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Twelve years ago air force chiefs throughout the world were gripped, fascinated by Mastery of the Air, a book by Italian General of Aviation Giulio Douhet. He has since died, but Mastery of the Air has become the standard text of thousands of young air officers in every land who...
Japanese G. H. Q. this week seized the Chinese Government's revenue cutters, fire boats and police launches in Shanghai waters, announced they had seized "in principle" all the Government's rights in Shanghai and would prevent any part of the metropolis' vast customs revenues from reaching...
Since regular passenger flights began in 1919, more than 2,300 airports have dotted the U. S., of which less than 10% are scheduled airline stops. Most are already out of date, many are dangerous to big, heavily loaded luxury liners. Among the 16 odd airports serving Greater New York...
While Belgian peasants harkened one morning to the sombre ringing of bells, Londoners were being wakened by the sound of guns. From Hyde Park and the Tower of London 41 thundering discharges shook the metropolis and Londoners hardly turned a hair. They barely recalled the 23rd anniversary of Britain'...
The Fall River Line was called Bay State Steamboat Co. in 1846 when it was chartered by a group of Boston and Fall River businessmen. In May 1847 the line got under way with the Massachusetts, chartered from the Providence Line, and the Bay State, brand new and considered the...