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Show 4e 4emiA miA miAWashington Washuigt WashbJ&1on WashbJ1on Washington & a D C8UBMAHINC 0 0SUDMARINC 0SUBMARINE SUDMARINC SUBMARINE ANTIDOTiE ANTIDOTE FSNTIDOT ANTIDOTiEA FSNTIDOTA A hi history tory making event took placirecently recently in the long war against th thsubmarine < submarine lubmarlne aubmarlno Official Ornclal Omcial tests were madiof of the helicopter which desplta despite opposition opposition position . of the navy , has ha . been en urge urgeby < by onlclal officlah officIals * of the army ann , . and WaiShipping Shipplll Shipping ' administration for antisubmarine anti antisubmarine antisubmarine submarine patrol patrolWithin patrolWithin patrolWithin Within a few hours after the publicatlon publlcatlon lication licatlon of a Merry Go-Round Go Round Go-found found - - story storyon storyon storyon on thia this subject a groip 1fI'04P 1fI04P groqp ' ) of 01 o1'ftclals o1ftclals ofiuciali o1'ftclalsfrom ofiucialifrom ' offlclalifrom from Washington Includln Including , bIgbly highly bIgblyinterested highlyinterested bighlinterested } interested and alld highly hihly , placed omclala officials omclalaof officialsof omclaliof of the British admiralty British lJhip- lJhip shIp- shIp lJhipping shIpping ahlp-ping ahlp ping - - - ping mlialon mission and the RAF stood In Inamazement inamazement inamazement amazement on the deck of a tanker tankeroffshore tankeroffshore tankeloffhor offshore * while a little airplana airplane with witha witta a crazy rotary wing on top landed landedand landedand landedand and took oS of ! from a deck space not notmore notmore nclmore more thsn than twice the size of the plane planeItself planeitself planItself planItselfIt * Itself itselfIt It was a Sikorsky helicopter helicupter , pilot plIo\- plIo pilot- piloted plIoed piloted \ - ed by a boyish boyisb colonel who reminded remind remindI reminded I ed everybody of Charles Chllrle . UndbarehIn LindbergbIn Lindberghin Lindbergb Lindbergh In his hJs younger younjer { days days-H days H - H F Gregoryfrom Grefory Gregory ( , . from Wright Wrlebt Field Dayton , . Ohio.who Ohiowho Ohio . , who know knows more about helicoptersthan hellcoptera helicopters hellcopterathan helicoptersthan than anybody else cite in the air forceGregory forceGregory force forceGregory Gregory made M 24 landings landlnlS on thetanker the thetanker thetanker tanker during the two days da"s das ) " of trialsHe trials trlala trialsHe trlalaHe He operated under all al1 conceivableconditions conceivable conceivableconditionswhen conceivableconditionswhen conditions-when conditions when - when the tanker was riding rid ridIng ridIng Ing at anchor when she was runnine run runnlng running nlng ning at l5/ l5 l5knots 15 ' % / knots when khe IIhe she was washeaded washeaded washeaded headed into the wind and when sbe she sbewas shewas shewas was runnln running , with tha the windTbe windThe wind windThe The Tbe War Shipping administration administrationwblch administrationwhich administrationwhich wblch which supplied supplled the tanker had of offere offere offered fere to remove tha the mast matt to provide providea a safer sater landln landing . apace But IDven Inven IDventor Inventor Invcntor tor Sikoraky Sikorsky scorned that thltt as * ' too tooeasy tooeasy tooeasy easy ' Accordingly Accordlnaly his bls plane was wag waslet wagact wasset let act down by ; Colonel Gregory Greeory in the thespace theapace thespace space apace between the mast and the thedeck thedeck thadeck deck house with only a 14-foot 14 foot - - clear clearance clearance clearanca ance on either IideFarBe sideFarSeeing side Iide sideFarSecIng Far-SecIng Far SecIng Far-Seeing Seeing Far-Be Far Be - - < , inJr 'Eyes Eyes 'Eyea Eyea ' ' To the British Brltisb and American ship ship- shipping shipping - - ping experts whose ships shJps are goingto going goingto , olng olngto to the bottom e every rery Ifery day tha the algniflcanca lig sig lignl significance nl nificance cance of this taat feat was inescapable inescapable inescapable - - able They ftrmly firmly believe lIeve the hellcopter hell hellcopter hellcopter copter can ba be used to supplementthe supplement the escort vesieli vessell vessels tor for the greaterprotection greater greaterprotection protection of or merchant ships in convoy convoyIt con convo convoy vo voy ) ' voyIt It i l is * too light li.ht liht . to carry much strlking strik strUt strUtIng In Ing , power of its own except a s few fewrockets ( awrackets rockets . , but it can fly y out ahead al.ead alead . f'f ff of f'fthe ofthe ' oftha the convey convoy hover over the sea spot spotthe spotthe spotthe the wolf pack . , . and report by radio radioto radioto radiato to tha the escort e.cort ecort . vessels This Tbia laves saves lavesmovement savesmovement savesmovement movement of the th * escort vessels vesselswhich vesselswhich vesselswhich which in present practice have to tomaneuver tomaneuver tomaneuver maneuver constantly constantiy around the themerchant themerchant themerchant merchant ship shlp shIpa * . with buv heavy ) " con consumption consutnption consumption sumption sutnption of fuel oUMoreover oilMoreover oil oU oilMoreover Moreover , the helicopter heUcopter wIthout withoutfiring withoutfiring rlng firing a shot bringi bring ! . alarm to the theprowling theprowling thaprowling prowling submarine and causes the theUboatto theU U Uboatto boat.to boatto boatto , . diva dive diveEarller diveEarlier divaEarlier Earlier Earller accaptance acceptance of the helicop helicop- helicopter helicopter - - ter was prevented by tha the navy I U buraau bu bureau bureau reau of aeronautics . , . which contendsthat contends contendsthat contendsthat that the machine is defenselessagainst defenseless defenselessagainst defenselessagainst against the guns ns of a submarineThe submarine submarineThe submarineThe The defenders reply that tha t the planacan plane planecan planecan can dart about so crazlly crazily that it Istoo Is Istoo istoo too av&iiva aviiva evasive eva & Jve to ba be easily hit . . More More- Moreover Moreover Moreover - - over helicopters can be built bullt for$15 for15 for $15000 15000 $15 15 $ 000 bach trach and the loss of ot a fewwould few fewwould fewwould would not b be serious lerious compared withthe with withthe withthe the loss of escort vesselsIn vesselsIn vessels vesselsIn In any case tha the matter has lone gone lonebeyond gonebeyond gonebeyond beyond the stage stllie of Drgument argument argument.The argumentThe . . The War Shipping administration Is Isdetermined Isdetermined isdetermined determined to have helicopters and andIt andIf andif It If the nav navy ) " won t come along WSA WSAwill WSAwill WSAwill will make a deal with the th * coast coastguDrd Coastguard coastguard guDrd guard to train pilots and another anotherdeal anotherdeal anotherdeal deal with the war department to toplace toplace toplace place the planes en ( ) n Its shipsARMY ships . . . ARMT ARMY AND COAL MINESJohn MINES MINESJohn John L Lewis would have bave got the thesurprise thesurprise thesurprise surprise of tils bls his life 1I1e Lf if he could havehad have havehad havehad had a dictaphone dlctaphone recording recordlne of theconversation the theconv'lrsaUon theconvirsatioa conv'lrsaUon convlrsaUon convirsatioa " ' of Secretary of WurStimson Wltr War WltrStimson WarStimson Stimson and Gen Oen B B Somervell Somervellregardin Somervellregarding iregarding regardin regarding , the use of troops in takingover taking takingover over the coal mine mines minesLewis minesLewis * Lewis had expressed xpre ed public np-prehens np prehens Rp- Rp ap- ap Rpprt'hens apprehens - - - prt'hens prthens prehens ' on that the army had a planto plan planto planto to seize tha the coal mines in caii CB caii.l caiil caii.la ' Ua . a . strike atrike Undoubtedly Undoubledly subordinatearmy subordinate subordinatearmy subordinatearmy army officers offlcers did have such a planIn plan planIn planin , In mind * . mindBut But when Secretary Stimson sat satdown satdown satdown down . with .Ith Ith Secretary Ickes plus pius plusGeneral piusGeneral plusGeneral General Generall Generalmerveli l > ) mervell merveli mervelland merveliand m rvcll and other army armyofficers armyomcers armyomccrs officers omcers the army expressed vigor vigorous vigorOUR vigorous ous OUR O op niui nlOI 010 ! a 8 to the th * contrary Gen General General Gener eral l < ' Son 'on on ervell enell erseil accused by ome some * 01 of 01want ofwant ofwant want r g the army to take tak over aU all aUcivll1an allcivilian allcivilian civll1an civilian activities ma male Ie Ic this r re remark remark remarkThe ma mark markThe The last thing . we .t t ne ' . want .ant ant I Is ii . an Is Islue issue Issue lue sue of the a am orn rn y against the peopleSecretary peopleSecretary people peopleSecretary Secretary St mson inson also expressed expressedrelief expressedrelief expressedrelief relief that Suntary Sctrttary ' > u f ( t/ICY t ICY / Ickes kiowa kiowaas kr ownas own ownas as a st it WI tot > ur ch defender of civil civti lib liberty libelty - erty el-ty el ty - had been selected selccted by the President Pres Presi President I Ident dent to handle the coal crisli crisis Heoffered He Heotfer Heoffered otfer offered d Ickes IC'kes ' every t'very tvery ' co operation op41ratlon bi bl bt texprecsed t I texpressed Iexpressed expressed the hoi ho e that he would wouldnot nuthave not nothave nothave have to u use e troops t troopsCAPITOL l'OpS lOpS ' . . . CAPITOL CHATF CHAFF CHATFfl fl CI 51 . . . Freshman Representative H-presentative H presentative Ropresentative . - ChirleLa Charlf's Charlfs Charles Charlf'sLa CharlesLa ' * La Follette Folleite is the only Republ Repubi cancongressn can canconiressn cancongresso coniressn congresso an who supported supporte-d supporte d - thePresident the thePresident thePresident President s a foreign policies pollcles in thelast the thelast thelast last c8mp\l c8mp l campilen campsign ' \ La L.a . I F < ! ollettt ollette also has hasa hast'I t'I tI a ' liberal labor rerordCI record4L record rerord recordfl CI 4L . fl . Radio Operator R H W Dunn "ho ho who "hofirst whofirst " whofirst first received the coded message of ofan ofan ofan an armistice November 11 ii 1018 1918 Is Iseager Iseager iseacer eager to serve agatn again caln He has en enrolled enrolled enrolled rolled as a junior junicr radio operator operatorin In Pan Ameriian Amerhan Amerian Airways Seattle Seattleschool Seattleschool Seattletchool school . . preparing for ( or Alaska servIre seryire serv sery servpe Ire pe |