Military: War News Of The Week, June 1, 1917 Natchitoches Parish La
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The Natchitoches Times article.
Sign of the Times
Natchitoches Times September 24, 1999 issue.
Information supplied by members of the Natchitoches Genealogy and
Historical Association.
By Shirley Porter

SIGN OF THE TIMES
     
June 1, 1917
WAR NEWS OF THE WEEK
     An appeal to every city in the United States to lessen the cost of its
government to survey and mobilize its resources within the next 10 days has
been made.
     It is urged that women be selected for new appointments to municipal
positions, wherever possible, so as to leave the men free for military
service.
     A variety of war legislation is to come before Congress this week.
     The intention of the German government to sink all Entente hospital
ships in the entire "barred zone," with the exception of certain ships from
Salonki to Gibraltar, is semi-officially announced in Berlin.
     Conclusion that the United States must "strike Germany through the air"
has been reached by the government's aircraft production board and the Aero
Club of America.
     Entente and American military authorities who have studied the subject
agree that the addition of 10,000 aviators today to the Allies present
aerial forces would ensure blinding German batteries and preventing German
aviators from conducting operations over or near the Allies' lines.