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Show THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION Performance of U. S. Fighting ianes Best in World, Thanks to Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 000 a year in the era of disarma-ment and peace treaties, this, lab-oratory laid the foundation for the new science of aeronautics, which again brought leadership to Amer-ica. Nazi Research Expanded. But when Hitler came to power in 1933, he recognized that he must have the strongest air force in the world if he was to subdue the world. With foresight and Intelligence, Ger-many began by concentrating upon scientific research. German labora-tories were expanded and multiplied, until at the time of the Pact of Mu-nich the German aeronautical re- - army and to the manufacturer, and is used to correct the design. A second model is prepared with similar care and is tested in the free-flig- tunnel. That is a wind tunnel 12 feet in diameter inclined at an angle which will permit the model to glide forward through a moving stream of air. The model is equipped with delicate electrical mechanisms which operate the con-trols, and which enable the research staff to determine what changes are necessary to assure, in advance of production, that the new design will be easily maneuvered and controlled and will have stability. I- - X ' - villi. ' A FIGHTER PLANE, the Brewster XF2A 1, is shown mounted on struts in the full scale wind tunnel, ready for testing. The struts are con-nected to instruments in the room below the platform, which record the various stresses which the plane undergoes in this largest wind tunnel in the world. (All pictures are official photographs released by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.) Tests and Research Keep America Ahead In Grim Competition By BARROW LYONS WNU Washington Correspondent American facilities for de-veloping new models of mili-tary airplanes are being en-larged, and l is being added to avoid a tragic thing that has happened on several occasions. New mod-els of planes have been sent into battle before they were thoroughly tested in the lab-oratories of the national ad-visory committee for aero-nautics, one of the govern-ment agencies least known because most of its work has been secret, but one which has made as great a contribution toward winning the war as any civilian agency. In determined effort to gain mastery of the air and save thou-sands of lives by hastening victory, by further improving the perform-ance of American aircraft the NACA soon will increase its present staff of about 5,000 technicians by 1,500 additional men and women. The staff at Langley Field, Va., which has the largest staff, will be in-creased by about 750. The Cleve-land laboratory will get about 550 new employees, and the research staff at Moffett Field, Calif., near Palo Alto, will be increased by about 250 more technicians. The nation depends upon the men and women who staff these labora-tories more than any others to keep ahead of the Nazi scientists in de-signing aircraft that will take and hold control of the skies. If the Germans were to design aircraft that could outfly and outshoot our own and those responsible for American aircraft design declare that possibil-ity exists the war in the air over Europe might come to a stalemate. The army and navy have recog-nized the supreme importance of these laboratories by giving their employees special draft considera-tion. They are inducted into the army, and then transferred as in-active reservists. They are always on call for active duty; but they do not wear uniforms and they receive civilian pay and United States Civil Service status. Junior Engineers Needed. At present there are needed aero-nautical, mechanical and electrical engineers of junior grade. They re-ceive $2,400 a year. Physicists, mathematicians and naval archi-tects of the same grade are needed. Craftsmen, such as instrument mak-ers, tool makers, electricians, s, pattern makers and air-plane mechanics are needed. They receive prevailing rates of govern-ment pay on an annual basis. Women may qualify for a variety of positions. Those with skill in mathematics and physics are as-signed to research projects, while those with training as stenographers, typists and clerks are also needed. But the committee is not looking today for just ordinary help. The projects which these people are working on are among the most vital to war success, and the committee is looking only for unusual young men and women, who can be ad-vanced as vacancies occur people whose loyalty and intelligence and ability can be depended upon. The committee was born in the last war from the necessity of our armed services for airplanes that could compete with those of the ene-my. When war broke out in Europe in 1914, leadership in aircraft devel-opment had passed from American hands. In March, 1915, congress au-thorized an advisory body to be ap-pointed by the President and to serve without compensation. Membership, increased from 12 to 15 in 1929, included heads of mili-tary, naval and civil aeronautical organizations of the government, 'of the bureau of standards, the weather bureau, and the Smithsonian insti-tution, and specially qualified mem-bers from civil life. The chairman is elected annually. The paid staff is headed by Dr. George W. Lewis, director of aeronautical research, and by John F. Victory, secretary of the committee, who directs its administrative work. The first appropriation was $5,000 a year for five years. With that meager start the committee set about regaining for America a posi-tion of leadership in military flying. The NACA emerged from World War I with a research laboratory build-ing at Langley Field, and with its first wind tunnel under construction. With appropriations of about $200,- - search establishment had become five times the size of that of the United States. But not until Ger-many was convinced that it could make aircraft; superior to that of any other nation did it go into mass production. The NACA recognized the men-ace, and in 1937 started a study of the relation of its organization to national defense in time of war. The result was a doubling of the research facilities at Langley Field, and the authorization by congress of two ad-ditional major research centers the Ames Aeronautical laboratory at Moffett Field in 1939 and the Aircraft Engine Research laboratory at Cleveland in 1940. These are operated in close team-work with the military services and the aircraft industry. It works like this: Suppose the army air forces want a certain aircraft manufactur-er to produce a new type of pur-suit plane. The design engineers at the factory confer with experts of the materiel command of the air forces at Dayton, Ohio, and agree tentatively upon general design and specifications. Both groups then con-fer with NACA experts at Langley Field to incorporate the latest knowl-edge gained through research. NACA Checks New Models. The program calls for the factory to go into production by a certain date. The manufacturer assembles tools and material and makes con-tracts for The army materiel command plans and pro-vides the military equipment, in-cluding instruments, armor and ar-mament. The NACA responsibility involves, first, making of dynami-cally balanced small flying models for experimentation in its g wind tunnel and in the free-flig-wind tunnel. The free spinning wind tunnel is a vertical tube 20 feet wide with' a ' propeller mounted on the top and When these tests have been made, and the necessary information ob-tained, the NACA makes larger and sturdier models with solid steel cores to be firmly mounted on re-cording balances in wind tunnels op-erating at air speeds up to 600 miles an hour. These tunnels measure the lift and drag, as well as the pitch-ing, rolling and yawing movements of the plane at various angles of attack. Add 20 Miles Per Hour. When the first d plane is produced, it is placed on the NACA e wind tunnel to determine how to increase further its speed by reducing the drag through better streamlining, or removing, or re-shaping protuberances. In such full-sca-tunnel tests, the NACA has never failed to add at least 20 addi-tional miles per hour to the speed of a plane about to go into produc-tion. Special tests are provided for par-ticular types of planes. For high speed fighters, aerodynamic experi-ments are conducted in low air pres-sures, such as are encountered at high altitudes. In a huge domed structure, pressures are created to simulate air conditions at altitudes up to 12,000 feet. Taking off and landing abilities of seaplanes are tried out in a basin 600 feet long, containing seawater. A large scale model of a seaplane, or of the floats only, is towed be-hind an electrically powered crane, at speeds up to 80 miles per hour. Experimental planes are flight tested under carefully controlled conditions, and a record is made of its performance on movie film. The test pilot is given orders by radio telephone from the ground, and he performs the turns, loops, dives, climbs, and other maneuvers. One of the recent outstanding con-tributions of the Ames laboratory has been the use of exhaust heat from airplane engines to heat the leading edges, wings, tail surfaces, and windshields of airplanes to pre-vent the formation of ice. This has permitted safe flight under condi-tions that otherwise would have grounded planes. The ice hazard has been eliminated. But the list' of advances which have been made applies to virtually every component of the airplane. More than once the NACA labora-tories have saved the commercial life of some aircraft company by giving it the necessary scientific in-formation to bring into practical use advances in design the company had made, but which fell short of mili-tary requirements. The success o! the Flying Fortress design was made possible by scientific knowl-edge developed in NACA labora-tories. After the war, when America en-ters an era of great commercial aviation expansion, the NACA lab-oratories expect to continue to pro- vide the basic scientific research upon which American air suprema-cy is based. It now has a worth planl some $70,000,000, which al least equals the research facilities of the Germans. It probably wil continue to be in competition witr. German scientists and facilities, bul our armed forces hope congress nev- er again will let it fall behind ir staff and equipment. hrj it li ' j IN THE SMALL wind tunnel, tests are made on new models, many of them highly secret. drawing air upward. Into the mid-dle of this ascending column of air the airplane model is tossed with its controls set to continue to spin. The controls operated by remote electro-magnetic force, are moved just as a pilot would move them to bring the plane out of the spin. If the controls are effective, the airplane recovers by going into a dive and is caught in a net. If the controls are not effective, the model continues spinning. Adjustments are made in the control surfaces until satisfactory control is attained. In-formation to revise the design of the controls is relayed at once td the stripped and its frame b as a rack for nut t drying te smaller u of clothing. 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For instance, while the cost of a three-minu- te daytime call from New York to London, 3,500 airline miles, is $21, and to Mos-cow, 4,700 miles, also $21, a call to Sydney, 10,000 miles, is only $19.50. nuj Looking at jllOLLYWOOD T OVE begins at 40 in the movies ' these days, which is mighty lucky for our male stars. Collegiate romance went out when war came In. So the majority of men on the screen today with box office names, who get the glamour gals for the final clinch, are all over draft age. Some even get the bobby sox set Jrooling. Ever since Uncle Sam's initial call for help in the various United States armed ,- -, orces Hoiiy- - if i. s wood's younger 1 actors have been I ' " s .; exchanging civ-- h ies for uniforms. , -- j. With Jimmy k Stewart, Ronald Jdmcs Stewart - I tSL Regan, Glenn g s ' Ford, Victor Ma-- Jj- - , - ,' lure, Bob Tajlor, j V3 Tyrone Power, J " William Holdcn, N ' O et al in there - J pitching for the Janet BIair destruction of Hit-ler and Tojo, the studios were yowl-ing for male names to woo such lovelies as Janet Blair and Susan Peters on the screen. Replacement of sturdy heroes was a problem. When producers looked around for new lovers they found the most eligible and best known in the ranks of older players, undis-turbed by the selective service act. There was a definite question mark for a while as to how the high school and college gals would react to older men in romantic roles. A Quick Switch After a try or two, and a look at the grosses, fear fled. From then on men who had played character roles for years started to pitch woo. Others who hadn't held a heroine in their arms before a camera in years were suddenly given the op-portunity to enfold 'em in long and passionate embraces. There was plenty of love light in the old boys yet. It was all right with everybody, including the ladies. It seems a man's a man so far as screen love making goes. Getting On There's Ronald Colman, William .Powell, Spencer Tracy and Hum-phrey Bogart left to play love scenes with young cuties. Well, they do, and very well, too. Gosh, haven't they had practice? But no mention has been made about our mature leading ladies and how hard it is to find young men to play opposite them. Suppose we take a gander. Our top screen stars today are Greer Garson, Claudctte Colbert, Bette Davis, Irene Dunne, and you must admit they've been around quite a while. To me that's healthy and a sure sign that movies are growing up, because in the old days if a girl was over say 18 they talked about her life as being over or at least unable to attract attention. Returning From Mexico Miliza Korjus of "The Great Waltz" fame begins her American concert tour October 4. She's been living in Mexico City. When she ar-rives here she'll be an American citizen. Many think "The Great Waltz" was Metro's most beautiful musical. I'm not sure they aren't right . . . Lewis Milestone done up in umpteen sweaters running up and down Beverly Hills to take off that poundage, streamlining for action. can remember the day when he hired a man to wake him and actu-ally pull him out of bed. Joe Cotten plays the lead opposite Ginger Rog-ers in "Double Furlough," so Dore Schary's search is ended. Cotten goes into Alfred Hitchcock's next but that isn't ready yet. Waifs and Gets Hedy Ray Bolger waited for the deal he wanted and has signed a term contract with Metro. His first will be "Holiday in Mexico," opposite Hedy Lamarr, with Arthur Freed producing . . . Sam Goldwyn bor-rowed Walter Slezak from Twentieth for "Sylvester the Great" with Bob Hope. He'll play a corrupt gover-nor of a Caribbean island. Sam had a Gallup poll taken about the title for that picture. One that came in first was "Princess and the Pirate." That's the one I'd go for, too . . . Metro's thinking of doing the life of Robert Louis Stevenson. I've won-dered why that wasn't done before. What a great man! I hope they'll let Stevenson's grandson, Austin Strong, author of "Seventh Heav-en," do the screenplay. He's at Santa Barbara visiting his mother. Fame at Last for Hedda The Bed Pan, Fort Bragg's sheet, wants my puss to hang in their rogue's gallery. G. I. Joes asked for it .' . . "Goldwyn's Golden Touch," running in a current mag-azine, is one of the better stories about Sam, but the real yarn about Sam Goldwyn hasn't yet been writ-ten. His golden touch started when he married Frances Howard in 1925. knew him before and after . . . Metro finally has a good script from "Without Love" for Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Well, It Could Be Harry Colin offered Travis Banton a contract after the way his "Cover Sirls" looked. Speaking of that, Carry's pals wonder if he expects lis new baby to look like a cover girl . . . The Danny Winklers' baby !s a whopper nearly 10 pounds. Ezra Stone, the original "Henry" of he Aldrich family, is now Papa Ezra. Son's name Joseph . . . Sedy Lamarr's son, Jamsie, age 5, spent a day on the set with her. He wasn't impressed with anything --not even mother. Released by Western Newspaper Union. WHAT 'ECONOMIC CIRCLE' MEANS TO AMERICA THE FARMER wants and insists upon more for his crops. He wants higher prices for his wheat, corn, cotton, fruits, hogs, cattle and ev-erything he produces. When he gets the more he asks for, who pays? The consumer. The worker demands higher wages and less hours of work. When his demands are met and his wages in-creased, who pays? The consumer. Because of higher material costs and higher wages the processor of farm products increases his price for flour, bread, beefsteaks, bacon and other things. Who pays the in-creased prices? The consumer. Because of higher wages in his own plant and a higher cost of steel, wood, cotton, wool and other materi-als he must have caused by higher wages in the production of these materials, the manufacturer marks up the price of his product. Who pays for that increase? The con-sumer. The merchant pays more for the commodities he sells. He pays more rent, more wages to his clerks, renders more service at the de-mands of his customers. Like the farmer, the worker, the processor, the manufacturer, his taxes are higher. Who pays for the higher mark ups on his merchandise? The consumer. Yes, the consumer pays all the bill, all along the line, but who is the consumer? He is the farmer, the worker, the processor, manufac-turer and merchant. He is each and everyone of us. We are paying for what we get. It is but a circle, though not a vicious circle, as some would have us believe. There are some attempt-ed abuses, some attempts to get some advantage without paying. They seldom, if ever, work, or at least not for long. It is all but a part of what we term the American way of life. Through its operations America has attained the highest living standards ever known in the history of the world. It has meant better homes, automobiles, radios, electric utensils, telephones and oth-er things hardly known by the com-mon people of other lands. It means opportunity for those with ability, energy, ambition. It is the privilege of a free people to advance, a privi-lege they could not enjoy under any system of state socialism. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND POLITICS THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY as a nation we have had emergencies, that have called for national action. In the past such needed action has been initiated at Washington and passed on to the states to be han-dled by the state and local govern-ments. In the majority of cases that sys-tem has been followed in the pres-ent war emergency when it meant unpaid jobs. Civilian defense is one of the examples. Civilian defense officials were unpaid and were named by authority of the governor of a state or through him by the mayor of a town or city. In bureaus calling for paid em-ployees they have been named and paid from Washington. They have no allegiance or responsibility to the states. It is such jobs that consti-tute the larger portions of the hun-dreds of thousands of federal civil-ian employees now distributed throughout all states. As a sample, 288,000 such employees are in New York state, 235,000 in California, and every state has a proportionate num-ber. What may be the political sig-nificance, if any, in this change in methods? JOB HOLDERS IN A DEMOCRACY THE GOVERNMENT of the Re-public is builded upon a free elec-tion system, the right of each quali-fied voter to vote for the men and measures he believes best for the nation. Neither the Democratic nor Republican party, as such, would approve or countenance anything that could be considered a menace to our free r' -- tion system. What can three m federal civilian em-ployees, sc. jd throughout the states, do to u.at free election sys- tem? Quite naturally they, their relatives and friends, could be ex-pected to vote for those who pro- vided the jobs. That is a partisan advantage of patronage. The three million job holders can be expected to produce 12 million or more votes for the job providers. Twelve mil- lion votes is approximately one-thir- d of the total that will be cast in a national election. "You must," said a voice over the radio; "you must," the voice re-peated; "you must," the voice Three "musts" in one brief half minute statement made by a Washington bureaucrat to free born Americans. He was not telling us to obey a law but to heed a bureaucratic edict. Three "will youis would have been more appre-ciate- d and more effective. The free American does not like "must." WHAT YOU DO TODAY you will not have to do tomorrow. . THE SUN SHINES FOR SOME of us every day. If thi, is not your day tomorrow may be. THESE ARE TIMES WHEN if araeySsu?eh0l1 nt that f Which we THE SPOTLIGHT MAY DAZZLE or an hour only to leave its in the stygiandarkness of obuviorT ofWJhUK? T TEL of th ults refuse to others tne same privilege as regards ourselves Mohammedan's Handle The lone lock of hair on the back of a Mohammedan's head is left there when he shaves his pate as a handle by which he can be pulled to heaven. Fly's Wing Movement The wing of a fly makes W movements a second. ' s ? ' T I t ' ft s 'I "uti fi r HIGHLY trained : 1 Wialists read the . w i complicated dials that indicate ts of the various ' ' W. ' I metal workei 4 V"- - 1 carefully ma. ' i j ,4 es a metal air - 1 4X -- 1 f011 to exact spo- - i( '"-S- clnoations if I v ssls i 1? jjsr 5 I mi 3 n) s . ( 3 THE HIGH SPEED wind tunnel looks like something from the "World of the Future" when seen from the outside. It is used for re-search on large scale models, and d airplane parts, at air speeds of 85 to 600 miles per hour especially for compressibility ef' fects. The roaring wind is produced by an propeller, 16 feet in diameter, driven by a electric motor. Low pressure experiments are made within the dnmp. |