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Show "BJULY HERALD W-' ' - ' , - i : ... . . - ' Friday, April 21, 1949 Startling Advances In Air Arms To Bo Unvciled--Martm BALTIMORE U.R Glenn L. Martin held back the details, hut the pioneer airman'! annual report re-port to his stockholders mad It v el tar that breath-Ukinf advance In rlal armament are forthcom ing ai xn warun pum. "Some of the mott advanced jet-powered developments and moat significant ; applications of high-speed aircraft design are talrlna nln In Martin Hraftinff . rooms and experimental assembly assem-bly shops," said the 63-year-old flier-deslgnermanyfacturer' These projects, he said, include creation of an air-force bomber "involving -revolutionary design principles. ' . lartin already has produced a sixMet bomber, the XB-48, which he said was the first of its type to fly, ancNais Martin Mauler is hailed hail-ed as the largest and roost powerful power-ful attack plane to qualify for aircraft air-craft carrier service. The Mauler carries four 2oNmm. cannon and a 9.D00-tound load, of rockets, torpedoes and bombs. , In the field of ram-jt-powered pilotless aircraft. Martirbsaid, the . company is : working on a still-secret still-secret project "whieh is expected to provide the air force' with an important step forward In missiles vital to national defense." Altitude Record Sought Martin's report also disclosed that the armed forces soon will make the first tests of the Martin Viking rocket and will .try to set a new rocket altitude -record of 200 miles. The Viking rocket was . designed for the navy. ' "Martin) revealed developments in two other phases of aero-nautics-He said the company is working on a "radically new electronic elec-tronic gun turret which maintains our history of leadership in that -field." He also said Martin chemists chem-ists have developed a permanent flameproof compound for airplane air-plane interiors. 'Tew people appreciate the six-able six-able . percentage of present-day aeronautical research activity which if being invested in special weapons pilotless aircraft, guided, guid-ed, missiles, rocketry, electronic devices, servo-mechanisms," Mar tin said. "Because of military restric tions, few of these projects can be discussed publicly. But I can state that they include many startling developments.? . Out and In : I l v 0 . , r ' pork . i I r- -JYt i -1 rmnftonittO'' 41 II N II TV . . . W XI CI 1 x 0 .--f HHMA stnrkist Mc 1337 Premier Themistocles Sophoulis, above, 90, resigned in Athens, but King Paul promptly asked him to form a hew government It was Sophoulis' fourth resignation resig-nation since his coalition gov ernment was formed in September, Sep-tember, 1947'. Boulder -Achieves Fame As Monument FITCHBURG, Mass. U.R) One of the strangest, monuments in New . England was created and dedicated to the power of nature. The monument, a 110-ton granite gran-ite boulder perched atop Fitch-burg's Fitch-burg's Rollstone Hill, bears a bronze, plaque reading; "This boulder, carried by the last glacier from Mount Monad-nock, Monad-nock, N. H., to the summit of a hill whose name commemorates it, was for centuries a landmark to Indians and settlers. -"Threatened with destruction by quarrying operations, it was saved by popular subscription and reassembled here, 1929-1930." State Solon Wants Old Spittoons Back SPRINGFIELD. 111. (U.R) A cigar-chewing Democrat from Chicago wants Illinois to return to the old days of a spittoon in every Iroom. j State Senator Roland Libonati has introduced a bill in the legislature legis-lature making it unlawful not to have cuspidors In every room of every public building. Libonati said spittoons promote pro-mote public health and make his bill a public health measure. Oklahoma Indians Pow-Wow On Air NORMANf .Okla. (U.R) There are still no white men in Okla. homa, as far as one radio pro-' gram over. University of Okla homa station WNAD is concerned. The program, called "Indians I for Indians, was started here icrht viri asn Tt has inr H. II come one of WNAD s most popu lar features. iirLt.il i : i Ati . xjvu nnisurr, principal inici ui j the sac and rox tribe, is originat or, producer, director and master of ceremonies of the program pre sented solely for the benefit of UKianoma tribesmen. Whistler estimates 3.000 In dians, representing every tribe in Oklahoma, have appeared on the program series. Whistler says white - men are completely ignored as program material. "We try to avoid white man son and sneeches and each week feature tribaf music amL news-of interest to Indians," he said. Police Station Out Of Gif t Horses NEWt YORK (U.R) Police Commissioner Com-missioner William- P. O'Brien wants childrento stop writing him for horses. The commissioner explained that Michael Hewitt, 11, made a plea for a retired police horse on March 11. Michael received his horse and the word gotNout. 'Since then we've received 1100 requests from alLovex-the nation," O'Brien said. "But we don't . have any. more horses to give away." Gallows Abandoned In West Virginia MOUNDSVILLE. W. Vs. (U.R) i West.Virginiais abajadoning the gallows and turning to the electric chair to carry out its Capital punishment penalties. A new law was - enacted that will discard the present half-cen tury-old death penalty system ; after May 20, when two murder ers condemned to die before the change was approved will be hanged. Eighty-six persons have been executed on the state penitentiary scaffold since Oct. 10, 1889. after, the legislature made that the legal site for enforcing death i sentences. Prior to that, hans- ings were performed by sheriffs j in the counties where capital: crimes were committed. On two occasions in the orison gallows' history, three persons were Hanged the same day. GAS TAXES Ann T7P AKRON. O. (U.R) The averasr .( uing iu ex J. x- VWJ- i :rich survey, has to spend 27 per m more ior siaie ana ieaerai gas taxes than he does for the; 1.6 tires and tuhrc h- will u'r out covering his 10,000 miles per; vear. With the rnmhineri fat anH federal taxes ranging from 3 to io Vt cents a' gallon, the average motorist in 1949 will nut mil $3835 in taxes on 667 gallons oi gas wnne spending 930.10 for i replacement tires and tubes, the' report saia. WATCH FOR , U. S. TIRE SUPPLY Provo, Utah BIG CLEARANCE SALE IN MONDAY'S HERALD vV MIDI IUU QUOTA IIIU. il0l fUii 0(Q V Want Aneriy quota e S , (Mldren know first ejuoltty mNk whon they taste k . . . mnd V Ardn Fun Quote) Milk Is not only tops (n taste, It's also o cr tupr-rkh, suaor-eroemv. wr Mourishinfl. 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