Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...War Service Committee of the American Library Association, which is actively engaged in collecting books for the Army and Navy, has made a special appeal for copies of Bedecked's Guides. Though those for Northern France and for Belgium are especially desired, the guides for Southern France, for Italy, and for other European countries are also very welcome. Other books of travel which will give the new in the service an insight into the history, customs, traditions and points of view of the nations by whose side they are soon to fight are equally acceptable. Any copies which members...
...promising. The University squad, although including no "H" men, has a fair amount of reliable material from former Freshman teams, of which the nine will probably be largely composed. Several experienced men are now in College who were members of last year's 1920 aggregation which was disbanded when war was declared...
...constantly being told that America's airplanes will win the war, but this is not literally true," said Professor W. C. Sabine '88, in the course of his lecture on "Aviation and the War" in the New Lecture Hall last night. "Superior air service will make artillery work possible, and superior artillery will make infantry advance easier. It is upon infantry advance, however, that success rests in this as in former wars...
...controlling artillery fire, and of the bombing plane in offensive work. In speaking of the latter, he expressed the hope that America would produce bombers who would have sufficient control and training in the use of bombing-sights to obtain better results than either side has shown in the war up to the present time. He showed clearly that careful bombing would increase the efficiency of the service fivefold, and, accordingly, make one plane do the work of five...
...have talked with several French and English attaches since we declared war. In the beginning they were skeptical as to our ability to produce a suitable motor; our Liberty Motor answered their doubts. We proved to them that we could produce in sufficient quantities not only motors, but whole machines. Finally we convinced them that we could make the requisite number and quality of propellors,--a difficult problem. One can not help but express considerable satisfaction at the task we have accomplished under the skilled guidance of our allies...