Show Vie With Mercury In Dropping By MRS H. H A. A GERBER GERDER Something new In this locality was the parachute practice Jumping which took place Wednesday afternoon February two miles east of Kimballs Kimball's junc junc- tion The Tho day was perfect for tor the ment No wind was blowing and the sky was a clear blue without a cloud cloud- cloudin in sight The snow-capped snow W Wasatch satch moun- moun fains in the background made a beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- setting for tor the planes and chutIs chut chute Is ts The night before the temperature dropped to fifty below zero but had come up to zero at the time of ot the JumpIng lumping A huge bomber piloted by Lieutenant Robert Bobert R B. Carr and a small pursuit plane circled the field twice at different altitudes and speeds The third time a abrIght abright abright bright red chute dropped carrying skims and other equipment After the plane circled again a solo flight was made by Captain Arthur Gorham from about 1600 feet The plane was traveling about miles an hour and he made a beautIful beautiful beautiful beau beau- jump landing easily on his feet teet I about feet teet from the equipment It 1 took him two and one half minutes to todon todon don his snow shoes which were strapped to his bac back bacic and get to the equipment I After th circled the field again tour four more jumped in quick succession landing about feet teet from the tho They were Lieutenant Robert Bobert Ellis First Sergeant Royal Boyal Taylor Sergeant William Walsh and Sergeant Lester The ski tr training has been carried on near Al Alta a under the supervision of Dick Durrance for tor the last two months It seems when the men enlisted they hadn't considered the possibilities of ot having to I learn to ski and one of them was heard to remark that it seemed to him that the ski training was much more hazardous hazard hazard- ous than the tho chute jumping Some of the boys had never seen skiing before coming to Utah and some had never neverseen neverseen neverseen seen snow As one of at the jumped his parca parco fell tell off and proceeded him and anda a cry of ot wa hoo reverberated across the valley The suits the men wore were made of ot white wool lined with fur tur A fur tur lined parca parco was attached and on their feet teet they wore lined fur zipped up the side Captain Gorham's Gorham wife was present at atthe atthe atthe the jumping and appeared much more disturbed than he She wore a red cap which she called her good luck cap She wears it at every jump and she threw I it off oft jubilantly when her husband husband husband hus hus- band landed The purpose of at these jumps is p partly to test the thin air At Alta Alto the men fell much more rapid than here and had I to be dropped from a greater height The I Idea is to drop from as low as Is safely I possible for tor a quick landing as the in the air makes a perfect target for tor the enemy Reporters from the Associated Press covered the jump and moving pictures o of It 1 t were taken for tor the news reels The pursuIt plane which accompanied the bomber omber took pictures of ot everything from the time they left lett the airport until they returned I |