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Show PAGE 6 nOVO, UTAH COtrctTY. UTAH FRIDAY. SZFTEMBKK ST. I4 DAILY HERALD Breaking In New Carrier Puts Crew Through Paces By JAMES C. AUSTIN United Frets Staff Cerrespeademt , ABOARD U.S.S. SAIUAN, in Gulf of Mexico U. From the day it is christened, new modern mod-ern aircraft carrier like the Sai-pan Sai-pan undergoes the same delicate Job of adjustment and growth that a mother fives her baby. That comparison is well taken, both officers and crew of this 18.000-ton flattop are agreed after af-ter a month of sea duty, and that without benefit of-the customary shakedown cruise. The ilow process began months ago when the Saipan still was on the ways in the shipyards at Camden, N. J. At naval training stations all over the country, nuclei nu-clei of the Saipan's crew were being trained in their special duties. Tin peacetime, this most modern of carriers, designed for fleet operations and for experimental experi-mental work with new weapons of war. carries approximately 1.100 officers and men; in time of war some 1.400. When the ship was ready for .commissioning, the crew began moving in on Philadelphia deck seamen, gunners, ammunition 'handler,, radio and communications communica-tions men, repairmen, cooks and "stewards, and those assigned to .work in the medical and dental departments. Still others who came aboard were proficient by shore standards stand-ards those engaged in navigation, naviga-tion, water evaporation; firemen, electricians, machinists, plane handlers, storekeepers, the anchor detail, and the hangar deck crew J who see to it that all aircraft are maintained in tip-top condition. Starts With Green Crew " Despite this groundwork, the Saipan had a green crew, a bunch of youngsters who never had. .taken a carrier to sea. To snow them the ropes, Capt. John G. Crommelin. veteran carrier officer of-ficer and Navy pilot, gathered together to-gether experienced officers and petty officers. Many of them, like tComdr. H. B. Marden, air officer, 'and Ensign Charles Mcllvaine. .flight deck officer, had served .with him on other ships. The Saipan, deprived of her .shakedown cruise by orders im-..mediately im-..mediately to replace the veteran carrier Ranger in training duties out of Pensacola. Fla.. sailed from Philadelphia on Aug. 17. Her 'work had just begun. , Once out to sea. the rigid training train-ing began. She still was brand new and stiff. Engine and boiler .room crews worked to get the four big engines that can push the Saipan at 32 knots in, top .working order. - On the hangar deck, mainte nance men found their hands were all thumbs as they worked on the aircraft On the flight deck, plane handlers maneuvered the big. heavy fighter, bomber and scout planes around to familiarize fa-miliarize themselves with the technique of safe, fast plane handling. They were slow at the job and clumsy, too. Instructed In Radar The gunnery officer trained his green crews in the loading and firing of the 20 and 40 mm. guns that rim the Saipan. Down below the water line. Lt Comdr. Roy Gonsolus, ace pilot and radar man, instructed his five officers, four petty officers, and 28 en listed men in the intricacies of radar. In the navigation bridge, Comdr. Gordon Smale put the boys through their paces, and the ship was halted periodically for anchoring drill. Small craft were launched in rolling seas for sea rescue drill, and fire fighters roamed the flight deck with their extinguishers and heavy hose in preparation for the emergencies that might come. All this intensive drilling, accompanied ac-companied by grumbling and growling, paid off in short order. When the Saipan departed from Pensacola air base with a group of student pilots aboard, the crew reaped the dividends of their practice runs. An actual sea rescue was effected ef-fected when one plane ran out of gas astern of the ship and plunged plung-ed into the sea. The fire fighters took care of a blazing engine and deck section after a landing. Radar Ra-dar aided the navigator in plotting plot-ting his course. Payson Mrs. Clara Fillmore of Spanish Fork entertained a group of former for-mer friends in Payson at a lovely party at her home. Guests were Mrs. Vera Cloward. Mrs. Marv Donna McBeth of Payson, Mrs. Eva Clayson Coombs and Mrs. Lottie M. Larsen of Spanish Fork. Lynn Bates formerly of Pay-son Pay-son visited here this week with his grandmother. Mrs. Martha Bates and other relatives for the first time since he was released from the service. He is enroute from his home in Blackfoot. Idaho, Ida-ho, to California for employment. Mrs. Dave Shuler and son Hal have left for Vancouver, Washington Wash-ington for a 10-day visit with Mrs. Shuler's daughter, Mrs. Ger-aldine Ger-aldine Wittwer and family. Mr. and Mrs. Philo C. Wight-man Wight-man have been visiting for a Soldiers Trek To Arctic For Test Frigid' SAN FRANCISCO (U.tt A group of 1,700 soldiers will set a chance to test the ultimate in rigorous climate this winter. Many of them have slogged through the mud of Italy, sweated sweat-ed in the heat of South Pacific jungles or choked in the dust of Africa. They now will be part of the army's Operation Frigid six months in the Arctic. GI's in the operation, most of them regular army and combat veterans, will serve as guinea pigs in an experiment designed to discover dis-cover how good American soldiers sol-diers and equipment are in subzero sub-zero temperatures. Experiments will be made to determine what happens to a soldier sol-dier double-timing (running) at 30 degrees below zero; standing more than two hours in freezing weather; marching more than eight hours in 40 below weather; riding in an open vehicle more than two hours with the mercury down near the bottom. Vehicles, too, will be tested to the limit in the Arctic weather. Three new-type helicopters were part of the equipment carried by the task force when it left San Francisco port of embarkation for its jumping-off base at Anchorage. Anchor-age. Alaska. Other equipment to be tried out in the wintry terrain deep in Alaska include heavy and medium me-dium tanks, self-propelled guns, recoilless weapons, rifles and machine guns, supply trucks with conventional wheels, crawler-type crawler-type tractors, trailers with crawl er heads, weasels and "snow-i mobiles." Carries Heavy Equipment When the men boarded the transport Sea Star, each GI carried car-ried with him five barracks bags full of clothing and personal equipment enough to make wartime war-time selectees, who had only two hefty bags of clothing to contend with, shudder. Each man carried 216 separate items, including polaroid goggles; sunburn preventive cream; anti- chap lipstick; several parkas, felt socks: various types of footgear, including mountain ski boots with rubber cleated soles, service boots, Arctic boots, overshoes, mukluk boots and felt liners; gloves which allow freedom for trigger fingers, and furlined caps. Elks Dedicate Memorial to World War II Veterans , ,:.: '... ; ; --ii leMs.caKW I King Leaves For Athens LONDON, Sept. 27 W.W King George II departed for Athens in a British-piloted plane today to re-occupy the throne of restless rest-less Greece after a five-year stay in England. The twice-exiled Greek Monarch Mon-arch flew back to resume active reign over a country upset by internal in-ternal strife, occupied by British troops and under severe diplomatic diplo-matic fire from its Soviet-supported Balkan neighbors. ine king wiir transfer to a destroyer in a Mediterranean port late today and make a formal entrance into Athens tomorrow. He left a London airport early this morning aboard a chartered Lancastrian transport, civilian model of the giant four-motored Lancaster bomber. His plane will land on Greek soil, and he will board the de- stroyer to spend the night. Every day, one half of the population pop-ulation of the United States rides on one or more of the nation's 69,240 street cars, trackless trolley coaches or gas fuses. GI's CAN FLY FREE Approved Private Commercial Instrument School Phone 555 for information MtOVO FLYING SERVICE L The Impressive limestone and marble Elks National Memorial and Headquarters Building en the shares of Lake Michigan, Chicago, III., which was recently dedicated to the veterans ef World War II. Ceremonies Cere-monies were presided over by Bruce A. Campbell, chairman of the Elks Memorial Commlaaion, with Charles E. Broughton, Grand Exalted Ruler ef the Benevolent and Protective Order ef Elks, welcom ing the XtfiOO Elks from surrounding states and Grand Ledge officers who attended the dedication. U. . Senator Alben W. Berkley of Kentucky, Senate majority loader and member of the Paducah, Ky., Elko Lodge, waa the principal speaker. More than 9,000 Elko aerved In this country's armed forces in World War II. Self-Styled Spy Proves Harmless BOISE. Ida.. Sept. 27 (U.R) A self-styled super spy slipped in and out of Boise last night. But it's all right. He's on our side. Corey Ford, famed novelist and magazine writer, revealed hesi tantly that he is enroute to the Pacific on a special intelligence mission for the army. He is a colonel and is making the trip in a B-25. The author of "Cloak and Dag ger," now in the movies, revealed mat nis latest oook was a story of OSS work. "You see," he said, "I was a super spy during the war, doing air force intelligence work in the Aleutians, England, India . . . Well, I made a clean sweep over just about everywhere." BOB WIGHTMAN DURING THIS PERIOD OF CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF MEATS WE ARE ALLOCATING OUR AVAILABLE AVAIL-ABLE SUPPLIES IN THE FAIREST POSSIBLE MANNER. We have a good stock of Lunch Meats, Fish and Poultry and the best Cheese in town at PAYNE'S MARKET Corner 6th No. and 5th East Phone 1988 Want an. Island? Nobody Else Does "" f.-W A, 7 -.' r mm 1 &:te;'2 i HECPED WAR EFFORT Petrified trees in southern Utah, buried in the cliffs for centuries, helped to win the war. The ancient hearts of these stone trees yielded up to 50 per cent uranium, used on luminous instrument in-strument dials. week in Salt Lake City with relatives. The Second ward Relief Society will hold their opening social October 1 with President Leila Parker in charge. A program and refreshments will provide entertainment enter-tainment and all members are invited. The Park ward Relief Society will hold their first regular meeting meet-ing next Wednesday and the following fol-lowing week a social will be held. It will be in the form of a kitchen shower and everyone is asked to bring articles to be used by the ward in the church kitchen. Z ? W Xfe. r sssta P7 7c:rjm:ct'j?4 Here's a rare photo of Rockali. "about the mist friendless and unfriendly place in the world. One of the world's smallest is- lands, it is claimed by no coun- try, is too forbidding even for birds and is seen only occasionally occasion-ally by ships generally when they meet their doom on its cliff-like coast. About 83 feet -long, rising about 70 feet out of Xthe Atlantic ocean, Rockali lies r-300 miles west of Scotland. Only one expedition has ever Jbeen able to land on it that mf the French Arctic Explorer -Charcot, in 1921. He found not 'even a blade of grass growing Dn the islet's solid rock. (British OJicial photo from NEA I m g: Ocean gT QI) FRANCE 1 -TTZXp WANT IT A SBLUE IT NO EXTRA RINSI NO IXTRA WORK For the whitest washings . . . It's Q u i ck . . . 1 1' s Easy . : . It's the modem way. lust a few drops in the last rinse mak such a difference! fer timtbimg gmid write ... MtS. STEWAirS SVWNS. 0pt. UN, MiMMswUe S, HUmm. I naked in a Jiffy-DoB 1 i T - J MADE WITH conn DDEAO Cliff NOTHiMO TO ADO SUT WATEI - TW mm bk. mkk. h'B my. Am W liu cm BvSUtl UsAt, fcMrty. toU. 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