| Show War Post-War Period In mU U. U S. S to Be Bean an Amazing New Nev Age After War After War Yeats Years Will See Astonishing Changes in Ways of Living Mr and Mrs Average American Ameri Amen can of the war post-war era probably will find themselves living in a world full of comforts conveniences conveniences convent and gadgets that at a present present pres pres- ent day view have a decidedly Jules Verne flavor They may own a home that was erected from the ground up within eight hours and is just as stable as one which before ili the war war warr r required six months to build The home will have conveniences undreamed of even for loving comfort-loving Ameri Amen cans They probably will drive a modestly priced automobile that runs 35 miles on a gallon of gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line and will negotiate terrain and hills formerly suitable only for the time-honored time mountain goat If U they live on a farm they probably proba proba- bly will have an amazing vehicle that can be used to plough harrow milk mUk and round up the cows When vacation time comes around they may fly over oven to Cairo or down downto downto to Buenos Aires for the week Or they may even make an around around- world the the trip durin during the head neat of 01 the family's traditional two weeks of oft off with pay These ar are arC not fancies conjured from froth a Lewis Lis Carroll who wh authored Alice In Wonderland tion They are practical potentialities ties which industrial experts already are forecasting as the logical peacetime peacetime peacetime peace peace- time application pf pi armament de do- War is a forceful spur to the progress progress ress ness of 01 industrial science and in in- in Under its duress there is no time for the cautiously slow experiments ex cx- which mark the reception reception reception recep recep- tion accorded new inventions and discoveries in years of peace New methods new materials are accepted accept ed overnight and are tested in the acid furnaces of combat The tragedy trag edy of modern warfare is an anachronism anachronism anachronism of progress Distance Annil Annihilated There is no better illustration of this than the advancement made by aviation as a result of World War I. I I The airplane represented new potentialities potentialities po po- po- po of speed and destruction and as such was seized upon as a weapon weapon weapon-of of offense by the Allies and their enemies alike In the short period period pe pe- pe- pe rind of four years aviation made an advance that would have required a quarter of a century in normal times Today the same situation magnified magni fied fled ten times over obtains Only recently Glenn Martin the noted aircraft designer announced plans for a ton behemoth of the air capable of transporting pounds of equipment at speeds of ol to miles an hour to be built after the war This plane said Mr Martin will be as big a's as ts s a room 30 house Meanwhile another company compa compa- ny is reported to have already completed com corn the wooden dummy of a ship that will dwarf the Martin monster a a ton model which could move whole battalions across the continent continent continent conti conti- nent overnight Already in hi use are new methods of construction which lighten aircraft aircraft air air- craft by hundreds of pounds and so tremendously increase their passenger passenger ger and freight carrying ability Naturally Nat these planes are at present only in military form When Peace Comes However when peace comes these Goliaths of the clouds will be interpreted in interpreted interpreted in- in in terms of pleasure and convenience for a travel-loving travel na na- na- na tion The almost unbelievable speed which has been developed for mili- mili stop operation over the ocean will willbe willbe be prosaic with most of the crossing crossing crossing cross cross- ing to Europe done at high altitude speeds in excess of miles per hour Miracle Car Forecast for Farm Use As in aviation so in the world of 01 automotive progress the developments developments develop develop- ments of war will become integrated into Americas America's peacetime pattern of life a few years hence In recent tests conducted by the United States department of agriculture agri culture and Overland Willys-Overland Motors Inc makers and manufacturers of the standard design Jeep at Auburn Ala and Toledo Ohio the vehicle gave promise of performing with the same versatility on the farm as asit asit asit it presently is doing on the battlefields battlefields battle battle- fields of Europe and the Far East During these tests the car did everything everything ev ev- from and harrowing harrowing harrowing har har- rowing a field In one operation using using using us us- ing gallons of gas per acre to hauling almost a ton and a half of farm produce a distance of 13 miles mileson on a gallon of gasoline Already known as the miracle car the Jeep is the descendant descendant de de- de of a motor driven platform on wheels known as the flop belly per which was first demonstrated ed at Fort Benning Beaning Ga in 1940 At Atthe Atthe Atthe the request of army officials Joseph W. W Frazer president of the Willys Whys Overland company and other automotive automotive automotive auto auto- motive experts undertook the design of a car which would not exceed 1400 pounds in weight and should 4 I I This Is a modern version of beating swords Into ploughshares converting converting con- con the army's miracle car the Jeep into an agricultural vehicle of vetting many uses Who knows but that some future day Old Bossy down Inthe Inthe in inthe the south pasture will be herded by means of such a jeep |
