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...became President of the Chemical Foundation, organized by himself, Attorney General Palmer, and others, to take over a number of German dye and chemical patents seized by his office during the War. On account of this direct interest, the Foundation has been the target of much litigation from the companies whose property was confiscated, but it has not been dissolved, and has devoted much of its activity to the encouragement of American chemistry and the protection of Uncle Sam's infant chemical industry from foreign competition...
...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...
President Harding's foreign policy, often the target of political tongues, has seldom been more vigorously excoriated than it was by Henry Morgenthau, former United
...vessels must be disposed of. Of this number two will be converted to noncombatant uses and a few more will be used for target practice...
...least one of the ships will be towed, in order to furnish a moving target. Experiments will first be made with light tear-gas bombs-with men aboard the ships...