Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1917 — WRIGHT IS READY TO SERVE COUNTRY [ARTICLE]

WRIGHT IS READY TO SERVE COUNTRY

New York.' —Orville Wright, inventor of the airplane, announced that In case of war with Germany he would abandon his" private affairs and offer his .services to the government to help organize an aerial army. "I cannot offer to manufacture war machines, because I haVe disposed of my interests in the manufacturing end of the business.” Wright said, “but T certainly will do everything I can for the country.”