'Air Service Presents—'
From Washington came reports carrying supposedly authentic details of a lofty drama which the Army Air Service is planning to present late in August or early in September (TIME, July 23).
The scene: 50 fathoms of water, 22 miles off Cape Hatteras.
The actors: Two Victims, the Virginia and New Jersey (battleships to be scrapped under the Limitation of Armaments Treaty), twelve killers (Martin bombing aeroplanes, each equipped with two 400-h.p. Liberty motors).
The plot: The two victims will be towed from Boston in the latter part of August....