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Show DEATH LEVIES i HEAVY TOLL Thirty-eight Aviators Lose j Lives During First Quarter 1 of This Year. S Washington, D. C, April 6. Death levied a heavy toll on the aviators of the world for the first three months of this year, according to records rec-ords kept here. Between January 1 and April 1 thirty-eight men in all parts of tho world lost their lives through the uncertainty of air currents cur-rents or the failure of their flying machines. The United State3 with five killed, stands fourth on the list, which France heads with ten dead, Jj Germany lost eight in the same peri- 9 od, Great Britain seven, Turkey throe B and Chile. Spain, Argentine, Switzcr- jj land and Italy one each. Q Since Lieutenant Thomas H. Self- jj ridge, U. S. A., was killed at Fort Meyer. September 17, 1906, the first K man whose death is recorded as duo H to experiments with heavier-than-air h flying craft, 462 aviators in all parts 1 of the world have died in the inter- jjj ests of science. Of the five Americans killed this year, two were officers, one of tho jjj navy and one of the army. One of 3 the civilians was killed In Argentine 1 in an attempted flight across the An- 1 des. Six of the eight German vie- tims and two French were army offi- 1 cers as were four of the British. |