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Show THE BEAVER PRESS. BEAVEll UTAH Army Strives to Take Some Of the Risks Out of Warfare Taej o lAe Town: This story has never been printed before, we are told. . . . How Vice President Henry Wallace scared his staff during the Chicago convention. He left word that he was not to be awakened until 8 a. m. . . . His secretary rapped on the connecting door and, getting no answer, opened it and looked in. . . . He was alarmed to see two boys asleep in the twin beds. . . . The secretary hastened to spread the alarm. . He finally located the Vice President in the lobby reading a book. . . . Wallace explained. . . . At 3 in the morning two soldiers had knocked on his door while looking for someHe learned they had one else. He insistno accommodations. ed they take his room. . . . Then he dressed, went downstairs, and sat up all night reading. ... ... ... Lieut. Col. James Roosevelt is supposed to have told this to He had just refriends. turned after considerable action In the South Pacific when he was stuck on a coast highway. He started to walk back to his camp. . . . Along came an army truck. . . . Colonel Roosevelt, using the hitch-hiker- 's thumb sign, stopped it. . . . The Sergeant driving it welcomed He didn't rechim for a lift. ognize the President's son and started griping about his luck. . . . "Colonel," he said, "it sure Is tough that two fighting men like us can't get into the Big Show, instead of motoring along a peaceful highway like this." "Yes, it is," said Roosevelt's boy, "but orders Is orders!" "Yeah," said the Sarge, "the trouble with men like us. Colonel, Is that we don't know the right people." ... ... Most of Wall Street has been keeping a watchful eye lately on the Fisher Brothers; who are prominent . . One in the automobile industry. of the Fishers' was motoring through Manhattan's industrial area recently, when a tire on his car blew. . . He stopped near a small factory where he went looking for a phone. He went to several places looking for a booth and was recognized by the owners of small plants in the neighborhood. . . . The eyes of these excited minor tycoons popped as they saw him. . . . "He must," they reasoned, "be inspecting one of the factories!" . . . And that is why the stock of a relatively minor company jumped 2V4 points. . ... The epidemic of suicides Ordnance specialists call it ;'brisance." A layman would call it the shattering power of a detonated explosive. But whatever you call it, it's terrifically dangerous. Con- trolled brisance kills the enemy. Uncontrolled by rules of safety, it kills and maims Americans. To speak of safety methods in connection with the grim business of waging war sounds Incongruous. Yet the army's ordnance department, its ground forces, its air forces and its service forces have piled up an amazing safety record in time of war. For example, look at the score in the nation's three score government owned, contractor operated explosive producing arsenals under supervision of the U. S. army ordnance department. In January, 1941, less than 11 million pounds of powder and explosives were produced in the U. S. Three years later, in January, 1944, we produced more than a quarter of a billion pounds of explosives, and during those three years our tfital production was nearly 6 billion pounds. Incredible as it may appear, in handling the most powerful explosives known to man, some so sensitive they must be transported under water, others so potent that a small amount penetrates five inches of concrete, it is nevertheless a fact that there were only 255 injuries during 1943 throughout all these installations in America Nor is this safety program confined to civilian workers. Our men in uniform have benefited greatly from modern safety methods. No one would describe the job of a soldier on active wartime duty as a "safe" job. Yet. granting that the spldier risks his life constantly in the performance of his duty, the army makes sure that he does not risk it needlessly. Gun tubes, for example, which must resist high pressures yet must ;1 'km (who have been "committing sidewalk") was stopped by a newspaper phoA woman frantically tographer. telephoned a newspaper and said that her girl friend (who lived around the corner from the paper) had just phoned that she was going . . to jump from her window. "Please," she urged, "do something . . The editor asto stop her!" signed a photographer to the scene. . , . Instead of phoning the police, this hard-boilephotogger (thinking only of getting a good picture) talked his way into an apartment across the street and got his big . The would-bcamera ready. . suicide climbed out on the ledge. . . . Just as she was about to jump, he yelled: "Make it good, lady. I gotta make a living! Go ahead!" . . . She was so furious at this "in-- , vasion of her privacy" she climbed back inside and changed her mind about the whole thing. ... . . d . e And you think you have it tough, huh? . . . Along Melody Lane he is rated as a kid with a real future. . . . Before he was drafted into the Army he was the conductor of the New York City Symphony. . . . And so the Brain Trusters in khaki made him a band leader. . . . The last time he was home on leave he was guest conductor of that august group of long hairs when they held their concert at Carnegie Hall. . . . When he returned to camp he was summoned by the CO. and handed the bawling out of his life. . . . Because be failed to make a satisfactory marching arrangement of the waltz: "Carolina Moon." Intimates will tell you that they are beyond hope of reconciliation. They no longer speak to each other or look at each other without glarHe is well known In the ing. theater and so is Bhe. . . . They decided on an eventual divorce about a year ago. . . But because of the exasperating apartment shortage both refuse to move out for each . other. . They are keeping their estranged interlude as much to themselves as possible Just so they can have a place to sleep! ... . were taught how during training courses. Our realistic training methods are actually safety methods. Experience has shown that the average recruit is as frightened by battle noise and battle confusion as he is by bullets. Such a soldier becomes excited, perhaps fires his rifle unkills or intentionally, perhaps wounds his own comrades instead of the enemy. Such a soldier is unsure of himself, nerve' - taunt, Soldiers Taiicht How To Avoid Accidental Injuries in Battle 4 A twisted or broken ankle can dis- able a soldier as effectively as an enemy bullet. American fighting men learn how to jump from a moving vehicle and land without injury. This Is only one of the many tricks taught in army training camps. also be light for easy aiming and transportation, are tested with excess pressure rounds before acceptance to insure their safety in the hands of the troops. Now our projectiles are "bore safe." They cannot explode within the gun. Reflecting this confidence in the safety of their weapons, our men are now regarded as the finest marksmen in the world. Escape Hatches in Tanks. The combat crew inside a battle tank cannot have and do not expect to have absolute safety. But the army sees to it that within the lim- its of normal battle hazards they are protected from unnecessary risks. Tanks are provided with hatches on both the top and bottom surfaces for easy escape, regardless of the position of the tank. New automatic controls reduce driver's fatigue. Seats are cushioned against shock and are provided with safety belts. Padding is placed at many points to avoid dangerous impact shock. Forced ventilation cools the tank Interior in summer heat, and drives off toxic gun gases during combat. Accident prevention, however, in no way impairs the effectiveness of our fighting men, the war depart, ment said. A tough-bodiearmy continues to be our objective. There are fewer sprained ankles, wrenched knees or sprained backs in our field armies of today because safety training programs have taught men how to jump correctly from relatively great heights with rifles and packs. Men lifting various heavy objects in the field do so without injury because they hard-hitting- d The Broadway Express: Col. Elliott Roosevelt will marry into a publishing clan which bitterly opMany casualties used to be caused . . posed his pop's by premature explosions of projecfirst FDR's public appearance 'since tiles. Exacting tests of both guns the welcome home parade) will be and ammunition have practically in Washington within 4 weeks and eliminated this danger. Shells are . not at the Gridirion Dinner. now termed "bore safe," meaning The buzz persists that Steve Early, that will not within FDR's prss chief, will resign after the theytube before explode intended. gun livthe Inaugural to make a decent Antiaircraft guns, like the one James Wechsler, the briling. . liant Washington newspaper man, pictured, fire very shells of comparatively small calipredicted Dewey's electoral vote ber. The gun crews, nevertheless, closer than anyone. feel confident that they win not be injured by their awn weapon. "jumpy." courses battle-taught bow to crawl across rough terrain, through barbed wire, while machine gun bullets whiz above their heads, and TNT charges explode nearby like enemy land mines. Graduates of these safety-in-battcourses are not likely to suffer needless wounds or needless death. They know that in crawling it is vital to keep the head and body down; that a smart soldier crawls under barbed wire, not over it; that a soldier whose weapon is not clean and ready to function when needed is a soldier most likely to become a casualty. Mention the word "doughboy" to most persons, and they think of a man with a rifle and a bayonet. That may have been true in previous wars, but it is not true in this one. Safety training and practice in the army ground forces goes a long way beyond this basic conception of the American foot soldier. Weapon training adds to the soldier's chance of survival by making him versatile with a great many more weapons than his rifle. Among these are hand and rifle grenades, combat knife, automatic pistol, machine pistol, carbine, automatic rifle, three types of machine guns, two types of mortars, flame thrower, bazooka, mines and booby traps, bangalore torpedo and other demolition equipment. Most probably the individual infantryman will never be called upon to use all these weapons in combat, but he may at any time be called upon suddenly in an emergency to use any one of them. The knowledge and facility gained during training increases powerfully the safety factor protecting the uniformed man in battle. In addition the army ground forces protects its men in the field by careful instruction in battle and field sanitation, in personal hygiene, in the safe use of drinking water, and in defense against diseases caused by insects and parasites. Even so small a thing as the common foot blister is not ignored in army safety practice. Fewer Air Corps Accidents. Equally insistent on the highest possible safety standards jn the dangerous business of waging war is the army air forces training command. During the first six months of 1943 a total of 13.4 million military flying hours were logged in continental U. S. During the same period in 1944 the total was 20.1 million. Despite this impressive increase of more than 6,500,000 hours, fatal accidents and death totals were actually reduced. Furthermore, the improvement is continuing. In July, 1944, the accident rate for training type planes was the lowest yet recorded. During July in the continental U. S. trainees in undergraduate pilots' schools logged an amazing total of 17's, 18's and flying time in 27's, with only one fatal accident! Graduate pilots operating combat type airplanes in transition schools and in the replacement training units established safety records, too. Pilots in Flying Fortresses e low in crack-ups- . achieved an Also in July, 1944, there were only two fatal accidents in the highspeed Billy Mitchells. This is not the safety record of a commercial airline, or even a commercial truck fleet, but the safety experience of a giant air force engaged in global war. The motto of the army has never been "Safety First." In army parlance safety is knowledge. Army airmen achieve safety because they On green infiltration ariysoldiers are le PT-13'- s, -- -- Photo-Cel- Enables l Blind to Operate Machinery Safely de- Important new mechanical vices to simplify life for returning servicemen who have lost their sight and for the upwards of 200,000 civilian blind in the United States are announced by the American Foundation for the Blind. Chief of these devices, in view of its wide application to the emnew ployment of blind people, is a c versatile use for the cey. The foundation has adapted the "electric eye" principle to make completely safe the operation by blind people of electric sewing machines in workshops and in their homes. In practice this device puts a safety curtain of light around the rapidly plunging needle. The moment the fingers of the blind operator reach dangerously near the needle's point and come within the light circle, the machine stops in a split second. Another useful invention which will aid sightless people in business is called the "bill detector." This gadget also utilizes the "electric eye" principle and was first thought of by a sightless Canadian, George A. photo-electri- The "magic eye," a cell, stops ttfe needle of the power sewing machine as soon as the operator's fingers come within the circle of light. With this attachment blind persons may safely use many kinds of machines. photo-electr- ic Lafleur of Overbrook, Ontario. In this contrivance a beam of light scans the numerals of paper currency and the number of times the light is reflected from the bill is indicated by a buzzing noise. The number of audible sounds indicates the denomination of the bill. Already in limited use by sightless workers is the "audio-scale.- " This enables them to weigh certain objects by sound rather than by touch. Here a flashing light is regisc tered by a cell. If the scale registers overweight, the sightless operator hears a sound of high pitch; if underweight, a sound of low pitch; and if in balance, no sound at all. This idea, too, first came to a blind person, Mrs. Evelyn Watson of Buffalo. In war plants this audio-scal- e has such uses as weighing out specific amounts of powder for fuses, mica for radio mechanisms, and uniform buttons. photo-electri- Winter Driving Hazards Can Be Reduced by Taking A Few Simple Precautions The following practices, based on National Safety council research, are recommended by the Safe Winter Driving committee to all who must drive this winter: 1. Fill your car to comfortable capacity and go prepared to get through, regardless of snow or Ice. 2. Reduce your speed to conform to the conditions of the road and. take no chances. 3. Use tire chains on ice and snow to reduce braking distances as much as 40 or 50 per cent. Chains also provide necessary "go" traction, and uniformity in performance under severe winter road conditions. 4. Follow other vehicles at a safe distance. It takes from 3 to 11 know. times as long to stop without ami. Typical is the procedure for skid chains when pavements are forced landings in water, which in- snowy or Icy. cludes how to swim through fire, 5. Apply brakes on slippery pavehow to handle rubber boats and ments lightly and with a pumping parachutes, defense against sharks, action. If yoo Jam on the brakes, precautions to take against wind, they may lock and throw your r weather and the hundreds of haz- Into a dangerous skid. Try to avoid ards that confront men adrift in need for making a quick stop in open water. Airmen know how to front of another vehicle. A rer-en- d take every conceivable precaution colllson may cripple your car in case of Jungle landings, or any for the duration. other Upe of landing which may 6. Keep windshield and windows lead to danger or difficulty. clear of snow and Ice outside, and In w:.r great hazards cannot be fog and frost inside. Remember, avoided, but trained and disciplined you must see danger to avoid It. men with a knowledge of those haz7. Keep posted on winter road and to avoid weather conditions. A safe driver ards, and the "know-how- " Is or to overcome some of them, have always aware of his limitations and developed one of the greatest or- equipped to get through safely and ganized safety programs of all time. on time. Re a good defensive driver. B-1- 7 all-tim- 5 J " . d - A tfriFSiiiiMii Washington, D. C. CABINET CLEAN-OUT- ? WASHINGTON. Those around the White House say that this time the President really means business when it comes to cleaning out his Cabinet Of course, this word has been passed out so often that some intimates are keeping their fingers crossed. However, it is a fact that Roosevelt is now faced with some situations he cannot escape, other situations which have made him sore. In the former category is Cordell Hull's health. In the latter category is Jesse Jones. As a result, various names have been put in the White House Cabinet hopper and are being examined carefully. Here are some of the names which may feature in the new cabinet. Secretary of Commerce Marrin-e-r Eccles, now chairman of the Federal Reserve Board; or Leon Henderson; or Chester Bowles, now OPA administrator; or Beardsley Ruml, author of the Ruml tax plan and considered a liberal man. Secretary of Labor Dan Tobin, head of the teamsters' union; or John Winant, now Ambassador to London and former head of the International Labor Office. Winant, however, would prefer to be Secretary of State, fobin, if appointed, is about the only AFL leader who would be acceptable to the CIO. Postmaster General Robert Frank Walker, now Postmaster General, believes that the chairman national Democratic should also be Postmaster and, being a retiring person anyway, Walker is ready to step out. Secretary of Agriculture Roosevelt is hoping to persuade Henry Wallace to take ihis job again. If not, Wallace will be offered the ambassadorship to Moscow, considered vitally important, or chairmanship of the international food organization. Roosevelt feels that it would be difficult politically to make Wallace Secretary of State because of opposition from Hull and Senate reactionaries. Secretary of State Jimmy Byrnes or Ambassador Winant. Appointment of Byrnes would smooth things down for Hull, who isn't anxious to resign even though in the hospital. Hull would kick like a mule if Sumner Welles or Wallace were to succeed him. Byrnes also gets along well with Senate Foreign Relations chairman Tom Connally and other reactionaries. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes. Attorney General Francis Biddle. Roosevelt will not accept either Biddle's or Ickes' resignation. They were his top campaign speakers. NOTE After FDR defeated Will-ki- e in 1940, Miss Perkins submitted her resignation. Her letter has been in the White House files since January 15, 1941. The President never acted on it. Han-nega- -- in J -- is. , 'V ship-build- er q miMt lim anu a suffer from mm uii An mm i KntPflpM H you Arthritis, r Sciatica, Lumbago or any fori JPM matism ask your druggist vr1 booklet on NUE-OVor writt fiivH Ova. lae.. 41 8. Won. t. YOUR FREE COPY. Successfully used tor over 19 ytJ(J tOT SNAPPY FACTS ABOOt RUBBER Add ordinary cow's milk to fa poisiblo sources for rubber. Chei. Ists, it recently was announced, hav developed a product from aitk which has the characteristics of natural rubber. When the rubber tapper goes Info the) South American foresh to work, he requires about 100 Hem of equipment and some 40 different Items of food. 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RESHI'FFI.E Secretary of the Navy Forrestal finally has devised a plan to elevate his old Wall Street friend. Struve Hensel. to the job of Assistant Secretary of the Navy lie has been wanting to do it for a lonq time, but there were too many WhII Strcsters running the Navy to add any more. Here is the new solution. Vou can write it down as definite that able John Sullivan, now Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, will become Undersecretary of the N;.vv around January 1. A New Hampshire Democrat and no banker. Suiliv;in will replace Republican banker Ralph Bard, who came out publicly for With banker Bard out of Dewey. the picture as Undersecretary of the Navy. Forrestal figures he can then bring in banker Hensel as Secretary Hensel already is chief of the Navy procurement il division but wants a handle leg to his name. . DIPLOMATIC CHAFF L They have worn no uniform since . .a..Ktin appeared as Ambassador to France in ordinary clothes, refused to don court dress and was the sensation of the court. Franklin argued that French he resented a nation of rebellious rep farmand fr""""smen wh; believed more in than In kingly folderol democracy C Since then u. S. ambassadors Plain evening clothe. ha,ve 8luck Brav.triH 'f rums ana7 cutawav to the afternoon. f f?i hum t ). KAISER'S MERCHANT FLEE! Demon Henry Kaiser thinks he has found an answer to the burning question of how he can use some of the great fleet of merchant ships he has built, and still keep on building more after the war. Kaiser plans to enter competition with the West Coast shipping lines, set up his own shipping business, try to emphasize smart salesmanship, cheap freight rates, mass orders. 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