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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER Performance of U. S. Fighting rJoflins yoar famil Planes Best in World, Thanks to Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Springtime in Manhattan Streets coated with glistening rain with while puddles are polka-dotte- d raindrops . . . Baseball gab invading war dialogues . . . The notes o t warbling birds giving happiness a sound track . . . Islands of defeat scattered around town where sunshine only magnifies A gray-eye- d its poverty sky clearing the thunder in its throat and lightning displaying it3 . . . Playful breezes juggling the ancient weathervane atop St Pauls Cathedral . . . The shy rustle of balmy winds caressing faces with invisible baby fingers. ... white-fange- d The Hudson River cobwebbed with streaks of gleaming sunlight . . . Shop windows glowing with Spring finery composing visual poetry of vivid hues . . . Sunrise lighting a fiery dawn on the stub of a warm night . . . Brisk winds brushing the last few dead leaves from trees as nature weaves its annual green gown around them . . . Relaxed humans anchored to park benches allowing contentment to find a home in their spirits A soldier strolling with his girl . . . Workers eagerly sipping lungs full of antiseptic air before plunging into subway dungeons . . . The everlasting beauty of twilight balanced on the fingertips of a departing day. ... Tests and Research Keep America Ahead In Grim Competition By BARROW LYONS WNU Washington Correspondent American facilities for de- veloping new models of mili- tary airplanes are being enlarged, and new personnel. is being added to avoid a tragic thing that has happened on several occasions. New models of planes have been sent into battle before they were thoroughly tested in the laboratories of the national advisory committee for aeronautics, one of the government agencies least known because most of its work has been secret, but one which has made as great a contribution toward winning the war as any civilian agency. 000 a year in the era of disarmament and peace treaties, this laboratory laid the foundation for the new science of aeronautics, which again brought leadership to America. Nazi Research Expanded. But when Hitler came to power in 1933, he recognized that he must have the strongest air force in the world if he was to subdue the world. With foresight and intelligence, Germany began by concentrating upon scientific research. German laboratories were expanded and multiplied, until at the time of the Pact of Munich the German aeronautical re army and to the manufacturer, ant is used to correct the design. A second model is prepared witi similar care and is tested in thf free-fligtunnel. That is a wint tunnel 12 feet in diameter inclinet at an angle which will permit thi model to glide forward through moving stream of air. The model is equipped with delicate electrics mechanisms which operate the con trols, and which enable the research staff to determine what changes arc necessary to assure, in advance oi production, that the new design will be easily maneuvered and controlled and will have stability. thou- d v Washington, D. C. Those close to Secretary of State Hull say he is not happy over the mission to London undertaken by energetic young Undersecretary Ed Stettinius. Originally, the trip was planned partly to please the British, who hinted that we had sent no important emissaries to London since Harry Hopkins call on Churchill two years ago. However, Stettinius is on the way to turning the mission into something really important. He is scheduled to discuss five important subjects with the British. They are: 1. Stabilization of the dollar and pound after the war. 2-- A world bank. 2. Stabilization of commodities. This would mean the application of Wallaces granary to all basic commodities such as tin, rubber, copper, sugar, with a system of buying and selling to keep prices stabilized. 4. Oil and the Near East. The United States wants to avoid a cutthroat battle for oil such as occurred with Britain after the last war and which is already threatened as a repipe-lin- e sult of the Arabian wrangling. 5. The future boundaries of Germany. German boundaries were tentatively discussed at Teheran, but now Dr. Isaiah Bowman, famed geographer, has accompanied Stettinius to London to talk details. Bowman was Woodrow Wilsons geographic expert at Versailles, and some officials are critical of his of Europe. chopping-u- p This imposing agenda has Irked Secretary HulL Apparently, it was pretty well arranged while he was in Florida. Also, Hull was always Jealous of the trips Sumner Welles took to Rio, Rome, London and Berlin, and now it looks as if his new undersecretary might also be crowd-ta-g him for the limelight. ever-norm- sands of lives by hastening victory, by further improving the performance of American aircraft the NACA soon will increase its present staff A FIGHTER PLANE, the Brewster XF2A 1, is shown mounted on of about 5,000 technicians by 1,500 additional men and women. The struts jin the full scale wind tunnel, ready for testing. The struts are constaff at Langley Field, Va., which nected to instruments in the room below the platform, which record the has the largest staff, will be in- various stresses which the plane undergoes in this largest wind tunnel See Here, The Magic Lanterns: in the world. (All pictures are official photographs released by the National creased by about 750. The ClevePrivate Hargrove is loaded with land Committee for Aeronautics.) 550 Advisory will about familiar comedy gags, but its got new laboratory and get the research employees, so doggone much good feeling that When these tests have been made, staff at Moffett Field, Calif., near search establishment had become five times the size of that of the and the necessary information obyou skip the stencils. Besides, it's Palo Alto, will be increased about by United States. But not until Ger- tained, the NACA makes larger and got a pair of likable lads Robert 250 more technicians. Walker and Keenan Wynn as the The nation depends upon the men many was convinced that it could sturdier models with solid steel make aircraft superior to that of cores to be firmly mounted on rerookies, and Donna Reed as the and women who staff these laboralookie . . . "The Fighting Seabees, any other nation did it go into mass cording balances in wind tunnels opto more others tories than keep any means to be a back-sla- p for that ahead of the Nazi scientists in de- production. erating at air speeds up to 600 miles useful arm of the military, but someThe NACA recognized the men- an hour. These tunnels measure the will take and that aircraft signing times the praise gets gibbery. The hold control of the skies. If the ace, and in 1937 started a study of lift and drag, as well as the pitchto thing is too Hollywood-flavoreGermans were to design aircraft that the relation of its organization to ing, rolling and yawing movements look like war . . . "The Heavenly national defense in time of war. The of the plane at various angles of could outfly and outshoot our own does not refer to Hedy La- and those result was a' doubling of the research attack. Body for American responsible facilities marr, whos in it. The title comes aircraft Add 20 Miles Per Hour. at Langley Field, and the design declare that possibilfrom Wm. Powells monkeying with When the first d exists the war in the air over authorization by congress of two adplane is ity the stars. Sometimes the going gets it is placed on the NACA come to a stalemate. ditional major research centers produced, Europe might funny, but too often you can almost e wind tunnel to determine The army and navy have recog- the Ames Aeronautical laboratory at hear Powells suspenders give from nized the of Moffett Field in 1939 and the Aircraft how to increase further its speed by supreme importance the strain of carrying the frail tale these laboratories at reducing the Research laboratory by giving their Engine drag through better . . . "Tunisian Victory, action Cleveland in 1940. or removing, or reconsideradraft streamlining, special employees shots by the USA and British cam- tion. These are operated in close team- shaping protuberances. In such They are inducted into the eras, records some lovely shots of tunnel tests, the NACA has and then transferred as in- work with the military services and army, the Rats on the run, than which active reservists. are always the aircraft industry. It works like never failed to add at least 20 addiThey there is nothing more entertaining. on call for active duty; but they do this: Suppose the army air forces tional miles per hour to the speed not wear uniforms and they receive want a certain aircraft manufactur- of a plane about to go into producIts simple to spot a debater on a civilian pay and United States Civil er to produce a new type of pur- tion. radio forum who has lost the argusuit plane. The design engineers at Service status. Special tests are provided for parment . . . Hes the first to lose his the factory confer with experts of ticular types of planes. For high Junior Engineers Needed. the materiel command of the air speed fighters, aerodynamic experitemper . . . Have a nifty innova, At present there are needed aerotion: The recordings of Dorothy forces at Dayton, Ohio, and agree ments are conducted in low air presParkers witty monologs by stage nautical, mechanical and electrical tentatively upon general design and sures, such as are encountered at stars , . . Some critics objected to engineers of junior grade. They re- specifications. Both groups then con- high altitudes. In a huge domed a fine film, The Purple Heart, be- ceive $2,400 a year. Physicists, fer with NACA experts at Langley structure, pressures are created to archiField to incorporate the latest knowlcause, they complained, it made us mathematicians and naval simulate air conditions at altitudes tects of the same grade are needed. All right, doctor. hate Japs research. edge gained through up to 12,000 feet. makas such instrument Ill go quietly . . . Add invitations Craftsmen, NACA New Models. Checks Taking off and landing abilities of to murder: Swingsters who mangle ers, tool makers, electricians, are tried out in a basin seaplanes The calls for the airand program makers factory pattern the gay "Oklahoma lilts . . . The 600 feet long, containing seawater. to a into certain go production by war film, "Tunisian Victory, is the plane mechanics are needed. They The manufacturer assembles A large scale model of a seaplane, best yet. Keeps you sitting on the receive prevailing rates of govern- date. tools and material and makes con- or of the floats only, is towed bement pay on an annual basis. edge of your suspense . . . Variety The army hind an electrically powered crane, Women may qualify for a variety tracts for reports that Movieburg is losing incommand and pro- at speeds up to 80 miles per hour. materiel in of Those skill plans with positions. terest in bandleaders "because they the vides asExperimental planes are flight military equipment, inlack acting ability . . . Sure took mathematics and physics are artested and under carefully controlled armor to while instruments, cluding research signed projects, Hwood a long time to find it out mament The NACA responsibility conditions, and a record is made of If the film biz depended on act- those with training as stenographers, its performance on movie film. The and clerks are also needed. involves, first, making of dynamiing ability Hollywood would have typists test pilot is given orders by radio balanced small models flying cally is not But the committee looking only one actor Spencer T. telephone from the ground, and he today for just ordinary help. The for experimentation in its wind tunnel and in the free-fligperforms the turns, loops, dives, which these people are Good to see Fred Allen climbing projects wind tunnel. climbs, and other maneuvers. on most vital are the among In the popularity surveys . . . Hes working One of the recent outstanding conto free The war and the committee tunnel is wind success, spinning one radio jester who makes an hona vertical tube 20 feet wide with a tributions of the Ames laboratory est stab at trying something original is looking only for unusual young men and women, who can be ad- propeller mounted on the top and has been the use of exhaust heat . . . Gamblers about midtown are from airplane engines to heat the vanced as vacancies occur people wagering the warll be over in Yur-ro- p whose and intelligence and leading edges, wings, tail surfaces, loyalty a be . Might by July 4th can be depended upon. and windshields of airplanes to pregood way to win the bet by getting ability vent the formation of ice. This has The committee was born in the into the fracas and helping fight it safe flight under condiof war our from the last permitted necessity . . . Heres a repeat boost for Ben tions that otherwise would have services for that armed airplanes Hechts exciting book: "A Guide for grounded planes. The ice hazard the Bedevilled . . . Dont miss it could compete with those of the enehas been eliminated. When war broke out in Europe my. itll make you p better American But the list of advances which . . . The jokes that helped kill in 1914, leadership in aircraft develhad American from opment have been made applies to virtually passed now vaudeville are making radio hands. In March, 1915, congress auevery component of the airplane. writers wealthy and famous. thorized an advisory body to be apMore than once the NACA laboraby the President and to tories have saved the commercial pointed Elastic fingers of sunlight reachserve without compensation. life of some aircraft company by ing into shadowy skyscraper canincreased from 12 to giving it the necessary scientific inyons , . . Children bubbling with 15 Membership, 1929, included heads of miliin formation to bring into practical use happiness finding thrilling advenadvances in design the company had tures in the fairyland of youth .... . tary, naval and civil aeronautical IN TIIE SMALL wind tunnel, tests made, but which fell short of miliFresh air fiends draped across park organizationsof of the government, of standards, the weather are made on new models, many of tary requirements. The success of lawns getting a kick out of breathing the bureau bureau, and the Smithsonian insti- them highly secret. the Flying Fortress design was . . . Romancers driving out fears made possible by scientific knowlof insecurity around them with a tution, and specially qualified members fromA:ivil life. The chairman drawing air upward. Into the mid- edge developed in NACA laborapersonal fortress of blue skies and is elected annually. The paid staff dle of this ascending column of air tories. rainbows . . . The cool kindness of is Dr. George W. Lewis, the airplane model is tossed with its headed After the war, when America enby Spring mornings that drain the ache controls set to continue to spin. The ters an era of great commercial from peoples souls and inspire them director of aeronautical research, to attack problems of the day like and by John F. Victory, secretary controls operated by remote electro- aviation expansion, the NACA laba conquering hero , . . Spring busily of the committee, who directs its magnetic force, are moved just as a oratories expect to continue to proadministrative work. pilot would move them to bring the vide the basic scientific research nursing the trees and flowers that The first was plane out of the spin. $5,000 appropriation upon which American air supremapatiently waited for her during the for a five With If the controls are effective, the cy, is based. It now has a plant that years. year bitter Winter months . . . The forest fire of noise that blazes along the meager start the committee set airplane recovers by going into a worth some $70,000,000, which at Main Stem, destroying the silky about regaining for America a posi- dive and is caught in a net If the least equals the research facilities calm the season brings . . . Lovely tion of leadership in military flying. controls are not effective, the model of the Germans. It probably will The NACA emerged from World War continues spinning. Adjustments are continue to be In competition with stenogs discussing their sweethearts I with a research laboratory buildmade in the control surfaces until German scientists and facilities, but during lunch hour, putting a period at the end of each sentence with a ing at Langley Field, and with its satisfactory control is attained. In- our armed forces hope congress nevfirst wind tunnel under construction. formation to revise the design of the er again will let it fall behind In dimple. With appropriations of about $200,- - controls is relayed at once to the staff and equipment it - JOB TO DO IN LONDON ht effort to gain In a determined mastery of the air and save WWllilD al sEsr baking powder IcSp Kellogg n and Blend shortening ?ear,,tclir Y ithSTndbakins powderun- : Stir only add to first til flour disappears. enn(4P00" F.)3 about minutely 5 rr.dd pitted and !Md. to dry ingredients. H cop chopped prunes v nud 4 jc For bacoa muffins isp. diced baconto dry ingredients. And remember, too, Kelloggs n by itself is a rich, natural source of the whole grain protective food elements protein, the B vitamins, phosphorus, calcium and iron! all-bra- ALL-BRA- N Trigger Fish The trigger fish has a trick fin that can be locked into place to prevent dislodgment when the fish wedges itself in a rocky crevice. Just 2 drops Penetro Nose Drops in each nostril helpalmost you bresthe freer so your instantly, cold gets air. head Only 25c 2 times as much for 50c. Caution: Use only as directed. Fenetro Nose Drops Praying Trees In some parts of Asia there are strange trees that "pray, bending toward the ground once every 24 hours. r -- SNAPPY FACTS full-size- full-scal- full-scal- ... s, ... , FREE RADIO TIME Broadcasters are wondering how many other congressmen will follow the example recently set by Marylands Senator Millard Tydings. At the close of his regular weekly broadcast, he announced that he would discontinue the series because he did not wish to subject the radio station, WBAL, to charges of unfairness during the coming senatorial campaign. free-spinni- ht .. i natural snob near the East River: A private park where chilThe dren arent allowed . . . Skyscraper peaks holding tiny pools of sunshine . , , Harlem's elegant boulevard lined with dainty trees, but flanked by miserable Main dwellings . . . Pasty-faceStemmers blinking in the afternoon sun as if it was a stranger they Wanted to avoid . . . Silence flooding the park after midnight when each little hush holds a mystery of Its own . . . The farm inside a big city on upper Tenth Av& d fwwww , i ' tlKj r " W , If EXPERT carefully machines a metal air foil to exact sp cifications 5 V AN metal worker r HIGHLY trainrti specialists read the complicated dials .4 that Indicate A ABOUT MORE HORSE LEATHER Representative Calvin Johnson of Illinois has been badgering the war department and the War Production board to get more harness for farm horses. With leather short, and harness buckle metal diverted to war production, harness is scarce. Also, the army has bought up tremendous supplies of harness. In campaigning for more harness. Johnson suddenly Representative bumped into the fact that the army was only just now releasing from its Jeffersonville, Ind., quartermaster depot a total of 30,000 sets of harness carefully stored away since the last war. RUBBER The importance of the tire conservation program, effected in 1942, will be appreciated when it is known that the number of passenger car tires rationed and those sold on new cars in 1942 only equalled 8.8 per cent of the passenger car tires shipped for all purposes in 1941. Neglected small tire tread cuts and bruises can become serious rubber wasters. A small cut, even though It does not go entirely through the fabric, lets in dirt, water and foreign matter. Constant flexing increases the size of the cut until the tire Is beyond repair. Prompt repair Is a patriotic duty these days. iw OIL SUBSIDY The OPA has now recommended system of oil subsidies to Economic Stabilizer Vinson' ranging from 25 cents to 75 cents a barrel for all wells, namely those oil wells averaging nine barrels per day or less. This would give a subsidy to about 80 per cent of the nations wells and would cost the government about $60,000,000 a year. The plan was secretly worked out by some of the independents but, when the big companies heard about it, they raised such a howl that tine little fellows backed out, stating publicly that they had not been cooperating with the government in devising the subsidy scheme. However, it looks as if the plan would go through. Pennsylvania wells, which are the deepest, will get the highest subsidy. MERRY-GO-ROUN- Flys Wing Movement The wing of a fly makes movements a second. D The United States is cutting off its nose to spite its face in regard to De Gaulle and the Free French. We are still freezing French funds in order to hamstring De Gaulle, which means that we will have to dig down Into our own U. S. treasury to pay Frances share of the UNRRA fund. Each nation is supposed to contribute a share to this world relief fund, and since we are tying up French funds, we will have to find the money some place. 0. In Recife, thousands of cheering Brazilians welcomed Mrs. Roosevelt by singing "God Bless America in Portuguese. A conspiracy is on to euchre another sizable hunk of the manpower problem out from under Paul McNutt. Undersecretary of War Patterson, rubber czar Bradley Dewey and WPBs production wizard, Charles E. Wilson, want to take the deferment of skilled industrial workers away from McNutt and put it under a special committee headed G, by Wilson. Reason for sparse publicity on the tour First Ladys was the war departments refusal to let the newswomen who usually Cover Mrs. Roosevelt go along. if back aches from need of diuretic aid Functional kidney disturbance due to need of diuretic aid may cause stabbing backache! May cause urinary flow to be frequent, yet scanty andt smarting! You may lose sleep from "getting up nights often may feel dizzy, nervous, "headachy." In such cases, you want to stimulate kidney action jast. So if there is nothing systemically or organically wrong, try Gold Medal Capsules. They've been famous for prompt action for 30 years. Take care to use them only as directed. Accept so substitutes. 35 1 at your drug store. KILLS' Many Insects Vegetables If yinJ 8 Shrubs Latin-America- n re- sults of the various tests. i 330 i f j Tohceo ACUfminlCorp, k |