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Show AIRMEN AND BOMBS ! ATTACK ICE JAMS PORT DEPOSIT, Md., March 10. The aerial bombardment of thv ice jam in the Susquehanna river, which j exte'ndo several miles below here, will ' be lesumed this afternoon by the! array aviators who alt day yesterday I dropped bomb after bomb in their at- ( tempt to dislodge the gorge. I Tho army officers today expressed themselves as satisfied with their work thus far. On each trip the aviators earned eith'ri two of the large bombs, weigh-1 ing 230 pounds each and containing, 110 pound of T. N. T., or four stnalL on-v weighing 112 podnds. ! The aim of the aviators was good Bo'nbs struck the centers of ice p icks an-1 disappeared from sight. In an in-, sinat a large expanse of ice lose, heaed and then from tho hole where the bomb had broken through targe! cakes or ice rose atop a geyse of water and mud high into the ?ir. ' Thirty-three bombs were dropped.1 Col W H. Shull, commanding officer at Aberdeen proving grounds, said (he attempts will be renewed tomorrow. |