehoma
Hell
Kodak
Jerry Co
Moonta
Beath
le Mitre
Grett
J. Smrrey
James
Atwiniens
Twente
Tia Relokg
Val
Bae Wee
Gor
Lee
Reed A Dadde
Ste Keelatning
Fast Gulf
Ben Tillett
Leundd
Rene Oe
Elemie Perestial Sale
Henge
Sary
Karti
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