Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1921, Page 10

HIGH RECORD OF AIR-BOMB HITS SPELLS DOOM TO BATTLESHIPS The Floors You Admire % - Floors whose finish last longest and wear best are varnished with Liguid Granite. . that statement because, the Navy be- |2 BY HERBERT COREY. ing apparently committed to the bat- Battleships can be hit by bombs| 13 ship building program, some one |’ from the air. Battleships can be it might be disciplined. for’ permitting by almost every second bomb dropped | the figures to get into print. But from the air. And every time @ bat- | LheY are too valuable and too signifi- 1 Sixty-three years of experience in the manufacture of %:alily varnishes have enabled rry Brothers to_produce this wonderful finish — impervious to time, usage and the elements. Waoodwarh X Liothvoy DOWN STAIRS STORE OF Lesser Priced:EMerchandise Announces for Tomorrow The After-Stocktaking Sale Spring and Summer Apparel © Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts, Waists, Millinery, House Dresses, Petticoats, Undermuslins, Hosiery, Girls’ Dresses, Middies and Rompers All Substantially Reduced Our first inventory has revealed a number of items which it seems desirable to dras- tically reduce to make room for new and fresh merchandise. In accordance with sonnel b our plan of rapid turn-over no merchandise can remain here except for a limited period, struction to the heavies. The Mar- . . . Un omhers ean carry up to 2000 and we constantly present fresh merchandise. All merchandise not conforming to our lighter bombers, can carry up to B 3 can t ne tleship is hit that ship will go out of Amerl‘::a:BD:::I:?r\eflflllo‘:,r.&yD:;l:nm‘ ltor | commission. battleships. Here they are: ‘ “It isn't necessary to sink the ship,” RECORD OF BOMBING OPERATIONS. | Target Altitude No. commented Rear Admiral W. C. Ful- lam. “If you shoot a man tgrough the It pays in service Planes. and economy to insist on Liguid Granite. Made by BROTH i size. (feet).uliots,Hits. Pot. head it i;ll'i necessary to pu!il u{hhfli ll\)llill'l-znnmmhn, 153!:1’5 ::% & gfl %5 arms_an S, Bl ¢ 5 1 50375 M | BEmlosas c&8 (100, ito render "W} Guupay 100525 200 300 260 89.6 The unqualified statement was made | T that had not been a service rec- above that battleships can be hiL by |ord, intended only for the eyes of the almost _every other bomb droppedfiyers themselves, I might have been from the air. This week I visited |incredulous. Wheén I last saw bomb- Langley Field at Hampton roads,|ers in action in France. the bomb- where the effective part of what 18 |dropping was by no means as accu- left of the United States military fly-|rate. At that tim the bomb-dropping ing force is assembled, and sighted a | sighting mechinism had not_ been table of figures on the blackboard. perfected to its present pitch. Nor do One Week's Bombing Record. bombers over the land care particu- pyWhats that?” Lasked a soldier near larly where they hit. Y. 1f_they do not 3 and a bomb on the railway station LOne week's record of bombing |they are apt to hit the hotel. One is operations.” These bombs were dropped from an No one gave me permission to put |altitude of 4,000 feet at a towed tar- 1 make |5et. The target itself was not as large as the battleship of the future - or the present. It was but 350 feet long, whereas today's ships run more than 500 feet, and tomorrow Wwill that record in my notebook. SR A MR ERTE IR too, whereas a battleship which is being attacked by bombers may be expected not only to hit up twenty- three or twenty-four knots an hour, but to zigzag like an overweight kumming bird. “The speed of the target makes no |’ difference,” insists Brig. Gen. Willlam Mitchell, second in command of the |’ military air force. “It is actually easier to hit a moving target than a stationary one.” Under Service Conditions. The combat planes operated at a Making History. "NFANT MORTALITY in past ages has been something frightful, something ' almost beyond belief, and even today it occupies the time and the mind of “sading physicians in all countries. The death rate among infants is being grad- - ally reduced through new methods of hygiene, new preventatives and new reme- |, Tne combat pianes opsrated at ¢wcs for infants. This reduction in the death rate has NOT been accomplished by |ii® i weuid i expeetea 'of them + "apting the precautions taken and remedies used by adults. Rather has it been 0 ie i et T cnemy Sl ock sonnel below, and leave the work of *3 keep clear of the old methods, and choose after long Tesearch the precautions .nd remedies specifically applicable to infants, This being so, is it necessary for us to caution mothers against trying ive her baby relief with a remedy that she would use for herself? Will she smember that Fletcher's Castoria is strictly a remedy for infants and children? Children Cry For [ ] the new battleships. and 1,200 lives. Would Be Difficult Tarset. “Our present combat ‘planes are S 2 5s, antiquated hold-overs from the European war. Yet even these ma- chines, which are utterly suicidally unfit to mect a flying enemy in the t up a speed of 200 miles diving down from an alti- 00 feet. Duck hunters who lighter hombers, Can camy Up o o 2 »time_ limits is herewith grouped at substantial reductions. 3 £0 |is the 10ad for the combat fiyers. But |7 a 100-pound bomb went through the | top deck of the old battleship Indi- ana in the recent tests. “But they could not safely fly at an altitude of only 200 feet,” I protested. “Maybe not—safely,” was the grim reply. “But they Would fly there. Not all of them would be hit.” A Limited Quantity of -Women’s and Misses’ Suits, Coats, Dresses L Taken From Regular Stock and Radically Reduced to Not all sizes in any one style, material or color, but a good assortment in the collection, which is reduced for immediate clearance. - ) ’ Other Dresses’ Reduced : Satin, Taffeta and Mignonette Dresses in individual styles grouped for clearance. Colors are mostly navy. $13.75. Taffeta, Crepe de Chine and Mignonette Dresses assembled at one price for after-stocktaking sale, $16.75. Canton Crepe, Satin, Georgette and Taffeta Dresses in individual styles; in navy only, $18.75. | 100 Wash Skirts, Reduced to 75c | / Individual Higher-Priced Dresses : Reduced to $24.75 Canton Crepe, Satin, Georgette, I':oulard, Taffeta, Crepe de Chine and Sports Silks are the materials. Georgette Blouses, Reduced to $2.75 These fascinatingly pretty blouses are just as practical as they are good looking. Made of dependable quality georgette, in fifteen different styles. Taken from our regular stock. Many of them offered at less than cost. Since there is but a limited quantity and in view of the very moderate price, which will insure quick disposal, we urge carly selection. Colors are navy, bisque, white, flesh, orange, honeydew. gray and jade. Sizes 36 to 46. An Important Offering Summer Millin ery Towels, Bedspreads and Reduced to $2.00 : VOile, W}lite Madras . Mpdel Sports ax:ld Tailored Hats are included . in this final reduction sale. and Muslin - - Fine Organdy Hats in jade, copen and orchid. Reduced One-Fourth Hair Braid Dress Hats, black, navy and brown, 0dd grdups of the above items assembled for trimmed with flowers. Banded Sailors in black and navy combina- quick disposal at one-fourth off the regular prices. hard it is to hit a fast flying duck, even when one has a light and handy gun, can certify to the difficulty of hitting one of a flock | of fast-flying planes with a slow and | ; unwieldy cannon. Nowadays only four anti-aircraft zuns are mounted on_battleships. But if even one bomber plants a mis- sile where it ts almed the end of that battleship may be foreseen. Fifty per cent of the total weight of an air bomb is TNT. A 1.000-pound bomb "‘DPI_'[‘n)u'?ds ndf this highest ex‘. e United States Navy is to you far help. But the more you love baby, the more you want to planaing 4.000-pound. bombs. The < shell of a 16-inch Navy gun carries help baby, the more you ought to realize what a wonderful remedy | {he!! o pounds of TNT, or there- Fletcher’s Castoria is. It has been used for babies’ ailments for oVer| abouts. Yet ships are smashed with i1 them. thirty years. The fizures presented show but one An experienced doctor discovered Fletcher’s Castoria especially :'Oclk‘;s hombing. 'rhbey are not even for babies’ use. - It is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, | chact fiiers were enbaned et in i w what is safe and best| three days’ flying the combat planes Drops and Soothing Syrups. Doctors who kno ‘| made a clean score. That is, each for babies have only good to say of it. plane hit the target with each bomb. I Don’t neglect your baby. Get a bottle of Fletcher’s Castoria and s Scorlng At 18 ito b Qw‘:;’;‘fn"?f‘:;' Z give baby a few doses of it. See how the little one smiles at you as| feet of a ship is credited with a hit. 7 if trying to thank ycu for helping it. Soon you will learn to de}:lex:’(: on Fletcher’s Casteria, made just for Infants and Children, an course you wold not think of using anything for them that was not prepared especially for Infants and Children. So keep it in the house As a matter of fact the fliers would GeNnUuINE CASTORIA ALwars rather hit alongsdie than on the deck. Bears the Signature of ALGOHOL-3 PE 4 P joaforAs- A\ceerabkhwm:yh&“u_ Bowels of 4 Of Course You Love Your Baby. You love it because of its very helplessness, because it can’t tell T you what is the matter when it feels bad. It can only cry and look ;‘l‘:;;\_e_ {oful Remedy for A heloful d i Gonstipationand Diarrhoed and Feverishress & Loss OF SLEEP fresufting awrefromAniTaTr, of ai e SN AN The “water hammer” of such an ex- plosion would be almost certain to open the seams, whereas an explosion on the deck, damaging as it would aertainly be, might not do a per- manent injury to the vessel. “Can_you do that sort of bombing right along?”’ I asked. “Day after day,’ was the confident |~ reply. “There is no battleship in the | ” worid that can live against an air at-|” tack. Not even Great Britain’s super- Hoods.” NEWG.0.P. LEADER, ONCE 53 WEEK A ]President of Door and Sash What other cereal food | | e st en offers as much nouris (4 Exact Copy of Wrapper. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. tions. Sports Hats in all colors and soft rolled brims and felt and braid combinations. By the Associated Press. DUBUQUE, Iowa, June 27.—John T. Bloomers, Adams, the recently elected chairman value as : Grape-Nuts when eaten with gobd milk or cream Consider the sustaining quality of each dish of this prime wheat and malted barley food, and you will have the answer. ', A ready-cooked cereal so palatable that you will want to eat it again and again. ‘ “There’s a Reason’ Grape:Nuts is sold - by grocers everywhere! Made by Postum Cereal Co.Inc. Battle Creek, Michigan _ / of ‘the Republican national commit- tee, like many other national leaders, is a self-made man. In 1881 “Johnny” Adams, as he was then known, started to work for a Dubuque sash and door company at $3 a week. His promotion was rapid, and since 1900 he has been president of the company, which is now re- garded as one of the largest of the kind in the country. Since early manhood Adams has taken an. unusual interest in cpm- One of the first dom. 7 -~ % S\ N ' the Dubuque Congregational Church. Later, for several years, he was presi dent of the city's general hospital. Member of School Board. School affairs of Dubuque always have attracted the attention of Mr. Adams. He served several terms as a member of the local school board. During the war he was a member of the state council of defense and was active in Red Cross and other drives for funds. His ipterest in American politics is believed to have been inherited from his father, who was an American of old_stock. The father practiced law in Massachusetts-and was a mem- ber of the legislature of that state at the time Daniel Webster was a mem- ber of the state senate. His ancestors on his mother's side came from New Hampshire, where they lived for sev- eral generalions. Acquired Much By Reading. The family moved to Dubuque ifi 1862. John T. Adams graduated from the Dubuque High School in 1881. His education since then has been acquired by constant reading. His private library at his beautiful home here is regarded as one of the most complete in Iowa. Mr. Adams is a student of modern languages ‘and reads French and German almost as fluently as English. Mr. Adams first attracted attention in_ politics in 1908, when he was selected to conduct the primary cam- paign in Towa. In 1912 he managed the Taft campaign in this state. In the same year he was elected national committeeman from lowa. He was re- elected national committeeman in 1916 and again in 1920. During the Harding campaign Mr. Adams was in charge of the western republican headquarters in Chicago. Mr. ‘Adams is married and is the father of three children, Elizabeth. séventeen; Susan,.thirteen, and Paul Camisoles and Bloomers Reduced to $1.00 Fine Washable Satin Camisoles, with georgette top and ribbon straps; run with blue satin ribbon. B Pink Silk Bloomers, with hemstitched ruffie knee. cool and comfortable. Silk Negliges Reduced to $3.95 Crepe de chine Negliges, in soft, pretty colors and styles; daintily trimmed with Georgette or fine net. House Dresses Reduced to $1.35 Gingham House Dresses in_ checked and plain materials, with solid color collars and belts, or vestee; - large pockets. Plaid gingham dresses with white collars and cuffs, trimmed with braid. Aprons -Reduced to 50c Polly Prim Aprons of gay colored cretonnes and bright plaid ginghams in pretty patterns; pockets and tops trim- med with rick rack braid. Attractive little aprons in bright colors with em- broideries in clever designs. Gowns, Chemise and Petticoats Reduced to $1.35 Gowns of soft white lingerie cloth trimmed with fine laces and embroidery insets in_pretty styles—or fine pink muslin with insertions of lace and em- broidered_batiste. White Muslin Petticoats with deep embroidered ruffie flounce. Fine Chemise of white lingerie cloth with lace-trimmed tops 1n built-up shoulder style. 300 Pairs Women’s Full-Fashioned Silk Hose Reduced to $1.45 A new grouping of the higher-priced k;ts of full-fashioned silk hosiery reduced for disposal. High Spliced Heels Reinforced Toes Lisle Tops Nine-Strand Silk &lflcfi, White, Cordovan and Gray Sizes 8Y; to 10 This is an unusual offering. The quantity {§ limited, and we suggest early shopping. -The scarcity of full-fashioned silk hosiery makes this price exceptional. . " Corset® Covers and Chemise Reduced to 25¢ Well Cut Pink Muslin Bloomers; full size; with lace-trimmgd ruffle at the knee. Corset Covers of good quality mus- lin, trimmed with wide embroidery. Pink Muslin Chemise with built-up shoulders and lace-trimmed edge. Bloomers and Chemise Reduced to 65¢ Pink Novelty Crepe Bloomers of a fine quality crepe, in. different pattetns with hemstitched ruffle at knee. Fink Muslin Chemise, with pretty em- broidered designs in colors; blue stitch- ing and lace trimming. Girls’ Dresses, Middies, Creepers Rompers, Radically Reduced to 75¢ Gingtfam Dresses, sizes 2 to 14 years, in a variety of gleasing plaids, are grouped from a higher price range or finaldisposal. 5 White Jean Middies in plain and braided patterns. Creepers of Checked Gingham, with pique collars and pearl buttons. and pin cuffs; stitching of yellow across front and on pockets; Gin&ham Rompers, including bloomer styles in blue checks; sleeveless; sashes tie on either side; pockets. Reduced from higher prices.for quick disposal. -