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Owing to the unprecedented thaw of snow in the South Kurdistan mountains [Mesopotamia] the Tigris burst its left bank 17 miles north of Bagdad, leaving that city an island in a flooded area of 100 square miles. Both the Zab and the Little Zab rivers between Mosul and Bagdad are pouring their swollen tribute into the waters of the Tigris. It will be impossible to repair the breach until the river has fallen ten feet...
...This system of lighting has been effectively used in the production of "Back to Methuselah" by the Theatre Guild of New York City. The Dramatic Club, however, will be able to use this system much more effectively because of the recent invention of a spotlight which covers a larger area, and is easier to direct. A new color method, which uses silk instead of gelatine plates in the light, will also be used...
...precautionary measure against an attack by Lithuania, the Poles are massing an army in the Vilna area...
...army air service. Enormous natural forces are required to elevate moisture above the earth before it can be precipitated, according to the government meteorologists. For instance, 73,320 tons of moisture would have to be drawn into the air to cause a rainfall of only one inch over an area of even one square mile, an amount which would be negligible in an arid region like Ari- zona. Widespread drought is due to lack of water in the air, and obviously no device can bring down what is not there. Proposals to cause precipitation by sprinkling dust particles...