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Show Tirr miidpav MURRAY. UTAH - SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS American Women Pilots Helped Deliver Planes Liberal Ground Swell Which Enabled Red Armies to Launch Offensive Sweeping Over Europe By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Released by Wetern Newspaper Union. 'VHIS By BAUKIIAGE land-mine- of jitters in con gress. There will be debate in the senate flavored with remarks, the tenor of those which criticized the British course in Greece. At to the battle behind closed doors, you can imagine that the American viewpoint will need all the support the President can rally behind it, to overcome the tendency of Messrs. Churchill, Stalin and De Gaulle to fall into all the old bad habits of their happy power politics days. In order to understand the differences which have already arisen between those who support British armed intervention In Greece and those who support the state department'! action in protesting against it. It is necessary to take a look behind the scenes and see what these forces are which are bound to shape the new governments of Europe as they are re born after the period of democratic hibernation during occupation or v , control. Nazi-Fasci- U. S. Favort Self Rule In the first place, there is a powerful, liberal-orienteground swell to be discerned everywhere if we look for It. It is the belief that, eventually, thia force will dominate, which has prompted the American "hands-off- " Uncle Sam policy. merely says: "Let the people of the various countries choose the form of government they want. Those who want democracy enough will get it if there is no outside interference." That is one thing to bear in mind. Another is that this ground swell, as I call it. is the result of many different factors not merely hunger an4 discontent or faith and enlightenment; not only Inspiration or desperation, but aspiration as well, aspiration toward the natural historical and evolutionary goals of progress which are a part of man'i eternal struggle for liberty. The reaction against Nazi tyranny and the successful resistance to German control In the form of the certain underground, generated forces toward freedom and Independence. The underground made Ita own laws, gave opportunity for the coalescence and strengthening of all democratic movements. It was natural when the Germans were driven out that these forces refund to bow to representatives of any regime, no mattter how beneficent, if it had about It even the slightest odor of sanctified feudalism. It Is necessary to get this premise firmly fixed In our minds or else fall into the error of writing off every revolutionary movement as 'communist." Including acme certainly no whit less virtuous than our d own In 1776. It Is well to study the France of today In this connection, and Interesting to note the comment which appeared in the French pres at the time of the first revolts in Belgium and later in Greece where Allied support wts given the government in p..wrr.The "Franc-Tircur.whne name indicates the "underground" flavor of IU opinion, explains why. so far. France has had no such Internal trouble. "It has been our great forman to tune," It nys. "to hate protect our honor end prepare the " td H K I E FS Iff 1944 liberation, who had such character and personality that he is univer- sally accepted, acclaimed and fol- lowed by the entire nation as our leading member of the resistance." The last seven words are the "as our leading Important ones In member of the resistance." other words, De Gaulle was able to lead his fellow countrymen into liberation without chaos because he had the approval of the most active and most milituntly democratic elements of the underground. New Spirit In Greece j Papandreou, premier of Greece during the revolt, with all his virtues, was no De Gaulle in that respect. I was reliably informed that Papandreou had expressed firm sentiments, that he WASPs. is, as he says, a democrat and a This story begins just about a year socialist, that he had a clean rec- ago. The "clouds of planes" which ord through the occupation. But President Roosevelt had promised at and what a "but" there is, judged the beginning of the war (and at by such standards as I imagine which our enemies had seofTed) "Franc-Tireur- " would hold up were rolling from American producwas making Papandreou was selected by the tion lines. King with British consent. The mo- these planes, especially the fighter tives back of his election may have planes, available to our allies, the been honest enough and practical Russians. But It's a "long, long enough from the standpoint of the trail" from the factories of America old order. Here was a man with a to the Eastern front it winds from good record who, it would seem, the Bell Aircraft factory in Niagara could reconcile the royalists and the Falls, N. Y., across the fertile Misleftists. But that formula itself sissippi valley, the great plains of violates the very principles of the the West, the Rocky mountains, new order, and when the the wilds of Canada and Alaska, the began to feel that the cabinet steppes of Siberia and the Ural was monarchist and British-made- , mountains ta Moscow, and then the they withdrew and their followers Eastern fighting front. refused to give up their weapons. How to get these fighter planes to All armed groups in Greece not the Russian front and especially to absorbed officially by the army deliver them in time for the great were ordered to turn in their arms. Russian offensive that was the The police, of course, did not turn question. To fly them there seemed in their arms and they were the to be the logical way, but fighters, same police who had helped the pre with their limited range, must avoid war Metaxas dictatorship, and later long ovcrwater flights. An overland the Germans, "keep order." The route was needed. That need had "sacred battalion," a group com ieen foreseen long before and the posed chiefly of former Greek off- "trail," previously mentioned, had icers who fought bravely beside the ulready been established by the Air Allies all through the African cam Transport command's ferrying divipaign (and were charged with con- sion and its Alaskan division. The War department accorded No. taining a strong monarchist ele ment) was not disbanded but I priority to the movement of Amerbecame a part of the army. ican planes to the Russian armies Translate the above into terms of and the problem of getting them the French attitude and see how there was assigned to the ATC fer impossible acceptance of a Greek rying division, commanded by Brig. government such as that could be Gen. Bob E. Nowland. to its pilots nd its groups. As a matter of fact. to groups thinking as the French olanes of many types were moved to resistance groups think. There is every riason to believe the fighting fronts, taken there by Rus-liathat the leftist movement in Greece men pilots, both American and But this story deals only with and elsewhere in Europe, even where the majority of their leaders Ihe fighter planes and the Women's Air Force Service pilots. may be led by communists (as was The ferrying division's third fer- not the case in Greece) is actually at heart a drive against tyranny and 0'"'g group, based at Romulus, Mich., was assigned the mission of toward democracy. the deadly, fast Airacobra ferrying Here again it might be wise to from Bell factory in Niagara the examine some of the opinion exFalls to Great Falls, Mont., where now backFrenchmen pressed by the Seventh Ferrying group took ing the De Gaulle provisional govs over for the delivery to the ernment which is a product of the nt Fairbanks and at Nome. forces similar to those operating in other liberated countries. in the The leading editorial December issue of "Free France," that attractive and informative magazine published in New York by the French provisional government, gives the reasons for the change of attitude toward the French communists as follows: 1. The French communist party joined the resistance movement and later gave its ahegiance to Dc Gaullc'i national committee. 2. The Comintern was dissolved. L S. The communists rendered invaluable aid to the resistance movement. 4. The striking collaboration of all French patriots In the underground struggle removed many prejudires. including the suspicion of "communists sans patrie" (a political group with loyalty to no fatherland). The editors of Free France cautiously state that it Is too early to answer the Important question: Have the French communists accepted democracy as It Is understood by the western democracies? Nevertheless, they note for the record that so fur "the communists lUrli-trDonahue, roimnauriing helped to draw up the National council program of March. DflU-rof the WAST squadron of the 1944. t.icitly accepting the dem-cratlliird Icrnlnt (.roup, hard at principle" and "the abolition of Komuliis field, Mih., pne betide private property is not listed among ene of the nine Hell Airarohra hlih he delivered over the "long, the Immediate demands of the communist party." long trail" from Niagara I all, N. Y., la ("treat lalN. Mont. Lend-Leas- e Rus-sian- ' ; Kf J6I a -Ic . . . by Raukhari The Old dei-vM- That great sporting race, the Japs, recently organized a race around the island of va. The hativei did the carrying. weight-tarryin- g Great Britain bnt found that true sergeant was "Old Army " ll,sti marks Indicating nearly love Grrecel demt ers 311 of ervicc adorned his lelt slerve, Upped by the stripes of a miimcr tetgeanl. The appointment of Archibald So. you can Imagine his reaction h as aait.mt ccrc!ary ot whon. on remitting as crew chief on an army fivmg boat, he found a stale was opi!"ed by certain en and othria on the ground t'tat woman civilian pilot of the Ferring he was a poet It is well thr Division Air Trarmport Command didn't have to paos on the continna the controls, anoirer In the cotion of John Hay! pilot's svaL "After 30 years in the Army I herd en in always run snuxMh. tis duction lines. To meet this emergency, the ferrying division decided to utilize the services of its qualified and trained civilian women ferrying pilots on the domestic section of the "long, long trail." Each male pilot released from the 1,800-mil- e trip from Niagara Falls to Great Falls simply meant one more male pilot for the long, dangerous hop from Great Falls to Nome. These women hadn't been flying fighter planes . . . light ships had been their assignments in the past . . . but they had long experience, hours in the air and, with a short period of transition training, they were ready for the task. It wasn't a glamorous one. The ferry pilot of the Army's Air Transinport Command is a dividual who lives out of his B-bag, spends long stretches of time away from his home base, flies long hours and encounters little of the glamour, the heroics and the recognition that come to the combat pilot. These Women's Air Force Service pilots were going to share that lot with the men. So their story can't be one of glamour either. It's merely the record of a job well done. By comparison with the number of male pilots engaged in the operation, the WASPs were a small group. But by comparison, the job they did equaled the performance of their male partners. They delivered from Niagara to Great Falls sufficient planes to com pletely arm a half dozen Russian squadrons, and they did such a workmanlike job that their loss ratio compares favorably with that of s the men. In fact, only three leaving Niagara with a WASP at the controls failed to reach Great Falls. The normal flying time from Niagara to Great Falls is approximately nine hours, but the lapsed time on the average delivery probably is three times that great, considering that the ferrying division demands almost perfect weather conditions for the operation of fighter aircraft, and that winter through Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana and in the Great Lakes region of the Middle West often is far below the minimum required. And when a delivery is completed from Niagara Falls to Great Falls, the pilot must return to the Third Ferrying Group, a ride on the special crew liners provided by the military air transport section of the ferrying division for just that purpose. Yet. despite the ruggedness of the trip. WASPs of the Third Ferrying fightgroup delivered Russia-bouners from Niagara to Great Falls in a single day, delivered three planes in ten days, which is a feat to equal the best performances of their male coworkers. Barbara Donahue, commanding officer of the Third Ferrying group, WASP detachment at Romulus, paced the delivery of Russia-bimnfighters for her detachment, with nine to her credit, while WASP Mary C. Johnson of the Third group ranked second in the list of Individual achievement with seven as her score. WASP Ellen Grey Is one of the few pilots who can boast of a one-dadelivery from Niagara to Great Falls, a flight accomplished In eight hours and 18 minutes of actual time in the air. and an rlj ed time of approximately II hours. 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But on arrival at Montreal, it was a different story e SNAPPY FAQ ABOUT Av Use a curling iron to stretch the fingers of washable kid gloves. ir RUBBE (le k If you have difficulty driving a finishing nail into hardwood with- out bending the nail, drive the nail through a bottle cork, then through into the wood. After nail has started well into the wood, pull the cork off and finish driving the nau. Pin perfurrle-soakedabs of cotton to the hems of garments to lend a subtle fragrance to body and clothes. d Mrs. Lenore Louise McElroy, operations o filter of the WASP squadron of the Third Ferrying Group at Romulus field, Mich. WASP McElroy recently made aviation history when she delivered a big Consolidated "Catalina" flying boat (designated by the Navy as PBYs and by at one of the the Army as aviation fields In this country. It was the first time one of these big ships has ever been flown by a woman pilot. Since then she has flown more than 80 hours in this type of ship, adding the time to her already Impressive total of more than 3,000 pilot hours. OA-IO- s) When ripping clothing with a two-edge- razor blade, cut a slit d in a cork and put it on one side of the blade to protect your hands from being cut. As far as possible all windows in a house should have a similar appearance from the outside; if the draperies hang straight, sheer curtains used with them should also hang straight. In the kitchen where but little space is available, place the trays from under the gas burners atop of the burners. A good place to squadron at the 2nd Ferrying Group stack the soiled dishes before base. Wilmington, Del, on Septemwashing them. ber 10. 1942. Since that date women pilots assigned to the Ferrying Division have flown more than 7.500.000 miles planes from factories to destinations within the United States. Originally assigned only to light liaison and training type planes, they now are qualified to fly 68 different types of ships, ranging from heavy bombers down. Of their number, 16 per cent are qualified to fly class four planes such as the Billy Mitchell and Marauder medium bombers, and 08 per cent have made deliveries in class three transplanes such as ports. But, In the ferrying division, emphasis is placed on the ferrying of lighter type planes and fighter planes, and it is significant to note that 68 per cent of the women pilots In this division are now qualified fighlcr pilots, making regular deliveries of Airacobras, Mustangs, Thunderbolts and Warhawks. 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The election was supposed to have settled the old Issue of "isola tionism versus internationalism" but those terms were far too indefinite to delimit any lasting decisions and Blnce November our allies have s of doubt been strewing along the way, causing many cases is a story of the great summer offensive of Red the army which historians of the future may write down as the turning point of n the war. It is the of a contribution the of story of American small croup women w- It. uie oucuwa rt of the drive, part they played in making it possible for the determined Russians, who had stopped the Nazi hordes at the cates of Moscow and Stalingrad, to push them back across the plains of White Russia and the mud of Poland to the very German border itself. It is the story of the civilian women ferrying pilots of the Air Transport Command's division, a skilled, determined BRIG. GEN. BOB E. NOWLAND and courageous little group Then, it became a question of from among the members of the Women's Air Force Serv- manpower, of availability of pilots to ice pilots, popularly known as keep pace with the output of the pro- 1 livery from Niagara to Great Falls is considered a two or three-da- y job, and you'll realize that Miss Grey to say the least . . . was working "overtime." Three of the seven deliveries credited to WASP Mary C. Johnson were made over a period a record of which any pilot, man or woman, may well be proud when one considers the sheer physical exertion involved. But while WASP Grey's feat of delivery and making a one-da- y WASP Johnson's feat of three deliveries in 12 days are outstanding examples of WASP performance, they are not really unusual. The records of the Third Ferrying group WASP detachment show that all of these women pilots are and conscientious. There's Betty Archibald and Pat Dickerson with records of two deliveries in eight days. There are Grace Burge and Virginia Claire with two deliveries each in 10 days. And the chances are that it was weather which kept some of these girls from equaling the record of WASP Johnson. When the movement started, these women ferry pilots were not trusted on the "long, long as trail" They were assigned as wing-me- n to experienced male pilots familiar with the route. But as they gained experience through hard work they were graduated to the fly alone class, and now they take their turns flying alone, still rushing planes to the Russians. But the "long, long trail" is not the only place in which the civilian women pilots of the Air Transport Command's ferrying division have proved their worth in he two years since Mrs. Nancy Harkness Love formed the first women's ferrying All-Occasi- r That May Have Been Turning Point of the War Underground Coalesces Democratic Groups In Fight for Popular Government; Look to 'Big Three.' WNU Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. 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