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...North Carolina coast, about 20 miles from Cape Hatteras, the old warships Virginia and New Jersey were sent to the bottom in target practice by Army aviators. The object of the practice was to determine the comparative effectiveness of various bombs from various altitudes (TIME, Aug. 13). Inasmuch as the battleships were obsolete, unable to defend themselves, and had their water-tight compartments dismantled, they were easy game for the aviators. Yet the tests seemed to show the importance of command of the air, and the accuracy and comparative effectiveness of varying methods of bombing...
...Isle of Lewis is the main island of the group called the Outer Hebrides or Long Island. Its area is about one-third that of Long Island, N. Y. It is situated off the west coast of Scotland...
...Canada, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, or northwestern South America, you can see, w. p. (weather permitting), at least part of a total eclipse of the sun. If you are fortunate enough to be within a curvilinear zone about 100 miles wide, which grazes the coast of Southern California and sweeps through the heart of Mexico, you will see the whole face of Old Sol obscured by the moon's shadow for a few brief moments - a sight which has not been visible in the United States since June 8, 1918. A time-table of the eclipse...
...Maine July 16, completely equipped for radio communication with a syndicate of newspapers through the American Radio Relay League. Two amateur stations last week picked up a message giving the latitude of the Bowdoin as 78° 30' N., which indicates the expedition has reached Etah, on the north-west coast of Greenland, the point of departure of many pole dashes, 2,300 miles north of Boston...
...Sunset (Pacific Coast monthly) for September...