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Show THE BEAVER PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, STEEi GENEVA Or READY WORKS OPERATION FOR LAKK CITY SALT The stains stet'' corporation the completion of ar- uilKelllflllS with Defense Plata an- - nounccs Reconstruction .onionition subsidiary, for operation during the war of steel iu'w government-owne- d in 1'iah. substantial complet- corporation, a ,l,e he mill Fi-,,- ., is now scheduled of this year. Under ion "f which (or tin1 end the terms of the agreement, these facilities will be operated for the account of Defense Plant corpor- ation Geneva Steel company, organized U. S. Steel subs- liy a newly idiary. No operating fee or other compensation Is to be paid to Geneva 'Steel company or U. S. Stee"l for their services in directing the war of this large time operation All costs incidental to its plant. management and operation will be paid by Defense Plant corporation, and all proceeds from the sale of its products will be for account of Defense Plant Corporation When completed, this will be by far the largest integrated steel mill west of the Mississippi, a plant of the most modern design, whose cost wilr approximate $180.0011,0110. main plant at The site for the Geneva, Utah, and known as Geneva. Works, embraces more than 1,600 acres. These Utah facilities were ordered by the government primarily to provide steel for shipbuilding needs on the Pacific Coast. Geneva Works was designed by U. S. Steel engineers and is being erected for Defense Plant corporation by Columbia Steel company, 1'. S. Steel's Pacific Coast steel U. S. Steel producing- subsidiary. lias made available to the government, without charge, its vast experience and knowledge In the and construction of steel mills of this character. o construction fee is paid to U. S. Steel or to any of its subsidiaries for designing and directing the construction of Geneva Works. It only receives reimbursement for its expense. The greater part of the construction work is being performed tinder subcontracts with outside contractors numbering more than a hundred. The only subsidiary of the U. s. Steel directly perform tag const ruction work is American Bridge company, which has t" taken subcontracts steel and erecting for fabricating certain steel structures. Delays in of sufficiently obtaining priorities high rank to secure r early deliveries of essential items of equipment have retarded completion of Geneva Works and also greatly increased the original estimated cost. Another hindering factor has been a shortage of labor. Despite these obstacles, this large integrated Plant, embracing raw material facllit ifH. coke ovens, blast furnaces and steel making and, finishing equipment, having an annual capacity (if approximately 1,200,-00- 0 tfls of ingots, 700. OuO tons f hoped-fo- Plates and 250,000 tons of structural steel, is nearing completion. This huge plant was created from scratch in the midst of what was an agricultural district less than two years ago. Mr and Mrs. Sevey White and daughter returned to their home Monday, after spend-ln- g ten days with their parents ani in'randparents. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey While. baby Ogden et Thrills in Undersea Jobs New TrAns-Atlant- 3 1943 I Pliaht Record Set ir : it J , 'rr'j IL Excitement of Chase Leads Men to Volunteer for Submarine Duty. AsluBMARIXE.-What submariner' They're all volunteers in jobs generally considered the most m the navy. y,t most o thgem wouldn't trad, fur the peace and contentment of a farm in Iowa Lieut. Comdr. Philip H. Ross skipper of this submarine suggests three reasons: ''Fifty per cent extra pay is a inducement. (All submariners big get it.) "Promotion usually is faster. "There aren't so many restrictions." He omits probably one of the most Important-excitement of the chase and the thrill of hearing your torpedoes explode against the hull of enemy ships. Only the skipper, i 4.4M-- js a looking through his periscope, sees most torpedo hits, but everyone hears the explosions and feels the concussion rock the submarine a little. Ensign E. W. Lake of New Britain, Conn., has been in submarines 15 of his 22 years in the navy. "It just happened (that he got into submersibles), but I wouldn't trade with anyone," he said. "There's nothing like 'em." Spurns Shore Job. He said that after six war patrols the first begun at 6 p. m. Decern-be- r 8, 1941, from Manila bay he was offered a shore job. He with thanks but speed. A shore job might have meant reunion with his wife and daughter, Jeannette, but even that was not enough to induce him up from the depths. Ensign H. A. Montgomery, 24, Newark, Ohio, came to submersibles from of all places airplanes. Until a year ago he was civilian chief of a bomber ground crew at Chanute Field in Illinois. Then he decided to go undersea. Ensign Ray E. Stewart, 24, from St. Petersburg, Fla., graduated from Florida U., then managed a dairy at Norwich, N. Y., before coming Into submarines seven months ago. Other officers on the ship include Lieut. Henry C. Lauerman, 26, of 8133 Maryland avenue, Chicago, gunnery and torpedo officer and first lieutenant; his assistant, Lieut. John M. Barrett, 23, Los Angeles and formerly of Oak Park, 111., and Lieut. Jack J. Hinchey, 24, Omaha, engineer and diving officer. An Exciting Life. All came into submarines because they thought they'd like the life and excitement. No one mentioned the 50 per cent extra pay their skipper gave as a probable lure. Of all the ship's personnel, Lieut. Comdr. O. M. ("Mack") Butler, 29, Washington, D. C, the executive officer and navigator, said he didn't exactly volunteer. "I was on a destroyer one day and my orders came through to go to a submarine school, so I went and here I am. They had said they needed submarine men and I said I was willing, so they picked me." But he's glad he made the change and so is Captain Ross, who has recommended him for a medal and expects him to be commanding a submarine of his own one of these days. Butler, who has a wife and daugh-te- r, Elizabeth, eight months old, in San Diego, found the Aleutians "a pretty nasty place to operate but not too bad. We didn't run into much except a lot of whales. They scare you to death they look like a periscope at night." IS 1$ record for a non-stoflight from MonV treal to Britain was made recently by the bit; transport plane operated Air Lines in the by Canadian Government's new warservice for the time carriage of mall to and from the Dominion's overseas forces. From takeoff at Montreal to landing In Lritain the elapsea time was 12 bums and 26 minutes, the previous b t time for a flight from Montreal to Britain was 12 hours and 61 minutes; today's flight Lieaking that record by 25 minutes. The plane carried twenty-sihundred pounds of mail for members of the overseas forces and three otlkial passengers. Ronald F. (ieorge. operations manager Of Air Lines, acted as captain of the plane with Captain A. Rankin of T.C.A. as r Squadron-LeadeJ. R. Gilmore of the R.C.A.F. as navigator and G Nettleton as radio operator. Prior to his departure from Montreal Captain George stated that while he expected to make good lime they were not out for any record. The flight plans, he said were conservatively made and at no stage of the journey would the aircraft be ''all out". The major considerations were to observe every safety precaution and avoid wear on the aircraft and secure ANEW 44y Trans-Canad- trans-Atlanti- I 'H acii sVuvv rvM L" o I r - , fir? .f . - I JM o non-sto- Trans-Canad- co-pil- -- fuel economy. The purpose of the Canadian Gov BURLINGTON erew are shown after their 12 hour and Members of the 26 minute flight from Montreal to Britain. Above Is shown the plane In which the trip was made. record-breakin- a Tran-Canad- TRAILWAYS BUS DEPOT EMIL'S CAFE , Telephone 42 a KM1L XOWERS, Agent air service ice is not commercial and is carry ernment is to carry mail to and from Ing no tare paying passengers. Tbt Canadian armed forces in the service accommodates all airgrai t British Isles and to carry members mail as well as letters to the armed trans-Atlanti- c of the forces, government officials and technicians engaged in the production of war material. The serv Air Lines forces. Trans-Canadhave surveyed the route and havt been flying it for some time past. a 4 Navy Students Cram to Learn Language of Japs BOULDER, COLO. It takes 1,250 class hours and 250 hours of examinations plus 3.000 hours of study-- all in one year to learn the Japanese language as is taught by the knowledge of sorial ease work and an aptitude for police duties is necessary to do well on the test. Applications must be filed with A nation-wid- e to examination select polu'e-wome- n for the Wash- the United States Civil Service I). C. ington. I). C. police department Commission. Washington 25. was announced on August ! by by August 31. the United States Civil Service Playing an important part in wartime Washington's effort to Commission. Policewomen Young women between the ages curb delinquency. of 25 and 35 who are in good supervise Capitol amusement plachealth are eought. They do not es with special regard to protecneed to have had previous exper- tion of young people, investigate ience or specific education, but a causes of delinquency, take steps Policewomen are Sought For Washington, D. C. IS Using Defeat I). C. a Lonq Distance cal 1 ? Formula to combat them, and perform .genNew eral police work in detection and prevention of crime. U -To Kntranee salary is $2,200 a year and opportunities for promotion are good. Information and application Results Attested by Drop forms may be obtained from the In Submarine Successes. Commission's local secretary at any first or second class post ofSOMEWHERE IN GREAT BRITfice. Room 168, New Customhouse AIN. A formula for defeat of enin Denver, or from the U. S. Civil emy submarines in the Atlantic has Service Commission, Washington, been found and is being applied with ? U. S. navy. Navy language students, studying of Colorado at Boulder, are cramming a three-yea- r course of Japanese in just one year. The course is estimated to be equivalent to 18 years of a standard college language course. Boats success, a high British naval officer revealed. The Battle of the Atlantic recently has taken a most favorable turn for the Allies. .In some periods of several days, no sinkings of Allied ships were reported. On other d?ys there were only single sinkings. "It would be 'jumping to conclusions to claim that the crisis has been averted or the Battle of the Atlantic permanently won," this officer said. "But the record for April and May shows that we now know what it takes to defeat the packs. All we have to do now Is to continue to apply this same formula. Here is the, complete formula for victory in the Battle of the Atlantic: Increased and improved escort craft. Sufficient tactical air strength-esc- ort carriers, plus intensified and extended land-base- d air cover. Excellent use of strategic air strength the bombing of construction yards and base facilities at the source. Improvement of the old stand-by- s of warfare Asdic (listening device) and depth charges. deSecret new vices, already mentioned by Frank Knox, secretary of the navy, and A. V. Alexander, first lord of the British admiralty. Continued victory in the Atlantic depends on whether the units involved continue to receive sufficient amounts of this formula's anti-U-bo- at the University Drawings Tell Bomber Crew They're Interned Pacific Air Squadron No Place for Superstitions CHICO, CALIF. Members of the Black Cat air squadron doing duty in the southern Pacific attribute all their luck to the name which they chose for the squadron, according to Chief Aviation Pilot Kirk Dunwoody, home on vacation. He reports the 1G0 bombing squadron has made missions without having a man hurt been although everal planes have to credit its has The squadron lost. three Japanese ships and several submarines. This Little Shaver Becomes Big Saver - r " ...ntV"' V . " euiuiky Straight Ilou.Lou Wl.ike)r n UiMi m Products G.n..N.Y. The PONCA CITY. OKLA. a presented Williamses E. Roy five. son Daniel, to bank baby Daniel Ray took the lesson to of heart. Mrs. Williams' audit showed she money her grocery was $2 short. Then she happened about that lesson in to think thrift. Daniel Ray's baby bank yielded two $1 bills. STOCKHOLM.- -A series of picture drawings gave seven members of a disabled British bomber crew their flrat hint that they were going to wind up in a Swedish internment camp. When the four Canadians and three Britishers parachuted from their plane after losing their course following the March 27 raid on Berlin they landed in an area where no one spoke English. Fifty Swedish home guardsmen took the fliers into custody. One member of the RAF crew drew a map of Sweden and Norway to learn In which country they had landed. A home guardsman pointed to Sweden. Pleased that he wasn't d In Norway, the flier drew lines showing he wanted to 11 back to England. The home guardsman, however, drew a picture of a barbed wire fence around Sweden to indicate the men would be Interned. They Nazi-occupie- W ELL, many of them are finished in three minute or less. But many of them run longer. If the circuits you want are crowded, the operator will ask you to limit your call to nof more than five minutes. When that happens, we know you will try to be brief or even cancel your call if yo feel vou can. Her request means that other calls are waiting and that the line you want it heavily loaded. Your help will mean better service for everybody, incJdig you elf. f The Mountain States Telephone &TelegrapK . Company BOSTON. The motor vehicle registry will allow driving license applicants to describe themselves as "bald" In the future. Previously, the applicant had to describe the color of his hair whether or not be bad any. |