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Show 14. 1945 The Hillfielder Light Army Planes Take Off" And Land by 'Brodie' System "muni pnen Dovlers Break No firstrecordsTime teeords HillIror Field when fell the of the 1 bowling league ,i d sconunucu tern- - no for night this year. Everv first scheduled league bowling earlier or more categories. Last weeks bowling saw few changes in the standings. The Green Taggers .increased their lead by three points, winning last ..weeK una year saw new records set in one ;avs formation Available Skiing Lonamons The heavy snowfall this . v.. tne !teenuj hie turned of many of those ttHiU Field to swine ana facilities for skiing in s l": InfnrinltiAII Oil iliis rcgiu" " of ski courses C condition t -.11... " iBd any L The Pin Busters climbed one notch in the standings, replacing the High Marks in third place. nHnn r Standings are as follows: "won Lost P. t Team Green Tapsers 21 1 750 Glitter Snypes 14 14 .500 Pin Busters 11 17 392 10 u ',357 High Marks .. . ; Lact week's results: Hish individual score Bernie Peter- this snort will L answered by the reere- " dan recreauoii uucvwi, aid this wee, Itr of the department is we son Ext. For 170. Season's high Greta Hyde 201. High individual series Bernie Peterson 473. Season's high Greta Hyde 489. Hieb team score High Marks 656. Season's high Gutter Snypes 693. Hieh team series High Marks 1855. Season's high Gutter Snypes 2014. afeteria US Vets Can fated Local Care Soon Again hours Business the Hill of cafeteria were civilian this week by Capt. J. Niemyski, base restau- - jd toted m The cafeteria is officer. (1 nfrom 6 to 7:25 each" morn-fro- ra Monday through Fri-ta- nd from 11 to 1:30 p.m. on same days. an n the effort to regulate personnel at lunchtime ring the day shift, employes the following offices may go Die cafeteria only at the time of :ified: fa.m. 80 per cent of sup- -. (upper area) Supply area) in ), nnel Vision (lower .f I !l5 (T-4- warehouse 51. ajn. 50 per cent of base 50 per and personnel training chaplain's and surgeon's office. a.m. all air installations services cent of 130 division, office personnel, cent of supply (upper area), all and contracting adjustment offices p per 20. division of QM property (T-4). division a.m. Supply (lower area) m warehouse 37. All headquarters re- statistical control and budget and fiscal offices. 50 per cent of base services division, 50 per cent of trainand personnel ee search, division t0 noon vision, rT1 all maintenance di- -. air. communications and ordnance office personnel fTVn Piefs of divisions and offi ce responsible for schedul-tmployes under thoir iiir. and iho ... ai.far. MUJM.llfc. responsible for the same headquarters and miscel- employes, Mien, , (,V-II- - wer warehouse arpa nv,iA a System," has been per- for operational use, the Air Technical Service Command headquarters disclosed here today. this ingenious arThrough rangement conceived three years ago but only developed to a production stage in recent months landing gear of the Army's "grasshopper" fleet need never touch the ground except for refueling, overhauling or three games and losing one. The parking. Devised by Capt. James H. Gutter Snypes had a bad night Brodie of New Orleans, La., staand now their wins and losses stand the same with 14 of each. tioned here with the ATSC En- Whts chedule KlEIXl portable rig for landing and launching light airplanes from a suspended steel cable, either on Rnrl?;r S!a ad known as the Pirn s' Get gineering Division's equipment laboratory, the Brodie system offers extensive tactical possibilities. The neer has been awarded theengiLegion of Merit for his develop- ment. Since it may be parachuted to and set up in positions in the desert, mountains, jungles or marshes, the apparatus greatly increases the usefulness of liaison planes. Modifications permit its use at sea aboard cargo or landing ships. Brodie Apparatus The Brodie apoaratus consists of a loop suspended from a taut, horizontal cable. A light plane snags the loop with an overhead hook, and a friction brake gradually halts it as the plane rolls down the cable. "Any pilot capable of handling a plane in normal flight can land and take off from the Brodie rig with a minimum of training," explains Flight Officer Raymond Gregory of Cleveland, Ohio, the Brodie system test pilot. "Some pilots, as a matter of fact, prefer landing their planes by this method to the conventional direct descent to the ground," he added. Flight Officer Gregory, who has made more tnan 300 such also has landings and take-off- s, been awarded the Legion of Merit for his work with this unique device. The landing sling offers a six- foot target of three nylon loops, any one of which may be engaged for a successful landing. But for take-off- s, only a short length of nvlon and a stirrup are used. From its pendulum perch. 60 feet up, the plane be gins to move after the eneme well-advanc- ed Veterans suffering from disabilities may soon be able to receive treatment from qualified doctors of their own choice within their own communities, instead of at government clinics exclusively, according to an announcement recently made by the veterans administration in Washington. This program, which is only one of several changes in medical practice within the veterans' administration, was outlined recently by Maj. Gen. Paul R. Hawley, surgeon general of the veterans administration before the medical board of advisers of the American Legion. Other reforms which are expected to be acted upon include payment of fees to specialists who will act as consultants at veterans' hospitals. Plans are also being formulated to organize an airplane ambulance service, such as the type used by the Army abroad to take emergency cases needing specialized care from re- is "revved" sufficiently. When mote hospitals to those equipped flying sneed is obtained, the pito give the needed service. lot yanks a lanyard, which re leases the plane from the stir MONEY AWFUL " counterfeit crude of rup.' A flood $50 notes has appeared in Milan. Safety Feature S. An emergency release func Italy, according to thebillsU. are tions if the plane has not been Secret Service. The Awreleased from the take-o- ff sling marked, "Redeemable in States United the of and trolley before the end of the ful Currency cableway is reached. This reTreasury." lease allows the plane to fly the not sling. free, carrying the take-o- ff patronize ployes may The main cable upon which base restaurant between 11:00 the plane lands and takes off is end 12:15 p.m. unless they are or masts, classes training attending supported by four area, in constructed of plywood tubing working in the upperadhere to coupled with steel split which case they will the supply division schedule. sheaves. The masts are connectPortable lunch wagons will go ed to the main cable by secto serve hot ondary cables which form the to' the lower area lunches in the warehouses arms of a "Y," leaving the main scheduled. cable ends open to the approach of landing rjlanes from either direction. "Deadmen" in the ground about 230 feet away anchor the masts. Davits at the main cable's end rigs the support the hookerorwho disconnects connects and sling Plane the plane hook and trolley. lift derricks provide a means of lowering or lifting planes to the cable. All equipment and a nine-ma- n crew can be carried in cargo planes to designated locations and landed by parachute. With service-co- nnected 65-fo- ot 24-in- ch tools and only can be made ready tackle, the rig 24 hours. Where in less than roads are available, two 22 truck is sufficient. or one and difcamouflaged Easily 500 feet, the above see to ficult and tackle, tools including rig weighs less than 12,000 pounds. Bulls-ey- e lights make night operations feasible. Several Planes Used tvne army liaison been used in the have planes hand-operat- ed . on By- -it sure Is Good to see an American girl after tour years in the South racmc: o.,i.i rveral take-o- S quite a ceremony of changing ovor to summer servicing, doesn't he?" 'Horrify make trail landings which led to the Changes Ordered in Key Civilian Group Changes in the Key Civilian Personnel Committee were ordered last week in a Headquarters office instruction which takes the place of the instruction under which the present committee was selected and elected on April 4, 1045. The principal change made was in representation from the various departments on the field. Under the new instruction headquarters will have four selected members and one elected member on the committee. The lected members will represent the office of air inspector, adjutant general, judge advocate and public relations. Under the old setup, one selected member and one elected member came from the air inspector's office; one of each from management control; the same from air communications and two selected and three elected from the office of chief of administration. forDeputy for plans (T-5- ), merly a part of headquarters and staff offices, will have one selected and one elected member under the new instruction. Maintenance division formerly had three selected and ten elected representatives. The new arrangement calls for two selected and five elected members from Deputy for Engineering ). Supply division formerly had three selected members and six elected members. Deputy for is given three seSupply (T-lected members and nine elected members under the new arrangement. Personnel and Base Services division had three selected and two elected representatives under the old setup. Deputy for will have two Personnel (T-- l) selected and three elected members when the new plan goes into effect. -- (T-3- 4) Alsystem's standardization. though currently designed for planes up to 2250 pounds, the rig is considered practical for a craft. Captain Brodie, then a transportation corps lieutenant, conceived the singular system in 1942 when German submarines were sinking so many cargo ships. Most of the development work was done in New Orleans and in Fort Belvoir, Va. He began building his first rig in April, 1943. Son of James S. Erodie, chief engineer of the Inland Waterways Corporation, Captain Brodie fought a long, uphill battl-- i against scanty funds and time to bring his brilliantly conceived to fruition. His ensystem Unigineering degree from the ' his and Minnesota of versity the him gave imagination backgrounds he needed for the technical angles. With Sgt. Gregory, who first took a ship off the Brodie cable in September, 1943, Brodie in the early stages of his experimentation worked all hours Many times manpower was so limited Gregory helped crank his ship into place on the cable. then was, in turn, noistea 10 in-- ; airplane by Brodie. 5000-pou- The present committee has 14 selected and 24 elected members. Two of the selected members have cleared the field, although Dr. Rose Lillian Barnett was selected to replace one of these. Two of the elected members have terminated. The headquarters instruction provides that any member se lected or elected under the old arrangement will complete his term of office regardless of, the revised membership allocation. Vacancies now existing under the new setup will be filled by selection or special election, on the category in which the vacancy exists. The committee !s designed to permit periodical meetings of such key personnel to discuss suggestions for improving operations in the command, to remove causes of irritation and to develop mutual understanding and confidence between the commanding general and the civilian employes. The elected members are responsible for presenting suggestions or grievances affecting employes as a roup, while the selected members will act as representatives of management. tie-pend- ing WARNING TO GI FARMERS Soldiers planning to return to the farm are warned by Secretary of Agriculture Anderson that farm production should be kept down in 1946 as the end of the year has reduced the need for crops.. Military requirements have been sharply curtailed and foreign and domestic requirements are much lower. Demand should govern farm production, he said, not. the capacity to produce. nd 1 rlJJTAS. - . "I know they say we should all hold on to our War Bonds, but Oh, never mind." |