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Show THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM, UTAH Recent Allied Success in Undersea Wai-ls Result of Coordinated Campaign A . , Improved Weapons, Better Use of Old, Defeating Subs "The submarine was utter-ly defeated in May," Prime Minister Churchill stated tri-umphantly in a recent ad-dress. The first lord of the admiralty amended this by announcing that the British navy had set a new record in that month for U-bo- at sink-ings, and that losses now ex-ceeded German production. Thus the gravest threat to Allied success, the submarine campaign against shipping, is being answered, as it was in World War I. Success A HELICOPTER LANDS Settling slowly on the space marked out as its landing "field" on the deck of a Victory ship, this helicopter makes a per-fect landing. This peculiar aircraft can rise and descend almost vertically, and can hover over the water, spotting submarines. Crash panels must now be put into every door, by coast guard regula-tions. These are sections of thin wood within every door, that can be smashed out by trapped crewmen, leaving a space big enough to per-mit escape. To preserve the nerve centers of a ship as long as possible, the pilot house and radio shack are covered with reinforced concrete and steel capable of withstanding submarine shelling. Latest In Life Boats. Finally, when seamen have to abandon ship, the latest and best in g equipment comes into play. By orders of the coast guard, the life boats are always kept swung out and clamped against canvas-covere- d cushions. The ropes holding the boats are secured by a single "pelican" hook which can be tripped by simply releasing a catch allow-ing the boat to be lowered into the water in a minute or two. At the same time a boat is low-ered, a life net, kept rolled up against the side of the ship just be is coming faster than anyone dared hope a little while ago. In April Admiral King of the U. S. navy pre-dicted that the submarine danger would be brought under control with-in four to six months. Secretary of Navy Knox a few days later said that the increasing numbers of de-stroyers now guarding convoys would soon have their beneficial ef-fect. The peril to the "bridge of ships" carrying war supplies to Europe and the Orient is not being met by any one "secret weapon." Destroyers, airplanes, cannon, radar, helicop-ters, balloons and many other war machines are being employed in combinations best adapted to the task. The change for the better has come rather suddenly. Only last January the tremendous losses in shipping tonnage were causing ex-treme concern in Allied war coun-cils. Almost a million tons a month was being sunk last year. Charles E. Walsh, chief of the maritime pro-curement division, has revealed that over 11 million tons went down in the first year of war. The Mer-chant Marine reports that nearly 6,000 men have been lost in the last 20 months. Until very lately, there was little light through the dark clouds. Ships Getting: Through. Now the great fleets of merchant ships are arriving in Allied ports with small losses. The protection devised by the navy is succeeding. A convoy, which may consist of hundreds of ships carrying ammu-nition, food, plane parts, oil and thousands of other war materials, as well as troops, offers many tar- - does not have its speed or maneu-verability. Then there is the air-craft carrier, which is accompany-ing large convoys lately. Planes from the carrier can patrol a wide circle and prevent any enemy sur-face craft from surprising the con-voy. That new marvel, radar, can lo-cate enemy planes and submarines with amazing accuracy, in fogs or at night Destroyers are being equipped with radar now. Listen-ing devices to detect submarines by the pulsations of their propellers, have been in use for some time, so the officers in charge of the de-fense of a convoy have several means of knowing when the enemy is approaching. Only about 500 miles of the voy-age between the United States and British ports is beyond the range of land based aircraft, according to Secretary Knox. The patrol planes of the Allies can protect shipping within an arc six or seven hundred miles in radius. Ships Mount Heavy Guns. Convoys are so large, however, that despite all sorts of armed guardians, some ships will be at-tacked, and perhaps damaged or sunk. Often too, a single merchant ship has to travel without escort to enter a small port off the regular run, or for a number of other rea-sons. Merchant ships have long been accustomed to mount some cannon in wartime, but against modern en-emy craft, ordinary seamen have little chance to use their weapons effectively. The maritime commis-sion has ordered every American ship to carry a five-inc- h gun. A crew from the navy mans the piece, which is deadly to enemy subma-rines and destroyers, or any vessel with thinner armor than a cruiser. Ships are protected against air-craft by anti-aircra- ft guns and .30 caliber machine guns. Expert navy crews also handle these ordnance. Submarines and planes are reluc-tant to get too close to a ship that can defend herself, and torpedoes, bombs and gunfire aimed from a dis-tance are less accurate. A barrage balloon is now being added to the defensive equipment of merchant ships. The balloon trails steel cables when in the air, thereby preventing a divebombing plane from getting too close to the ship, or from running along it and strafing the crew with machine gun bullets. The gas bag is raised and lowered by a cable attached to a winch near the stern. Last month the maritime com-mission and the War Shipping ad-ministration decided, after a suc-cessful demonstration, that helicop-ters can be employed to give added protection to individual ships. Ev-ery new Liberty model ship will carry a helicopter, according to i ' - - i tl j ''Hit LIFE RAFT Six research men are shown testing the new rubber life raft under actual shipwreck condi-tions for the Maritime commission. They were "cast adrift" near Cape Fear, N. C, to study conditions of survival at sea, and to report de-fects and possibilities for improve-ment. Merchant ships carry these rafts in addition to the lifeboats. low the boat deck, is released. Three or four men can scramble down this net at the same time. Merchant ships must also carry liferafts, since the boats may be damaged by shells, or the sinking ship may be leaning so far over that it is impossible to lower life-boats on one side. f si? b Lw 1 r V !, t JiN I. ? J " - ' s t - i Boats Carry Radios. A portable sending and receiving radio set must be included in the equipment of at least one lifeboat on every ship. Water rations on each boat have been increased from three to ten quarts per person. Fourteen ounces each of pemmican, malted milk tablets, chocolate and type C army ration biscuits must be included in every boat for each person. Rubber lifesaving suits are is-sued to each member of the crew. Besides keeping a man dry while in the water, the suits give protection against exposure in a lifeboat or raft Attached to the shoulder of each suit is a jackknife with which a man can free himself if he is en-tangled in ropes, and a police whis-tle and a red signal light to at-tract the attention of rescuers So the perils to Allied shipping are being combatted successfully by combining all known resources of warships, planes, guns and radio The war goods are getting through. The ships are arriving safely. But when a ship does go down the brave seamen have a much better chance of living to sail again than ever before, thanks to ever better equir ment present plans. As these peculiar aircraft can rise and descend almost vertically, they can operate from a small area on the deck of a ves-sel. Whether the ship is part of a convoy or sailing alone, the helicop-ter can hover around, watching for the enemy. Some Sinkings Inevitable. Ships will be damaged and sunk, however, despite all defensive pre-cautions and efforts. Some are wrecked by storms, or are smashed on rocks or icebergs. Even when in a sinking condition, nevertheless, a ship may sometimes be saved by some of the safety features that are part of a modern ship. If the ship must be abandoned, other emer-gency features help to save the lives of the crew. Many safety devices have been added, and old ones have been im-proved. Several have been built into the ship itself. The maritime commission found that men were hurt frequently in the dark passage-ways when the lights went out after a torpedo had struck. Luminous-pain- t signs now mark all passage-ways and exits, and directions point to ladders and indicate the switches of emergency lights. LIKE A DUCK'S BACK The new Morner lifesaving suit keeps seamen dry and warm nnder all conditions. A Jackknife for cutting away entan-gling ropes, and a red signal light and police whistle for attracting at-tention of rescuers are attached to the shoulder. gets for enemy submarines and tor-pedo planes. Destroyers, ranging along the flanks, and ahead and behind the convoy, are the usual defenders of the slow and helpless freighters, tankers and troopships. But the "greyhounds of the sea" have a lot of auxiliaries under the new system. One of these is the corvette, a small merchant ship converted to a light warship. 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A generous FEEN-M- i Acid In Believed In 5 mlmWW' pre.cn b. the SJm It way mSS 1 wa.t to cr,t wbmtta uUi ai ewer " blood. iff treatment U medicine tSItf' r"SdaT Ifrhmiiiipr F PEAS, WEEVILS AND APHIDS Ima Dodo is hysterical with fear. We never saw her so upset, nervous and apprehensive. "How can I get out of this? Do you know any influential politicians? Would a letter to the President do any good? Would I be tried by jury? Oh dear, oh dear!" she bab-bled on. "Now look," we began . . . "I just didn't knowl I mean it was just an oversight Should I maybe get a lawyer?" We clapped a hand over her big mouth and shoved her into the near-est chair. "What's this all about?" we demanded. "It could be two years and $10,000 even." she cried. "What have you done, robbed a bank, set fire to the orphan asylum, talked back to an OPA scout or been found in an auto while in motion? Speak!" "I was just spraying," she bawled. "What were you spraying?" "Peas," she sobbed. "And beans." "You're supposed to spray peas and beans. Stop shivering. It's legal." "But I wasn't spraying the peas against pea weevil or pea aphid," she cried. "I was spraying them for other bugs." "What of it?" "And that isn't all. I'm not sure I was spraying the beans against Mexican bean beetle. It's too, too terrible. They'll be after me any minute. Phone a lawyer, please!" "Who cares what you were spray-ing a pea or bean for? It makes ' no difference." "Oh, but it does," sobbed Ima. "There's a federal regulation as amended January 23, 1943, Section 1189, I. Look! It's right here on the spray label . . ." Ima showed the label It read as follows: The use of this spray Is restrict-ed by WPB's Conservation Or-der 3, as amended Jan. 23, 1943, to the following uses: 1. Peas. Against the weevil and aphid. 2. Beans. Against Mexican bean beetle. 3. Cole crops, other than cab-bage. Against caterpillars and aphlds. "See!" sobbed Ima, as we finished reading. "It's all so clear." "Woman," we said severely. "Do you mean you used a spray without being positive what you were spray-ing?" "I'm sure I hit a caterpillar in-stead of weevils and aphids on the peas," she wept. "And I have a feeling I sprayed aphids on the broccoli. Heaven knows what was on the beans!" This was too much. There was nothing to do but consult counsel and give herself up. We so advised, hoping for the best. Maybe she can prove it was an accident. AXIS PRISONER SONG A little trip, a little camp, A little work, some chance for smiling; A little rest, a little hope, A little peace . . . and no more beiling! e nun! Mr. Morgenthau says that by the end of the year the average family should be putting 25 per cent of its income in War Bonds. It is Howard Smith who cheers the idea but points out some difficulties. Twenty per cent of the income is deducted for new income tax; the cost of living is up 20 per cent, and a man is sup-posed to give 15 per cent to various charities, city funds, Red Cross drives, etc. This totals 80 per cent. "That leaves 20 per cent for rent, food, clothing, transportation, fuel, light, doctors, hospitals, medicines, education, state taxes, entertain-ment and maybe cigarettes," says Mr. Smith, exclaiming "Who dat man!" e IDEA OF HOLLYWOOD Out there the men wear dinner coats, Ail conversation's witty; The sea holds naught but pleasure boats, And every woman's pretty. In Hollywood, yes, life is gay, To all the world I say it. At least I guess that it's that way, , For that's how films portray it. DEFINITION A LA WASHINGTON Effective Teamwork Trying to operate a e hitch with the horse-colla- r on the driver, the whif-fletre- e where the wagonstep should be, and with a horn replacing the reins. An e high for defeats Is Ed many Vlctory ar e Can You Remember Away back when all you worried "out in summer was whether S? WUld Set 10 0,6 whlte-fla- OBSERVATION I always can Detect the man Who aimed to get A week-en- d tan. He sports instead A lobster-re- d . . That is if he Can leave his bed! WW Mi f pfMfiM Washington, D. 0. GAS-LES- S AUTO RACE An automobile race was staged In Brazil recently which should interest gas-les- s Americans. Thirty-tw- o cars took part, and not one of them used a drop of gasoline. Each car was equipped with a charcoal burning apparatus known as "gasogene," producing a char-coal gas whose combustion takes the place of the combustion of gasoline in the ordinary automobile engine. These devices have been so suc-cessful in Brazil that they are being produced at the rate of 40 a day, selling for about $200 each. Sorie of the units are capable of generating a thousand horsepower, and are used even on the inter-cit- y buses between Santos and Sao Paulo. Brazil has practically no petrole-um resources of her own. TANKERS DELIVER PLANES Everybody knows that bombers have long been delivered to England under their own power. But the big problem has been to deliver fighter planes, which have had to be taken apart, crated, then reassembled on the other side. Now, however, a new system has been devised whereby U. S. tankers are carrying fighters on deck 20 to each tanker and setting them down a few days later In England. The War Shipping administration Is keeping the army "cleaned out of fighters" by this method of de-livery, and is rapidly building up the strength of the Eighth Air Forces command which is battering Germany. Note: PT boats are also being delivered to England on the decks of tankers. NO GERMAN SAUSAGE The diplomats' grapevine reports that the German food supply is run-ning low. A new cut has been made In the meat ration. This, coming at a time when the greatest muscle must be exerted in defense of the Vaterland, is expected to be a se-vere blow to German morale. The basic ration of meat for nor-mal uses was 400 grams at this time last year. But now the ration has been cut to 250 grams which is about half a pound per week, includ-ing fat and bone. An effort is being made to. compensate this reduction by the substitution of cheese and groats (hulled and crushed oats and wheat). During the winter, howev-er, it was reduced to 300 grams. In the spring the cut was partially re-stored, when the ration was moved up to 350 tjrams, recognizing the necessity of more nourishment with the coming of the season of greater military activity. ARMY AND GOLD MINING American soldiers who spent dreary winters tracking through the Arctic forest to build the Alcan highway to Alaska frequently saw the sparkle of gold in the stream beds, and wanted to stake out claims for peacetime development They were not allowed to do so. Now, however, civilian construc-tion crews are coming along the same trail, and are staking out claims for the gold which U. S. sol-diers could not touch. Boys from almost every state were sent to Alaska on that pioneer-ing job cutting a road through tall timber where none but Indians had passed before. They worked from Dawson Creek, in Alberta, to Fair-banks, Alaska, but the place where they saw the gleaming gold was in the Yukon, near Whitehorse. At first, there was little time to think about private projects, for one battalion was racing against another to complete its le stretch of highway. But when a lull came In the work, the men asked permis- - slon to try their luck at panning gold. The officers, however, ruled this out. Another season has rolled around, and things have changed. The pio-neer road is being replaced by a permanent highway, built by big construction companies Elliott Con-struction Co., and Becketel, Price and Callahan. These companies have mining en-gineers attached to the construction gangs, and they are not bound by military discipline. Note: Finally the army has mod-ified its regulations to permit a little amateur gold panning by soldiers in Alaska, for recreational purposes. This activity will be in the same class with fishing, to give the sol-diers sport In their spare time. Washington wives with backs ach-ing from work in their Victory gar-da- ns wish they had top sergeants to hoe their gardens as do the wives of high-rankin- g army officers at Ft Myer across the Potomac. MERRY-GO-ROUN- D C. Conresswoman Clare Boothe Luce made one of her rare public appear-ances outside of congress when she spoke at Haverford (Pa.) School re-- j cently. Her husband, Harry Luce, is brother-in-la- of Haverford Head-master Leslie R. Severinghaus. C. Coast Guardsman Warren H. Kimiey, Pacific hero who has seen men killed under all sorts of battle conditions, says he would rather be in Pacific action than fishing long-drown-duck hunters out of the Detroit river. I lt's a Family j A youngster asked how wars began "Well," said his ft pose America quarreled land and" "But," interrupted ft "America must never t England." "I know," he answtr! am only taking a hw stance." "You are mislead said the mother. "No, I am not!" hts "Never mind, dad," boy, "I think I knowi begin." IIP JJ gmmMmg.nu w t 1,, Notes of a City Slickeri Margaret Bourke-Whlt- e, Just back from taking pictures of world famous statesmen, was showing her long line of short-snorte- . . . Sev-eral were autographed by Eisenhow-er, Marshall, Churchill and others, but the one that held the eye was a bill Inscribed, she said, by people with whom she had been torpedoed . . . "Huh?" you huh. "Oh," says Margaret, "you'd be surprised at the people you meet nowadays, who have been tor-pedoed!" La White was on a ship that sank In the Mediterranean ... A troop-ship, It appears, including about 200 British women, returning to Eng-land from the Colonies ... All were aaved by British warships. The 200 women salvaged nothing but their lipsticks! Joey Adams forwards the one about the French peasant in occu-pied territory, whose home had been ransacked by the Nazis ... It is not humor. It Is grim stuff brought here by escaped refugees . . . The famished man caught a tiny fish and raced home with it . . . "Here!" ha said to his wife, "at last we can eat!" . . . "But how will we cook it?" she asked. "They took our coal and wood, our matches and even the atove!" . . . The peasant took the fish to the lake, tossed it back and stood watching It wiggle back to life . . . Suddenly the fish gave the Nazl-Vlch-y salute and yelled: "Viva Laval!" Fort Caster's company command-t- r, Ironically enough, Is a Indian . . . March of Time's lat-est, "Inside Fascist Spain," makes audiences wonder why the State Dep't plays ball with Franco . . . James Cromwell's new business: "De-inkin- all the paper used at the Pentagon Bldg., Washington. Secret papers no longer are burned, but de-ink- . . . Permission for Kate Smith to sing "God Bless America" In "This Is the Army" cost Warners' $10,000 . .' . The Boy and Girl Scouts get that song's royal-ties, $113,000 to date. George Lalt, the INS correspond-ent, says there is little love lost be-tween King Farouk of Egypt and the British High Commissioner . . . They needle each other often . . . One day the Commissioner re-marked to the King that a man hasn't proved his mettle until he has shot a lion . . . Farouk proceeded to the Cairo zoo and shot seven! New York Heartbeat: Sallies In Our Alley! Confrere Ekolsky, as all Hollywood knows, is a furious hypochondriac. His pockets bulge with medicines at all times ... As he walked past a drug store the other day, Arthur Murray said: "Don't you want to go In?" . . . "Nh-nh.- " nh-nh'- d the c.o.ly.umlst, "I don't need anything" "I know," was the reply, "but maybe the druggist does!" . . . Lucy Monroe counsels: Three ways to avoid criticism: "Say nothing. Do nothing. Be nothing!" Midtown Vignette: Groucho Marx tells it Happened, he says, to a pal who wanted a pair of bowling shoes but was reluctant to surren-der his ration coupon ... He went to a sporting goods shop where he told the owner: "Your brother said I could buy a pair of bowling shoes here without a coupon" . . . The boss nodded and sold him the shoes ... As the patron started to go, he said: "Now that I've got 'em, I got-ta confess your brother didn't send me in" . . . "That's all right," the owner said, patting the chap on the shoulder, "don't worry about It, boy. I ain't got any brother." Broadway Tinsel: Ingrld Bergman will be the third star to be honored with a Time cover. Rita Hayworth was first ... A sign outside the Los Angeles Marriage License Bu-reau: "Think! Is It Cupid or Con-scription?" Sounds in the Night: At the Hur-ricane: "Her husband doesn't talk in his sleep he Just grins" . . . At La Conga: "The same flattery that turns your head will later turn your middle" ... In the Mayan: "She fell for him hook, line and bank account" ... At LaMartlnique: "His favorite exercise is taking bows" ... At the Famous Door: "He has that typical B'way look green with envy!" Manhattan Morals: The Chinese eopy girl in the AP news room . . . The undertaker's office advertising: --Air conditioning." AU Bollywood is swapping this on ... It concerns a movie favor-ite, whose most recent film is one of the season's biggest hits . . . But he hasn't seen it although he keeps figuring out ways to do so . . . His wife, the legend goes, is sure that be was and still is In love with the girl who played opposite him in it . . . The wife will not go to see the picture and has threatened tverythlng if he sees it . . .He al-most saw it one night last week but the Mrs. threatened to swallow soma pills and he didn't go. In the Sunlit Do not anticipate 5 worry about what nayi pen. Keep in the i Franklin. Precious TMisf A precious thing is precious to us if it to by work or economy.- -' What's in N The name Adolph an old Gothic name Wolf." Coming, M They have they shall reapjw |