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Show THE BULLETIN. K1NC11AM. UTAH i IZT Future Pilots Students at Albert Leonard Rochelle, N. high school, New Y., being instructed by teach-er Frederick L. Lobdell on plane stresses and strain in an aerodynamics class. They are all ATCA students with visions of future flying' I 500,000 High School Model Builder Youths Will Receive Pre-Flig- ht Training Nation to Get Jump Over Axis by Readying Students For Future Aviation Career It's an ironical twist of fate that the most far-reachi-change in our modern educa-tional system was set in mo-tion by a war. As September rolls around, pub-lic, private and parochial high f- - " I''' , eJlj r r schools through-out the nation will have radical-ly altered their curricula to in-clude Instruction In pre-flig- train-ing under the aus-nlc- es of the Air they need only visit one of th,e schools where the ATCA courses already have been Introduced. There these youngsters can be seen tackling the fundamental problems of aviation with an eagerness that Is surprising. They build their own model planes to scale, following specifications pro-vided by the army and navy. These planes perform a useful function in the classes on spotting, where ATCA members learn how to dis-tinguish one type from another at a casual glance and from any angle. New Style School Arguments. The visitor will see these boys arguing over a problem in plane de-signdiscussing where stress and strain will afTect the craft as though the chart on the wall were a real bomber and they were going to take off in It themselves. In classes on communications the pupils will be taking down the dots and dashes of the Morse code with the same teal they might put Into remembering the signals for an play on the football field. In classes on engine structure, in physics, in algebra, in whatever these future fliers now are studying in their pre-flig- courses, the same I TRYING HARD On the drill field, where mem-bers of ATCA units learn march-ing formations and take callis-thenics to build them up physi-cally, these lads show the same earnest attitude. They're try-ing hard every minute, so that sometime they can earn the right to fly a plane for the army or navy, or become pro-fessional fliers in civilian life. degree of youthful eagerness is ap-parent everywhere. This attribute of the Air Training courses in secondary schools, as much as the fact that the new stud-ies have called for a complete over-hauling of the curricula, is the reason that educators are quick to acknowledge that the system of teaching is going through the most radical change it ever has seen. - And They Like Itl They find it adding to their own enthusiasm to be met with such a ready response on the part of their pupils. When "x plus y" can be something to do with a pursuit plane Training Corps of America, work-ing In conjunction with the Civil administration and the U. S. office of education. Educators themselves readily ad-mit that the war, with the attention It has focused on aviation, must be credited in large measure for the speed and efficiency with which ATCA's program has been launched, although the program's peacetime objectives are considered equally important. Studying With New Interest. Regardless of cause, this Septem-ber some 500,000 boys who volun-tarily are enrolling in ATCA units will be studying algebra, geometry, physics, and other subjects with a new Interest. They'll be enthusias-tic about subjects they once con-sidered "dry" because these stud-ies will be taught in terms of avia-tion. During five, or more, hours each week, ATCA members will study subjects in pre-flig- ht training such as air navigation, communications, aerodynamics, meteorology, safety, and the structure and design of en-gines. And If there are those who doubt the enthusiasm with which boys are taking these courses, This ATCA student is building his own model plane from army and navy specifications. Such practice gives youth throughout the U. S. first-han- d knowledge of planes they hope some day to fly. and "a times b" has something to do with Increasing the already ter-rific speed of a giant bomber, it's something which both teacher and pupil find exciting. ATCA members present a dashing appearance In their uniforms espe-cially designed for the corps. Jack-ets, shirts and trousers of the uni-form are all in a matching tone of gray-blu- e. Ties are navy blue and buttons on the jacket are silver-tone- d. The caps have a piping of bright red and the same color ap-pears again in the single stripe on each sleeve cuff. The red and white ATCA insignia is attached to the up-per left sleeve. Considering the spirit it has in-jected Into the system of teaching, it is not surprising that ATCA courses are finding a ready wel-come in the schools. As for the army and navy they, too, are all for it. They have long recognized that the ..best professional flier Is the one who has been trained from youth. They realize the impor-tance of the program in filling the lack that has existed for providing training In the funda-mentals of aviation. Objectives of ATCA have been en-dorsed by Robert A. Lovett, assist-ant secretary of war for air, and by Robert Hinckley, assistant secretary of commerce and founder of the Citizens Pilot training program. Sponsoring the work of the ATCA are some of the outstanding men and women in the country, includ-ing Bernard Baruch, James A. Far-ley, Alfred E. Smith, Jeremiah T. Mahoney, chairman of the games committee; C. R. Smith, ex president of American air-lines; Robert Hinckley, assistant secretary of commerce, and Mrs. Colin Kelly, widow of the American air hero. That's the story of ATCA. It's one of those things created during war which is not necessarily a part of war. It will, educators feel confident, live long after the war is over, and the ways of peace returned again, because it is inex-tricably tied up with aviation and aviation itself has many long and vigorous years stretching ahead of it. The theory of flight becomes a real thing to this student as, stick In hand, he controls the model plane while the wind tunnel, extreme left, whips a stilt breeze In the "flier's" face. This Is another part of the course given in the pre-flig- ht ATCA training throughout the nation. This lad some day may become an expert aviator In the V. S. army or navy. V V what we fe' doing, while other. P what we have H a -L- ongfellow. reai! So night is (frn(eu so near m i;0j , " must " Remembrances Ti! but forge!f,le it possiblc.-GenV- afe No cord nor cable cibly dra,. , or hold J SVe V0 with Bartor. T fhiPhillipr I? Jg WNUSt PRIVATE PLRKEY INTERVIEWS A 'WAVE' thort jurlough, Oscar, I Home on a kn.m-- to Harriet, uho ,$ in the U 4 4Cs, saw his girlfriend Minerva, has signed up in the women l natal auxiliary.) Oscar-- So you're a WAVE! What's the idea1 Minerva- -I didn't want to be just a ripple or a backwash, like your friend liarrift. Oscar- -I heard you joined the navy to got smarter uniforms than they have in the women's army. The WAVEs can profit by mistakes made by the WAACs. piiaiji Minerva-D- o you think this war is a style show? Oscar You make me wonder. Oscar Can you splice a rope? Minerva What do you think I'm joining, a rodeo? ' Oscar Can you box a com-pass? Minerva No, but I can wrap up a clock. Oscar Did you ever port your helm? Minerva No profanity please! Oscar Did you ever stow a skiff? Minerva Stop lisping! Oscar I'm serious, Min. What is a starboard tack? Minerva You've got me there; I'm no carpenter. Oscar Gee, Min, you're awful Igno-rant. Minerva Other-- wise uhv would 11 be standing here talking to yon? Oscar Say, lissen, why are you girls going to train for the navy at Smith college away up In Northamp-ton? Minerva Because we thought it would sound funny to train sailors at Vassar. Oscar I see your uniforms are to be by Mainbocher of Paris. Minerva-Isn- 't that wonderful? Oscar It's better than by Mike Todd of Star and Garter. What will the regular navy think of that aft-er all these years in the original John Paul Jones sailor suits? Minerva A woman sailor is ex-pected to look better than a man. Oscar What difference does it make when she falls overboard? Minerva Lis-sen, is this a date or a quia program? Oscar Okay, admiral. I'll stow the ques-tion. M I n p r v a.. Thanks, Colonel! 'BALLADE ON FEASTS AND FORAGINGS' When gourmets to the board propel Their paunchy selves for tasty fare. Most nostrils quiver at the smell Of food that master chefs pre-pare; But if you wish that you were there. Hold on Lucullan tables lack Tiit virtues found when you prepare The pleasures of a midnight cnack. At witching hour, when all is well, A hungry man steals down the stair inl' the cook's own citadel. To pnther morsels extra rare r-' s,riP unguarded cup-- " jards bate; TU" i) the bedioom creeping Thfs adding to adven-lure'- s flr.ir T'l. ii iisures a rnid-r- - i R h t ii:..-:k- SI l'r ''' would you forget your " tlnnni-i- hair, U.- troubles state and cardi-ac? -- i t."s for liberty from care, J''' of a midnight W. E. T. '2v rinbers of the women's nav,-lai'l'n-ry will refer to floors as "b, ..ah stairs ladders, classify .u't,5 as locke-- s and always say waT wnen sp item. 'aniia bet? 'M' scow strikes Back."-Head-Re- mter away 'back when NEWEFriiCTrVEBMi kelief' Hay fevar, whi h causes more sneezes flamed nos and I streaming eves than . scourge, nay have fling this September aV waPaesnnsylvnuiaelectrb served a dish of which was entirely , The engineer, all other hay fe j testations, stopped at wnere he was served a mush which he consider nig back as it was much' Finally he ate it, how.' nay fever attack leStt timately ceased. Next de three meals, all oversa experienced his most cor time in years in the " season." His analytical mind grasped the possibility soline substance in his1 responsible for his relief About this time, Dr E leek, a graduate of Colur versity, met the engines notes, and when he ren his home, began experirc day Dr. Selleck declare found a certain means for hay fever and is sue: his contention by othei experts, and a national chemical manufacturing the Hollings-Smit- h Coir Orangeburg, New York, en over making theremec is called Nakamo Bell Describing the expe Dr. Selleck said, "AJte sure I had found a n quickly relieving h; through the chloride tested it in the most way I knew. I held a t! ciiaic, to which many h sufferers responded, fn ranging from 10 to 60 yea person was given two tai a little water. Some rei to all within ten minutes on these cases during t ing weeks showed prac comrjlete cessationofsyn Adv. Constipation! Wl GetandKeepleji One of the commonest of constipation U simp! Modern diets, supemSti often give us too little food." In such cases, eta cathartics and purges p1 temporary relief ttf comes back sgaln ui The way to more lastfc Is to get at the underlje and correct It. You can do this br ' KELLOGG S 5 This delicious, toastycen plies the needed "bulk.' pleasantly; works prtnei: the contents of tbe com: lng you to have easy w elimination. In many lng ALL-BRA- N regular drinking plenty of watt: lasting freedom from f tion. Made by Kellogg'ia Creek. If your condition benefited by this slmpli ment, see your doctor. CALLOUSti To relieve painful alio ? log or tenderness on bottonoj" and remove calloims--l thin, oothing.cuaitwaaai lip mu.ieofnctionollr"' DOUBLE 1 WIN SUITES FV Po,m.d fore ,'"(, A gen"1" '"l' l0r3 te' "i WashingUn,D. C. U. S. GENERAL IN ACTION Maj. Gen. Charles L. Scott, U. S. tank expert just back from Libya, is not talking about it in his lectures to American armored forces, but he did more than almost anyone to stem the onrush of Von Rommel's tanks when they broke through the British lines and started their mad dash to Alexandria. General Scott was in Egypt help-ing out with the American tanks which had been sent to the British. And he happened to be in the thick of it during that port of Rommel's attack when the British seemed most disorganized. So Scott, though an American, Jumped into the battle, actually took over temporary command, and or- - ganized a counter-attac- All the details can't be told yet, but when they are it will be a great story. WHY GHILS LEAVE WASHINGTON Many young girls who left homu to come to Waohington are now leav-ing Washington to go home. They thought it would be thrilling to work in the capital in wartime, but they are sadly disillusioned. Clerks and Junior stenographers simply don't make enough money to live on. A labor department sur-vey indicates that a single person must earn $1,470 a year to live in Washington, at present rent and food costs. Yet there are two Civil Service ratings below that figure $1,200 and $1,440, for clerical and stenographic Jobs. Young girls like Washington at first. It's something to write home about living right in sight of the great Capitol dome, passing in front of the White House every day. Put the thrill wears off when the boss works them 12 hours a day In a war office, when their feet get tired standing In crowded buses, and when they can't sleep comfortably four in a room. Norah Booth personnel expert in OPA, knows these cases by the score. A girl from Nashville, Tenn.. came to Washington last Jui.e, thrilled to the eyebrows. Now she is leaving. "I don't know what's the matter with me," she told Miss Booth. "I'm all jumpy. I guess you call It neryes. It was fun being here at first but you hav to work so hard and pay so much for a room! I'm tired of worrying whether I'll have enough money next week for a new pair of stockings. I'm going home!" HOW TO WRITE TO SOLDIERS The army is far from satisfied with the way its il (photo let-ter) service to troops overseas is going. Despite the big advantages of in the speed and trans-mission as well as guarantee against loss, the general public hasn't taken to it. This is partly due to a misunder-standing of the technique of the serv-ice and partly to the fact that blanks have been available only at iarger post offices. However, the army is planning to extend the serv-ice soon to every post office and rural route In the country. At the same time, an educational program will be launched. Actually, it is much simpler to send a letter by than the regular way, since you don't have to bother with envelope or stamps. All you do is write your message, with your address and that of the receiv-er, on a blank form, and fold and seal it. The sealed form goes to a port of embarkation, where it is put through a machine and photo-graphed on a small micro-fll- roll. Later the roll is printed and de-veloped in a reproducing station at its overseas destination. The photo- - letter is then placed in an envelope and delivered. Since the filming and developing are performed mechan-ically in the dark, senders of are assured absolute privacy. Also, they get faster delivery. The army gives priority to be-cause of a one-thir- d saving in cargo space. The army postal service es-timates that 22 sacks of are equal to 37 sacks of regular mail. However, the chief considera-tion to senders is that is guaranteed against loss. The origi-nal is preserved for refilm-ln- g, in case a mail cargo is lost at sea. MERRY-GO-ROUN-C. Tennessee mountaineer Cordell Hull never forgets. Recently he re-fused a job to a prominent New York publisher because some years ago he had signed a petition de-manding that the state department stop sending scrap iron to Japan. C. Good sport Evie Robert, after los-ing a $1,000 bet that Senator Jim Mead would get the Democratic nomination for governor of New York, telegraphed triumphant Jim Farley: "You sure were right and how!" C U. S. army officials suggest that headlines on American participation in the Dieppe Commando raid were misleading. Our part was insignif-icant. C. Various American citizens of Jap-anese descent are urging a second front now and volunteering for fronl line duty. nurlnf Mr. Wlnrhrll'" abatnae n hi rolumn I brlni ronflocUd B guest c tihimiiitl. CAPITOL HILL By LEON HENDERSON Head ol Office of I'rice Administration. Senator Berkley and Speaker Ray-bur- n both came as congressmen with the Wilson administration in 11)12 Recently they jovially debat-ed rank. Barkley, because "B" is alphabetically higher than "R," was named to committee memberships ahead of Rayburn. But Sam claims precedence now because if he should die the President would attend his funeral, but would not be obligated to do so if Alben passed on . . . Senator Barkley, as perpetual key-noter, claims to be an authority on key words-- At the 1932 Chicago Democratic convention he says it was "beer" In Philadelphia, 1936, it was "New Deal" At Chicago again in 1940 it was "Roosevelt" . . . Our tomorrows look brighter of a growing group of young Southern congressmen, such as Hale Boggs, Al Gore, Wilbur Mills, and - Mike Monroncy, to mention only a handful ... I wonder If the American public will ever realize the debt they owe to Senator Prentiss Brown of Michi-gan. WASHINGTON VIGNETTE Recently Don Nelson and I ac-knowledged tribute to Scotch grand-mothers for their training in disci-pline Sidney Weinberg thought we overdid it In a bridge game later, when Sidney set me two tricks, he gleed, "Your Scotch grandmother is no help in bridge against a Brook-lyn ward leader like my dad was." I Interview my share of rubber substitute inventors, as do all WPB members, because I believe in mir-acles I ought to, I married one. But one long haired scientist took the cake: "These other fellows make synthetic, Mr. Henderson, my proc-ess makes REAL rubber" . . . One of my rationing staff heard complaints dally for two weeks from traveling business men "Two weeks with the traveling salesmen," he reported, "and not a single new risque Joke" ... The solution of our transportation problem requires a miracle-worke- r, and Joe Eastman is the guy who can do it. ,, , '.,,.. THINGS I NEVER KNEW TILL NOW That according to the squawks there are more landlords than te-nantsit couldn't be . . . That there really are a high percentage of statesmen in congress . . . That it's amazing what you can get for noth-ing nowadays It would cost us mil-lions to' get the services that our rationing boards are giving us for nothing and it wouldn't be as good . . . That a staff of 30,000 can get one into disproportionately more trouble than a staff of ten . . That Claude Wickard is really a top-notc- h corn-ho- g producer . . . That the average height of three of my deputies is 6 feet 5 inches If they were laid end to end the lawyers say a lot of people would cheer and the deputies say that if all the lawyers were laid end to end they'd reach no conclusion . . . How fast a $1 a year man can become a tem-porary bureaucrat . . . That Ma-ria Alencastro at the Brazilian em-bassy would be a star on any radio program . . . That Senate Sec. Ed Halsey was such a peacemaker, pacemaker, and life saver . , . That 16 per cent of the people had no Gallup opinion on OPA since it sometimes seems like everyone has written to me and the mail was 77 per cent favorable like Gallup In-dicates either, some days. THOUGHTS WHILE STROLLING ON CONN. AVE. AT MIDNIGHT What this country needs is a good five-ce- nt nickel ... I wonder where I can get a good second-han- d tire for Lube ... I wonder whether our rent division can keep me from be-ing dispossessed . . . It's good to see Marvin Mclntyre with so much zing again ... I expect Sidney Hill-ma- n to zing again. Wouldn't it be fun If Harold Ickes was in the sen-ate ... If OPA can only get by the canning season and the elections . . . Wait till our new pursuit job ties in with the Zero . . . Sure was funny about the male tenant from Pitts-burgh who reported on Form CCD-- 2 that he "shared a bathtub with his landlady" . . I wonder what ever became of the NRA visitors who wanted a floor under prices ... It Isn't true that Don Nelson and Gen-eral Somervell phfTt they've phfft, phfft, phfft and always made up. . . . Big men . . I wonder if the Mayos will check up on Charlie p play while he's there . . I miss Pat Boland . . . Dick Lansburgh . . . General John-son . . . What some of these wage debates need is Jerry Frank and Sumner Pike ... I wonder where the Peoria Chamber of Commerce found my Australian hat I gave it to Sir Clive Baillieu and I dared him to wear it . . . Who trained victory-garden- er Leon, Junior, age four, to ask me not to ration seeds . . . My candidate for the United Nations beauty contest, Mrs. Soong Higher DestiBJ We are born for a h. tiny than earth.-- E. GV End' of War Will Mark Aviation's Golden Ae j America invented the airplane-- yet the greatest single threat to our security today is the plane itself. Having created the means by which man could fly, America failed miserably to recognize the signifi-cance of its own invention. It re-mained for other nations to grasp the airplane's enormous possibilities to visualize it as a gigantic instru-ment of peace and war. It remained for other nations to sense the possibilities of training not just a small segment but all Its youth, to b and air-wis- e. Americans have been caught nap-ping. But, If a determined group of American citizens have their way', this will not, cannot, happen again. These determined citizens have ed to form the Air Training Corps of America. Wings for America at Peace. No informed person will deny that the end of this war will mark the true beginning of the Aviation age. There will be new markets to be won, new lands to be developed. And in this post-wa- r race for trade, aviation will play a major role. In America and throughout the world, the highways of commerce will be in the air. In transportation, in a thousand as yet undreamed-o- f facets of our daily life, men trained in avia-tion will be the leaders of tomorrow. And the nation which molds these leaders will be itself a leader. In training its youth for aviation, America is assuring its sons a rich opportunity, and is at the same time, taking steps to insure its own future. Wings for America at War. Every decent American hopes that boys now in high school will never have to go to war. But every thinking American realizes that they may have to fight before this war is won. And make no mistake about it, this war will be won by trained, pro-fessional airmen over that "last battlefield,? wherever It may be. These airmen, grim though the Idea Is, must be young. For the air warfare of today, with Its 40,000-fo- ot , altitudes and 400 m.p.h. speeds, demands youth-trai- ned youth. No one else has a fighting chance. This is the lesson brought us from England, a lesson dearly learned by the heroic RAF In the Battle of Britain. England Itself has already profited from this lesson, and has set up its own Air Training corps un-der the air ministry. So far, Eng-land's Air Training corps has gradu-ated 75,000 boys into the Royal Air force. Helpful to Canadians. The idea, transplanted to Canada, has resulted in the training of 26,000 boysand has not yet hit its full stride. It is already considered an indispensable part of the Royal Canadian Air force training pro-gram. It is saving the best part of a year precious time when time is In preparing airmen for combat duty. It has materially reduced training casualties Not aU of these oys, of course, become pilots. Oni' r,f the important benefits of tl;i- - training is the fact that it "screens" the boys Into the Job in air or ground crow for which they sre best qualified. Furthermore, it gives them the essential psj-hi;- ,), irt:.i con-ditioning that their own job, whatever it may he, !s Naturally, an important f cr' o' ih0 program is a carefully worked out course of training to pr0! 1(, 0 --,hvs;. cal fitness, to maVe the vou'h of America strong, hardened aVi re,riv for the tasks that, lie ahead Members of tlie A)r "r:,, Corps of America will also rer.--r e basic training in the manna; -- f .irrr and military drill. 8nu will ;'l schooled in the hishest ideai.s of di' cipline and patriotism. ATCA's Role in the War KfTort In undertaking to set up squadrons in the nation's 'hth schools, the Air Training Corps of America is lK-- with that of other organization. Z terested m the progress of avtati i The Civil Aeronautics amini .' tion. working with and through cdu" ' cators who have a thorough gruu ing m aviauon and aviation lems. have done a splendid joVir prepanng practical, easMv ,m tood textbooks in the var 0Us ' of phases pre-flig- training |