Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-21
CHICAGO CATTLE
ENEMY CONTROLS AIR
in u. S. SECTOR


officers of the American expedition
airy force. 1t is not permitted to
quote them, IL both were allowed
it would be possible to carry quota
tions from virtually every officer at
the front urging a speedy appear
ance of large numbers of American
airplaneS with American pilots.
For there. is only one way to
wrest control of the air from the
enemy, that is to fight him for it in
the sky and to relieve him of it by
force of overwhelming numbers.
Trips Would BE Fewer
Right now, if the Germans know
Am merican airplanes were waiting for
them everytime they came over the
line their trips would be less fire.
quent. Neither would they dare to
attempt such a bold piece of work
as when they recently flew over the
line in an airplane disguised with the
allied Red, White and Blue bulls
eye marking aud cut loose with a
machine gun on American soldiers in
the trenches.
Had there been American planes
nearby the chances of the Germans
getting back home after such q
trick would be small. And it is eX-
tremely doubtful, officers say, if they
ever would have tried it.
Any officer also will say the
safety of individual soldiers de-
pends upon keeping the enemy from
doing as he pleases overhead. For
days the Germans have been flying
over certain towns where American
troops have been resting after per-
iods in the trenches. Once or twice
these daylight observation tours have
been followed the same night by
visits by enemy bombing planes.
So free and unrestricted are the
German airmen that in some towns
the commands are under strict or
ders to disappear under cover the
moment a German airplane is sight
ed.
To Offset U. 8. Plans
Moreover, officers say, more and
more German planes are appearing
in the sky and in various quarters
there is a growing belief that these
are the first of the machines which
the Germans have been building fe-
verishly to offset the large number
of expected American airplanes in
accordance with plans announced in
the United States.
Whether this belief is true or not,
the fact remains that American
troops are holding the sector and
are endangered daily because there
are no American airplanes with
them. The question most asked
from one end of the American front
to the other is:
when are some American planes
coming here?"
On Committees
Arrangements have been handled
by the Ladies' Advisory Board of the
local Y. M. c. A. of which Mrs. Paul
A. Kunkel is the president. The 9TH
er members of the board are:
Mrs. Meade ID. Detweiler, Mrs. l..
A. Hickok, Mrs. James I. Chamber
lin, Mrs. Charles A. Kunkel, Mrs.
John II. Weiss, Mrs. Il. G.. Hoover,
Mrs. A. e. Shirley. Mrs. Edwin S.
Herman. Mrs. John Campbell, Mrs.
w. p. Starkey, Mrs G.. d. Ramsey
Mrs. w. S. Herman, Mrs. Henry Nc
Cormick, Mrs. George Kunkel, Mrs
w. w; Jennings, Mrs. Mary Rue,
Mrs. William NJ. Hahn, Mrs. Edward
Bailey, Mrs. E. u. Gross, Mrs Hum
mel Eager.
The dinner will be served by q
committee of women from Zion Lu-
theran Church who have co-operated
with the Ladies' Advisory Board of
the Y. Nj. c. A. The women who will
serve are:
Mrs. Chester Buck, Mrs. Christian
Lynch, Mrs. r. Wilson Hoffman.
Mrs. A. c. Logan, Mrs. T.. X. Fra
ger, Miss Mary Hoffer, Mrs. Mahlon
Miller, Mrs. A. ]. Snyder, Mrs p.
G. Diener, Mrs. N. c. Bachman.
Mrs. A. II. Lands, Mrs. II. j. Moyer,
Mrs. John Wheeler, Mrs. Luther
Bowman, Miss Martha Fletcher,
Mrs. Mary S. Kinzer Miss Florence
Dieffenbach, Miss Marion Raymond,
Miss Sara Aldinger, Miss Pearl Lin
gle, Miss Marion Lingle, Miss Mae
McIlhenny, Miss Christine Fleisher,
Miss Elizabeth Dill. Miss Esther
Nesbit, Miss Irene Collins. Miss Sig
rid Andersen, Miss Evelyn Shu-
maker, Miss Anna Forester, Mrs.
Paul Chadwick, Mrs. L. M. Hell
man, Miss Mary Kinzer, Miss Helen
Dieffenbach.
The ladies of Zion Lutheran
Church will be assisted by:
Mrs. Henry Gross. Miss Weiss,
Mrs. Robert B. Reeves, Mrs. Harry
Neal, Miss Mary Jennings and Mrs.
John B. McAlister.