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Show IWKOWAN TIMKS. 1. ROWAN. Five New Members Are Elected To Champion Farmers Association H(WFLYi AIRPLANE j. imvii:N I dun isy v. wst I., IX t Five members have been admitted to agriculture s RV'i-- t'-Iumvi orffiiiniition, the- Champion Farmers Association (f ein e a K pre sc ntinj; all sections, and phase s of farming, they pi" a living example that farming in America can be profitable at. bur, oitd. The ir names will .stand high on the roll of upricultin.d fume, men of me rit whose achu em rits w in ui.u rsal admiratu n. c r-- - 1 IT AH feu Captain BesuiaJul h 1 i: BASIC FLIGHT INSTRUCTION c 'i (. ow rs ore William F. licnk. Sun Prairie. Wis ; J I) Me-fiiMorgan. Ga ; 'll umas J Pearv sall, Hmkv Mount, N C , and William Gt bring. Honsse bur, I rul (Pd Note No induce-ir.- i nt f roved sulTie lent to Farmer Hi.!, In secure his consent to pose fur n In Digraph ) Tie nnn.inatinns fur this award are made bv farm leaders and elect-ity C F A s nit rr.her.ship c,f authorit.es the aw.aids are T! - men c e, eam-ci.isli- UIIIAM F. III..NK . . . With the K help of three Mins he produced his food from rarhuds of farm at Sun Irairie, Mis. Farm-e- r Krnk, former Wisconsin com inlssioncr of agneulturr, with tii able assistance of his sons, Mil bur. Waller and Robert, lat ear gold more than 1.000.000 pounds of beef, pork and lamb in addition to 25, 000 bushels of In bud seed corn and 10,000 bushels of ictoria oats and a carload of ugii-cultur- Hjll-arr- e i ei. tel l.y Firestone, wlmh in t! e founding tif the ass' i i.itimi in 1937 (aim ra shy William Gi bring, who wouldn't hate Ins piituie taken, won lus place bv helping greatlv to bring the rn li mm k lands of nurthi rn Indiana into heavy production through the applli aten of plop-e- r pi i co-np- -- rated crop diver-iughly mechanized farming On his farm at Iiensse-l.nr- , Ind , bis pioduilion of mint, of which la- sold mole than $."011 OOli worth hot yi.ir, has pnncn the linatic lal mssihihtli s of this crop He aNo glows potatoes, sweat ci rn, and onions ori Ins farm of 4,000 acres Prior to 19 11 iu- - woi kid in a facWithout farm c i nonce he tory went to the mm k lands to overcome their production problems and sit an example to cithers. wool. lu feit.hcr, intuition, atom A s and Veteran Farmer. William Renk is a veteran farmer who has consistently followed a progressive poluv. Hi emphasizes ef lieu nc y in every phase of farming, , with the aid of thiec his sons Thev are pioneers in archtype ennsti uc tion of falm buildings, and their machine shop is a cted.t to their ability Seven tractors, hay slides and their ability to produce quality seed corn hybrid marks them ns real progressive farmers. .The Henks have developed a direct sales demand for their hybrid sied. J. D. McGee started in 1928 on a small farm purchased with borrowed capital. Last year his peanut crop was worth $40,000 Soil conservation plays an important part on his farm, as they must on any to the ta-- k With a will. War is over, tit though world raids food - rue at', griir-- , ve I'et.ihh s and flU.t. Bat v n low we all have t! e feehrg that tl i "champs' dow n on the farms f America will sop that few ei pie Si If A. ti starve. Georgia Hoy Rose From Rack Private To -- Star General WASHINGTON -- He wax horn in Perry. CLi , in 1887, wl ere his father pubbsi til the Houston Home Jour-r.As a hi y he woiked nroun i r mw'-p.qxhint hut was more the int rented in the Perry Rifles, ri local guard unit Having heard h s ariiits s i ak (if former menders of tie Hodgi s family as Cor federate .soldi! rs in t! i Civil war. I e was to in i oire a soldier He i nti n d W st Point in 1904 hut ix cause of trouble with mathemnt-- i s hfl the United States Military ue.idemy ami enlisted in the army as an ii fan try private. In 1909 he received his commission as a second lieutenant, simultaneously with the commissioning of his former West Instead of spendPoint classmates ing three years at the Point, he became an ofheer after service at Various infantry installations. Il:s early army career included service d diti-rmua- LESSON NUMBER SIX Robinson That's it word for word. But well do one then you can be sure you know just how it's done, . . . First, we've got to get the plane round sideways to the wind. There we arel Now Ill take her off and you watch the controls. . . . Here we go! She's off the (round now we rignt bank and rudder a little for a gradual turn. Ti en wa go round and into the wind. Put the stick over to the side to counteract the bank and when the rudder Is neutralized, pull the stick back a little. And there we arel That wasn't hard, was it? il hoi eaty mouth for you. Hank A Bui you hat a to hair a krrn uni r of fudg-mI and frrl of iht tontroli to turn that kuul of truk. Robinson Ves that's true. But you seem to have that, and youre getting better all the time. In no time at all youll be able to do all these tilings without even thinking Itll come so naturally it will be almost automatic. Thats what makes a crack pilot. Now do you want to take-off- ? do another cross-win- - - d Cettifif dow to ipifftl $,.ftri-- ft ka ot ttry qalck alUttaU will Le just as If the hi4 failed and we were force':g.re to lied j But I wont cut the svwuh. . . , n0 I pull the throttle back and Pcv a convenient spot to lar.l. WtgU All Hank, youve Robinson right, landing Im spiraling down Ill Le seen me do a cross-winbe able to for the wind direction, so tint when should You three times. make it, so take over. Tell you what Im close to the ground Ill know in you take off cross wind to the right what direction Ill have to start land, Of course, Hark, if ef you, then fly with the wind and ing. land cross wind to what will then were flying cross country, youd il. ways be on the lookout for a landitz be your left. Get the idea? wutch and pouj le more while you do it os well can bet I'll tl.cn you os I can. a d ... spot ahead just an extra because you never can tel Robinson You can do it. All right about engines. . . . They pull the to. let her go. Dont give her the gas expected. May start missirg any too quickly. Thats the idea now time, and when they do joud start looking for a s; t to set we're about to leave the ground. Dtn't get excited. . . . Bank to the her down. And remember Ive a, right don't put her too much on the ready told you its better to lard side. Good you handled the rudder wlth the engine doing a little work and bank just right that time. Now than none at all. . . . Movement climb, but not too steeply. . . . of clouds and smoke from chimneys That's good. Now when you get a are the best guides for wind direlittle more altitude, bank to the left ction. Ripples of water, too, are Sure I get the Hank idta-an- I hope d precau-tio- I can do it. bet-te- and fly with the wind until you get about the middle of the field. Now bank so you will head across the field. Pull back the throttle and put her nose down. Now bank a little good. am ro4 to tm of I. J. McGF.E . . . This champion outstanding example of a 9 turn frr Unf!rf to t lade Keej !i tscresjv headed tnU I y an 'J Does not believe in putting all of his eggs in one basket. farm that succeeds I tor of the Georgia I f ,. ! !? I U IM h .... THOMAS J. FEARS LL Rocky Mount, N. C., is proud of Manager Pearsall of the 31. C. Braswell Company Farms. lie has the job of operating a farm of 22,000 acres and supervising the work of 1,100 men, women and children who live and work on the farm. Cotton, tobacco, corn, iespedeza, hogs, beef and dairy cattle as well as small grains are produced by Tom Pearsall and his family of 1,100. WILLIAM RICHARDS . . . Bill gave up a successful career as a chemical engineer and racing car driver to purchase a Cape Cod dairy farm in 1941 at Forestdale, Mass., and converted it into a truck garden. Born and raised in Boston, he decided to become a vegetable producer after suffer- ing a serious track accident. s Known as Farms, his 640 acres include 125 acres of broccoli. Like most scientists, he leaves nothing to chance. Irrigation, cold frames and modern mechanized methods are utilized Veg-Acre- by is a direca Peanut Growers association, and an authority on the economic problems of the industry. Congress has heard with interest his facts and figures on peanut production and possibilities. Speed Richards they call William Richards. This not only applies to his farm operations but to his former record as a racing car driver. He started out by leasing a tract near Providence, R I Later Richards purchased his present farm from earnings from the leased tract tenant farming may pay well. He launched an extensive and costly fertilizing program essential for this type of farming. A major innovation was a large irrigation system drawing on a lake as a water source. In Many Organizations. Speed Richards takes an active He is part in farm organizations. a member of the governor's advisory council on agriculture, the Boston Market Garden association, Town Finance committee, Extension Vegetable committee and Farm Bureau. At 38 he has three daughters, one son and a modern successful highly mechanized farm. Thomas J. Pearsall believes in plantation policies progressive which have atti acted national atHe is not a farm owner, tention but he manages the famous Bias-we- ll faims at Rocky Mount, N C., containing 22,000 acres Starting 10 years ago, he was consideied 'revbecause he was a olutionary, strong supporter of education aiming his Negro tenants and sharecroppers. The result labor turnover greatly reduced and crop yields inHe installed mechanical creased and technical innovations, such as A terracing and strip cropping state representative and president of the Agricultural Foundation, Inc., he is now raising two million dollars for the farm research program at North Carolina State college. Tom has a wife and two sons to aid him. It is particularly noticeable that the section of the United States in which a farmer lives has li tie to do with his ability to be a "champion. These five farmers come from New England, the M'ssissippi valley, the North and the South The American faimer can do his job in any state, or climate, when he ets him- - s JV lie Floruhi-Alobnm- Racer Richards. - ' ' ' t 'i Hank t 1945, rebey. turned as a man ,nd went back tu school Hw's be gett.rg along? "Fire," savs W C. T'ljelman, di'ectcr of veterans offi. rs at Co .oi ado umvtr.-it-v An1, v th few d no special fa- exceptions, they vors because they vet re war vetju-- t u-- erans. There have been vets on tbe C. U. campus since July, 1944, but the re ti.e Fir real chance to study them ac' levements During the p..t teim, 838 veterans register!' hr emit under the G I B li of R g' ts .a d only 52 dropped iut at t: e end of the term, Torpehi an s.i J Ti.e re asms given, ty many cf the 52 were ulr ess, pm r academ.c progress, nervousness and fa.lure to adjust. Some, l.o a ever, dropped out -t ' but as I said get th a idea now. yy .., Now you take the coand Ill take you to a place youve never seen before. See that road over to your left? ntrols : s h : Hank Hank Yeah but left ether tide of the field try it from the a left hand crost-win- d take-of- Robinson Thats a good idea. Ill do it and then you can have a try. We'll have to taxi to the other side of the field. Now Ill turn her 'round ' and well do the same thing, only In reverse. And whenever you can, Hank, practice on the cross-win- d take-off- s and landings both left and All right here we go! right. Were off the ground; left stick and left rudder. Now 'round slowly' and Into the wind. Push the stick to the Aaiaa'iiiti rmi irnineiifc imii 0 fi right neutralize the rudder and GEN. COURTNEY 11. HODGES right the plane now stick to the neutral, then back, and climb. See with General Pershings Mexican how it goes? Punitive expedition and the 6th Inflank Yeah Inokt to me oj eay as the fantry regiment of the 5th division in ether uay. France, Luxembourg and Germany Robinson It is, but you have to in World War I. get the feel of the controls so that it He was appointed commandant of won't seem strange to you. And the infantry school at Fort Ben-nin- youll get the swing of it all right. Ga , in 1940. He became chief . . . Now well set her down and of infantry in Washington, was made you can make a take-of- f from the chief of the ground forces replace- right. Taxi over to the hangars ment and school command when the again. That's it. Now turn and see army was reorganized into ground, If the ground will be clear ahead of air and service forces, and later you. Okay. Give her the gas slowly became commanding general of the and push the throttle on full. Thats X army corps. He was assigned to It dont pull her off the ground. command the Third army, Fort Now were off but dont bank her Sam Houston, Texas, m February, too quickly. Now over slowly. Give 1943, and served in this capacity unher the rudder not too much. Fine. til March, 1944, when he was as- Put the stick to the other side. Now signed to the First army in the Eu- rudder neutral, stick neutral and back a little. Good! Now climb! ropean theater of operations. Assistant to Gen. Omar N. Brad- Got to hand it to you, Hank you ley when the First army took part did that like an Hank Thanks a lot , Bill do seem to in the invasion of Normandy, capture of Chnbourg, and the break- 6e netting it. Robinson And how! When we get through at St. Lo, Hodges assumed a little higher Ill take over the confull command in August, 1944. He trols and show you how to land paved the way for the Third armys cross wind. and his famous Firsts spectacular flank Seems to me this is my big day lunges across France, was the first to go places. into Paris, first into Germany, first Robinson Maybe it seems that army commander since Napoleon to way, but theyve all been big days, cross the Rhine river in battle, first Hank, because its been a step at a to enter and clear out the Hurtgen time; and unless you know what forest in the cold winter months, Ive been trying to teach you from and first to meet the Russians. to day you wouldnt have the lay Among his higher decorations are faintest idea what to do now, even the Distinguished Service Cross and when told. All right now were the Silver Star from the first war high enough and 1U take over. and the Distinguished Service MedHank Heyl If hat happened? al and an Oak Leaf Cluster for servRobinson Nothing happened I ices in the current conflict. lust did a little stall an Immel-man- n General Hodges presently comturn. My word, but did mands the First army with head- get scared you're positivelyyougreen at C. Fort N. around the gills. Bragg, quarters From private to four-sta- r Hank Scared? Everything in me turned general is a route any soldier would like to t er. travel and Courtney Hicks Hodges Robinson So what. We all go is one who did And in future years through that once in a lifetime you some of America's highest ranking now. Now were to land officers will come from the ranks, cross wind. First, offgoing goes the gas from among men who made the and down goes the nose. The wind Is on our left We have to put her army a career. down a little faster than if we were land.ng into the wind, to counteract wind force, just as we did in our take-of- f . . . Now we level out. put in the army, transfer to an less left bark and left to rudder into another school or take a job. Toep-eln.a- n the wind Down we go Now hack said a few married veterans tv the Neu-trrig t with the st ck left school before registering for ze the rudder and flatten out the November term because they H re we are, landed on r!l t ree ccu'dnt f nd suBol e t'ouMng p .nts didn't rcll as much as ten The problem of adjustment Toep-elma- n feit. Just as it a.voula be f m a persaid 55 vets solved that by fect cross-wir- d D I landin' ou or courses refresi without w.itoh taking the contrc!s wbi e Gil it cred.t dur.ng the November term Hank u'Qtchrd ex fr n mmp and and then reg storing for credit dur-tr- g think I ha9 the idea prett rhmth Robinson That's good but I'll do tbe present term. ... ft to the left. Thats good.. Put her nose farther down and get more speed. Pull the stick back a little. . . . Now bank her to the left and rudder into the wind. Fine! Watch her nose! Put the stick a little to the right and neutralize your rudder. Good! Now level out back with the stick a little and set her down! Hank Cosh, that uas a rotten landing 1 Robinson Yeah was kind of bumpy, but youll get over that. All these things take practice, and some a g, r. ... Returned Veterans Are Good University Students BOULDER. COLO - He went cent! ctneluJed NosenLir, to war a He term offered away I know Robinson ; ! land before, I did that purposely so as to have the whole field to level out In. If I hadnt done that I would have glided so far over the field that I wouldnt have been able to stop when I reached the other side. . -- going to but you barely miuti Hank Yeah that fence! Robinson self-feeder- farmer who went heaxily in debt In order to succeed, lie now operates 2,300 acres of land at Morgan, Ga. McGees major cash crop is peanuts, but he behex es In and practices a modern system of versatile farming raising hogs, Hereford cattle, as well as producing oats, corn and cotton. Im Off goes super-helpers- Is an Now the gas. Down goes the nose in a spiral. See how pertly I glide her? Thats so well come down slowly, and while Im spirahrg Ill be looking for the best approach to the landing spot. . . . Now were down to a thousand feet, and instead of spiraling. Ill do S" turns, but a little back of the field so as to get the benefit of the field to land in. Here we are out of the S turns, just over the fence and we level out and land. to 9 (urn pror . . . r a' Un SIDE SLIP Used for quick loss of altitude Arrows indicate flight path of es. i Ves. Robinson Follow that road until I tell you to stop. Okay this Is good. Now let me take over. Im going to do a forced landing from here. Watch the controls. I think youll understand what Im trying to do while we go down. See that small field in front of us? Hank It's small all right. Robinson Yes, but were going to land right there. Lets see. Winds from the south well have to sideslip to get onto that small trad Back goes the throttle over goes the stick to the left, and a little right rudder. Now were losing altitude fast. Over to the other side with the stick. Now neutralize rudder and stick. Put the nose down and here we are, landed safe and sound. See how easy that was? Hank Easy enough for you! Robinson Easy for anybody who knows his stuff, Hank. Its all in the Now turn her know how. round and take off. Im going to let you try, but not from here. Go over to the same place from which I started. All right, this is about it. Now you take over just as if I werent in the plane. But if you feel a sudden jerk on the coof them take longer to get than oth- ntrols, turn loose itll mean Ive takers. But youre making great prog- en over. All right back with ress, so dont let a bumpy landing get the throttle, left bank and right rudyou down. . . . Try that same thing der. Thats good. Watch her! Now a couple of times more I wont over to the other side with the stick. touch the controls. Get going! That Put your rudder in neutral. Thats was splendid, Hank, youre Fine! going it! Now, down with the nose. strong. When youre doing solo Youre going great did that as well flights, keep trying that kind of land- as I could. . . . Lets have another ing cant ever be sure you know all try. Take her up and round to our the tricks. . . . Thats all for today, left. This is high Now climb. but tomorrow Pm going to give you enough bank round again and land It a workout on real forced landings, her. Not too fast, Hank take and then youll know why its a great idea to keep in practice. Well, wed better take to cover itll be raining a deluge in no time now. Dont taxi too fast, and pull that stick back against your chest as I told you. All right, now switch off your engine and climb out. Say did you turn off the gas? ... Hank Gee, I forgot! Robinson Dont start Hank get these things soforgetting, into your memory that theyll be mechanical, so youll do them without thinking! I know that was the first time, but see to it that there isn't a second time its when you forget what youve been taught that things happen. Most air accidents are not the fault of the plane, but the result of somebody's being forgetful or neglectful. Hunk uont forget. Bill. No, I dont think easy. Keep cool and deliberate Youve got the makings ofyoua always keep your head. All rig crack pilot. Hank and crack pilots here we are, landed once more. Bu tune. don't forget you bumped a good deal that Robinson will Robinson Well, Hank, today you re going to find out about forced landings, and then youll know the rea. n v, K U)U mut treat eeery landi-'- g as if tie engine had failed and you ,vre to land corpe!ed Rea . y Hunk- - Binds and lulling to go' R i in a " i t, t Yr X v r'-- .Je rflf t I,f ts cho b Geodtolerff 1 ! L' ti.e Co ' rols eh what I do and bston D at I tell you First e v r pirk a strange field on which go 1,0 to four tl OusoprJ T fyU Brd shut nf the Ha! are. y c - v , 'A at r- be-for- 1 1 engine. That know got a little nervous. Robinson We all do at first, bu we get over it. Now lets get bac to the flying field and when you come in make a landing as if it were forced landing. But dont sideslip her make an S landing. G ' Now taxi in and Ill get out, an H you do a little more solo work. ni want to? Hank Hunk -- Sure. Robinson Just practice fic and landings on the But dont stay up too long nnc' recareful. Keep your head and Id. tt member what you've been |