Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-07-11
MISSOURI VALLEY, IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY II, 1918

at0r to shoot down and destroy 4 Ger.
man seaplane, according to navy d.
partment statement.
The report states that on March 10.
1913. long distance reconnaissance
OF the German coast was made By
large American flying boats operating
from British Royal Air force station.
Ensign Potter was one Of two Amesi.
can naval aviators accompanying this
expedition and Potter was successful
in shooting down German seaplans
which attacked the reconnaissance fer
nation. A second enemy seaplans
found safety in running away.
Potter's death reflects credit on his
courage. He was killed in light with
seven enemy single-seaters. He was
second pilot to British air force cap
tain, who was with him when he shot
down the German plane in March.
Two British planes had flown to q
point six miles from Hinder light,
when two enemy planes headed toward
them. The British planes closed On
the nearest German and opened are.
Two more hostile planes then appeared
overhead and attacked vigorously
while three other enemy planes passed
astern. The two British planes divsd
and speeded westward under continp-
Gus volleys from the rear. One Of tho
Germans disappeared.
OF the seven Germans In action four
were attacking Potter, who fell behind
his companion and began to zigxaK.
Potter lodged, but was hroadside to
all the enemy machines and under
their fire only 50 feet from the water.
His companion. $50 feet above, saw
Potter's machine burst into fiamaj
come part Of the. way under control,
then crash on the port wing tip. Pct
ter was seen last On the surface Of tlD!
water amid flames. which turned SUE,
denly to huge cloud Of smoke. Whsej
the pail had cleared not even wreckag1!
was visible and thelcirclingaenem Dis
appeared.
German timidity before Americas
pistol fighters armed with AmericaA
.45-caliber automatic pistols han
brought about change in the equiD-
ment of the American ExpsditionaJv
forces by the war department and tho
ordnance department is rushing pre-;
duction of these weapons. About 500
are turned out daily and production =.
Increasing. The impression exists tha1i
a shot from an Amsrican .46 takes al
man out Of action completely. Mse|
hit from the smaller German pistsAi
frequently continue n action s&aoi
lively. The .46 calibsr was adoptoaI
by the United States army in W11.
Desp1te the heavy Increased, dsma1eI
for these pistols tie amnuaitiaA'
branch Of the ordnance department.
has effected saving during the ppst
two calendar months Of nearly $20oA-
600, mostly on small-arme ammunitasA.
The total savings by the ordnaaee:
department for these two montAs
through salvage, waste prevention -
the utilization or sale Of discarded pa-
terials have aggregated $s757,01k
Cost of vickers machine, guns has been
reduced $322.s5 each: Cot machiss
guns, $2s4.18 each; lewis machiAs
guns, $22 each. Government rinss
now cost $22 each, q rsductto Of -
each.
Health of women worksrsAin muuD
tion plants will be looked after ~
woman health officers who are to be
trained under the direction Of ~
women's division Of the ,industs1ol
service section Of the armyS ordnas1se
department.
An eight weeks course Of kstudy ~
carefully selected woman tiealth ~
GERS has opened atlMount H,b1HokeSel-
!lege, Massachusetts. The course n
under the general dirsctit ,n Of D..
Kristine Mann. health sup ervisoy of
the women's branch Of the ordnaaee
department. The staff Of lecturer
and Instructors includes wlell-knswn
specialists in physiology anle hysisDe,'
physical education, factory lorgan11A-
tion and labor.
Women taking thelcourse are college
graduates or of equivalent technical
education. Almost, all Of them hate
had experience in dealing With wek-
ing women. First tlrequireme at for a.
mission to the course 10 peri ect hel1eh
and only those we're /selectedl who vsll
inspire wholesome living a mong the
munition workers.
The army has, suhsci0t vstsAaa-
rians, Surgeon General Gbrgas an
nounces. Examinations for. cemans-
sions in the veterinary corps haTe
closed. There IL wa1dting list Of
those eligible to commissions and IN
til this list is exhausted there will be
no more examinations. The corps HAS
100 oficers and OOtenlisted zen
on active duty.
Veterinary graduates tcalled BY the
draft will enter the army service rs
privates. Later they will be allowed
to take examinations flor veterinary
officer commissions to MI vacancies.
Men over the draft age and under
forty may enlisttas prtvates and secure
IN equal chance with selected man for
commissions. One hundred, men are
graduated each month from! the pain-
ing school for commissioned dtveteIl mary
officers on active duty at Camp Green
leaf. Chickamauga. Park. Ga.
The department Of labor .repoEts ad-
justment Of 80 Industrial Disputes dur
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