Show air leviathan of near future az 7 37 il 1 71 dozlin ix 1 1 I 1 A xi W SIP N opp this now new design of glenn L martin companas comp anys proposed pound flying ship Is in a preview of what all will bo be seeing as it roars roar across the skies after the war la Is won such planes as these today could haul regiments from coast to coast la in ft a days time which has as been developed for military planes some of which fly in excess of miles on an hour will place far flung continents and their cities within a comparatively few days or few hours flying distance of tho the united states flying freight trains probably will become the or der of the skies the increasing public interest in hi aviation the training of thou sands ands of young men as expert pilots and the strides made by safety in aviation also presage a new era of private lying flying ten years even five years from now plane rental and ly fly lt 11 yourself services probably will be too commonplace to be news when priorities are no longer necessary stall proof spin proof planes such as the Erco Er coupe and notable tor for folding wing features probably will travel side by aldo aide with automobiles to along the highways as they shuttle from air odd field to garage As C it smith former president of american airlines recently declared in the postwar post war period non toward a gewera even as the nation devotes the full energies of its industrial power and scientific genius to victory its citizens can still lift their eyes above and beyond the holocaust of world war to an era that will bring with it a new pat tern of living at once finer and more dramatic in its benefits than anything civilization has known before I 1 stop operation over the ocean will be prosaic with most of the crossing to europe done at high altitude speeds in excess of miles per hour miracle car forecast for farm use As in aviation so in the world of automotive progress the developments of war will become integrated into americas peacetime pattern battem of lite a few years hence in recent tests conducted by the united states department of agriculture and willys overland motors inc makers and manufacturers of the st standard andara design jeep at auburn ala and toledo ohio the vehicle gave promise of performing with the same versatility on the farm as it presently Is doing on the battlefields of europe and the far east during these tests the car did everything ery thing from and bar rowing a field in one operation using gallons of gas per acre to hauling almost a ton and a halt half of farm produce a distance of 13 miles on a gallon of gasoline already known as the ardys miracle car the jeep is the descendant ant of a motor driven platform on wheels known as the belly flop per which was first demonstrated at fort denning ga in 1040 at the request of army officials joseph W frazer president of the willys willy s overland company and other automotive experts undertook the design of a car which would not exceed 1400 pounds to in weight and should be capable of carrying a load that thatis a peacetime version of this vehicle which can climb grades that balk a tank and negotiate rough terrain at 40 miles an hour should be developed Is ot of course logical and the american farmer will thus inherit one one of the nations most valuable pieces of military equipment 1 these automotive principles of high powered engines which consume a minimum of fuel also will be applied to pleasure vehicles ou au to mobile designers predict forecasting a light yet powerful car which will require only about one gallon of gasoline every 35 or 40 miles on the he sea too on the sea also the war effort Is providing amazing now new inventions applicable to the count rys peacetime pattern of living the united states has experimented with an all aluminum destroyer which they believe will cut through the water at 52 knots achour an hour designers declare that the uso use of aluminum in boat construction may well be the forerunner of high speed passenger transport ships faster than anything previously dreamed of row and sail boats so light that a half grown boycan boy can carry one across country and fleet pleasure craft that will rival in water the speed of their automotive cousins on land undoubtedly will make their appearance in the postwar era at prices within reach of the american in the smaller income bracket describing the postwar post war house which americans may be occupying ten years from now norman bel geddes who designed the Futura ma at the now new york worlds fair pictures a prefabricated house which a crew of six men could erect la in one eight hour day with such a house a family might well eat dinner in a home that had been no more than a pile of materials the same morning we have all the techniques and facilities to build houses such as I 1 have described says mr bel goddes geddes today we have an opportunity eunity to change over from old fash boned and costly methods to the modern mass production way of building better homes at lower cost lie he estimates that at least new housing units will be required after the war still another noted american architect chite ct walter dorwin teague declares that we have only to apply to home the same techniques of design manufacture and selling that have provided one motor car for every four the united states to produce a type of home which will be within reach of the man in the very verb low income bracket mr teague has designed a house to sell for 1000 to 2000 which can bo be rearranged even when occupied as to size and floor plan almost as easily as abne changes the furniture in a room the teague house not only can be enlarged or reduced in size at the owners will but also can be moved from one building site to another such a factory fabricated house he says will compare with present day houses as a modern automobile compares with an old fashioned buggy if the owner of such a house discovers that his job necessitates a move across the continent he will simply take the house down call a tru truck ck and have the house transported to his new place of residence if after six or eight years he wants a new house he will trade in his old one just as he does his automobile still another architect who has been studying postwar post war housing lems william hamby urges that for better living the postwar post war home must be improved for the one who has the most to do the woman in a house planned to take the drudgery out of housekeeping mr hamby abolishes the usual kitchen and substitutes a streamlined and beautified unit so planned that while the homemaker gets dinner she can also participate in the family 8 activities tivi ties |