America Has Won World
Supremacy In The Ether
Fattest uml Itigyrkl Flying Sliifi., nil Kurili lluvc Hon
Developed in Thi* C?inntr\ ami VtouM
Play Bij: Part If Another \\ ar
n, O. I?. SI *OTT
i '<24. By TI??
uayton Oblo. Oct. T?Concen
tration of ibe tint ion'* air force*
here for the international air ru
ces nent a shiver down the spine
of one who contemplates the con
sequence* of the next-war. The
spectator Rets n graphic picture of
what airplanes and radio, com
bined with Inch explosive am!
gas. might he like in battle.
But the outward show of Am
erican aviation prowess is a mere
sample of what thin country ha*
In store, should another war
come to be fought out in the
cruris. Officials of McCMok
Field, the army air experiment
?station here, have grant??! permis
sion to th* writer to outline, in
general. the recent military de
thls country in uniVouht'e<t~^>if?r<>
macy of the nlr. ho f.?r a? new
fighting metho?!* ar?- concerned.
Aerlnl wt?*pon* of th?* I'nlter?
States, already built or designed,
would inake a sky battle a spec
tacolar affair. Fighting pursuit
plane?, with u speed of 17o miles
an hour. Faster than machines of
any other country already have
been built. Ily means of a re
cently developed supercharger,
?which pumps air Into tv < fcimiTP
ter. tluy can maintain this spe?-d
at 30.000 feet altitude, de^pit
the rarlfled nlr. while pilots sup
plied with oxygen apparatus can
fly at 40.Ooo feet, far out of sight
?of ant I-era ft- hhhw. ?
American made bombers cap
able of carrying six one hundred
pound bombs, four throe hundred
pounders. ?>r two six hundred
pounders, with sighting apparatus
"recently"d^velopV-TT fal* ~iflore ac-'
curate than that of any foreign
_sfljr?c> ^JUiiA.uuuuui ileijllXJL*? ?L
explosives ud gas whilu the
bombing planes are protected by
high altitude.
Hut the greatest destroyers are
designed as night bombers. They
are even bigger than the HarlinK
bomber here, thut astounds spec
tator*. This super dreadnought
of hoavler-than-nlr boats, with n
wing spread of 120 feet, weigh
ing 21 tons when loaded .speeds
through the air at ninety six
miles per hour, currying two .m.i
one half tons of bombs, a com
manding officer, two pilots, two
engineers, three gunners, a radio
operator and u fuel pumper. The
planes can stay In the sir nine
bours and IK minutes, llut now.
the army lets It be known, there
Is being developed a much larger
machine capable of flying longer
-distances, powered by a central
ised (plant of four Liberty en
gines driving one propeller. These
new machines, carrying at least
three tons of bombs are counted
on to put tho finishing touches
to land fighting.
The army also has already de
veloped radio steerad aerial tor
pedoes of great effectiveness, as
well us radiocontrolled airplanes,
! directed ?itlior from tli jnound
??r from another' pl:*m*.
Another at? onipllsliue nt an*
nounrcd a'?* ?>f Rrc;tl importance iit
tin* development <>f im pari h indi
rut or contpitfci. which when *up
pl?tnented liy a fIi?clit ita?licfckVor"
ami druft meter. makes possible
jurlal navixation without regard
In lanilmarka. Th?? world filer*
tested t It i 4 our nil-! found It suc
cessful. Then? a I no have been
perfected vertical scale Instru
meni? ho i hal planes ran fly In
fog <>r in dark with precision?a
finding of *r??at Importance in
bombing and aerial photogrnphy.
At-rjal (?holography has been
developed ' to perfection. With
ti photo*
graplior nlready has photographed
2.20" m lien of territory in an
hour and fifteen minute*, taking
ttiiwnr -fonr-ptetuce* h*- a-1 i me--"
No foreign country ran approach
tills.
The fighter* will h<? protected'
hy perfect?'?! pnrarhuies, now an
??very ?lav attachment, which the
pilot umcii ordinarily for a Heal.
Then experimenting Is being
don" ?>n an eighteen cylinder en
TrmrrnrmmtTirom Rtxjr-ffndwpigrn -
which, if HUCce?Hfiil. will develop
one home power for every pound
in weight which?a goal sought
by uirplane makers for year?.
Accomplishments sine?* the war
hov?* been m? gr?*wt an aMnosteom- ?
pleiely to revolutionize atrial war.
The polni has been reached whore.
with new exploitive? aud gas*"?. air
plane* rould almwl annihilate
k round forces and probably make
navl?s ineffective. Just a touch
of these thin?? is given at the
?ir rare demonstrations by army
a?iut<?t>. The"reaT atory la at'.Mr
('ui)k Field-?4h?f 'laboratory for
l>')><>plr.K Aiueriea air development
aii<-atl of oib? r nations.
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Miss If? len Kent, first prize for
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L'ask* t.
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Marth n?Granger: second prize
for collection of wild flower*.
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map of North America.
OeoD?f White, second prize for
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rirwlng
M In* Sackie Gregory, first prise
for pillow slip.
Mi?? Mary Ktherlnge. secand
prize Tor library ruftntr.*
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for pillow top.
Mrs. Ilertie Williams, second
prize for pilluw top.
Mrs. Ilertie Williams, vecond
prize for pillow top.
Mrs. .Una Cap?, first prize for
gown.
Miss l*4>uha Itrothers. second
suit, three pieces underwf.it.
M'ss Kmily Grainger, lir-t prize
lor suit, three piece? of under
we5r,
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for luncheon set.
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for pillow slip.
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..fur-library I'-Vv ruilPVf. croc net..
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on quilt 12? years old.
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prize for dress.
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haliy eap.
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Cor baby dresa.
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f??r_afternoon tea table corner.
Vwi. Ma nihil _>ft-l>i?nalJ. .?rise
for pillow top. pieced ?ilk.
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low top. drawn work.
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Mri.' Shirley William-, prise
lor bed set.
Mr*. Gertrude Harris, second
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Miss Maggie <*orner. first prize
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Mrs. It. 1?. t'aira. prize for
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tin center piece."
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beat collectiou of ferns and be
gonias.
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while dahlias.
Miss Sfcme Williams, prize for
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Mis* Mary Hewitt, prisj lax bint
roses.
Mr*. W. K. Jone?, prist for bost
variety coleui.
? Mrs. -factec, beat- popper plant.
Mirni Sar k It* Gregory, flr.it prl*"
for bent ill-play flowers.
Mrs. A. L. Whitney, set-on.1
prize for best display flowtrs.
M Ins Ruth Forbes, prlxe- for
best dahlias.
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