The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-19
GIVE THE AIRMEN A CHANGE

With the Lafayette squadria and individual volunteer brilliantly proving their skill and daring of American amen the French battle front the failure of the American properly to develop and equip this branch o war service is shameful.
 Nowhere warfare other than in air fighting is there opportunity so effectively to display the spirit and that individual initiative and daunessness that made the American egher at the beginning of the nine teenth century famed the world over.
 American amen in France have proved that that spirit that individual initiative and dauntessness still existfand coo made have proved that Ameri can inventive genus dead by means For tb n;td es government not to make of great denar+ t where the John Paul Jones spirit inventge nin ot the Wrghts the Edsons many others can ho lod ohty great mistake Rear Admiral Pearys efforts alone s me are commendabe and his plea worthy of the most ful consideration. ~ ~ i
 lhe most vital and immediate matter in our national nro paredness IS air preparedness says the Arctic exnorar in Army and Navy News n this present time we are not only deticienwe absolutely ackine and vat t ;t1 States gave flight to the world. 0"''eo
 The remedy for this extremely dangerous condition is I edlae creation by congress of separate independent uepameht o aeronautcs with biggest executives the country can produce at its head have full and ol the upoudlng of great air service for the nation Our ar service IS now handled partly by the army and pa!y oy the navy This mannert be called svsta IS inherently wrong It divided and dispersed ply It means diversion of officers from the imperative work o their respective departments at this crucial m H means that aeronautcs is the last and least of the nno dutles deVovlng upon these officers. ar fleet for the United States intensely vital matter to be handled by boards commissions or dfrn M partmens by diluted authority divided attention IT nns pe ed oy concentrated undivided control and re the ter 4oo years of fussing and it is the only wav',
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 II , Il the weather IS favorable the local basebals will trv pro"es at the park tomorrow get in shane for tbaU pg contests that are to follow during the present season
 re, -:o:--- the American people keep getting mad at the snecu Il atof who oards great quantities food supplies e ood storage plant promises to become popular as dstev in "onldn Billy Sunday make grand chaplain for the Il % m 9ivon' says the New York Telegraph Yes and make Tom Lawson chief bugler He knows how o foot b - hor1 Then there's George M CoEan for standard bearer Name the oldest "dry stae decided to ou;t bor m Il ng Alter aVng on the statute books years dry law coll loose as to g1ve the wets their arguments apa;n ~ ehactnnts In other states Maine has decided to eeth m the law For the most part it is done by cbanpny to an and thereby making jail sentences for vio laings mandatory. " V' II