South Tryon Street, Charlotte, N.C.
The "Wail Street" of Charlotte
Pope Benedict now sees a fight to the finish.
Washington — Pope Benedict has made his last peace proffer, according to today's cables from Rome. The Vatican now believes that the war must continue two or three years until the full effect of America's power is felt, until either victory or hopeless deadlock is reached.
Oil Tanker Sunk
LONDON — The Standard Oil company tanker, Platuria, was submarined, the admiralty announced today. Forty-five men were rescued. Nine, including the captain, were lost.
The central camp or cantonment center, there will be other locations for specific divisions of this vast array of guardsmen.  There will be an aviation field of hundreds of acres; a remount station of equal area, a rifle range, artillery range, this latter having as its objective King's Mountain of revolutionary fame. It is approximately 16 miles distant from the main cantonment. The aviation squad will number 2,500 airmen with half that number of machines, of the city. The improved section of Myers Park, the handsome and fashionable residential suburb of Charlotte, will be utilized for some division of the guardsmen, perhaps for the aviation corps. 