Show U W EA bif vif we washington ringtom hing tom D V 0 SUBMARINE ANTIDOTE A his history ayta making kin g event took place I 1 recently e y in towar tg the h long war against go P it I 1 the submarine her ride official 1 I tests test war were 1 made I 0 of the bel helicopter ia t r which despite op position of ithe the navy ah a h has to b been cate urged by officials of the arm army and oil zad war or shipping h ad administration halmot r at ion for or anti it ind submarine uraline petrel patrol within afew a few hours after the pub dub libation li cation a iad af of a merry marty G go hound d story on n ta this h subject b a group of officials if from fr in washington W it ft n including highly he h ly I 1 interested a sated and h highly I 1 fly placed ad officials I 1 of th the e british rit ih I h ad admiralty ou it british au shipping pill ma mission s 1 an and i the 1 RAF I stood I 1 in amazement T ad t a on the deck of a tanker r offshore while it a bid little airplane with ith a or crazy at zy rotary wing on top landed a and d took off from a deck space not net more than twice the size ot of tle te plane itself it we was a it or t b helicopter a bleir piloted by b y a boyish byl h colonel ci c ib I who b r remind crad cra d s ed d everad ever everybody sd y of ich charles r it lindberg lidbergh h re in his younger days H I 1 F gregory arnet it from am W alit g field I 1 aid dayton ohio chu w who h a knows we an more a ab about at lichen helicopters heli copters a th than an anybody chi else a I 1 in n t the he air force are gregory made 24 landings on the tanker during the two days of trials he operated under at all conceivable conditions when aher the tanker was riding in g ot at anchor when she was running ni n H at 15 knots when she we was headed into the wind and when sh she was running with the wind the we war shipping administration w which aich supplied the tanker had offered to remove the mast to provide a safer lending landing space but inventor sik roky scorned that as too so easy sy accordingly his plane was ea set t down by colonel gregory in th the space pace s between the mast and the th deck house with only a clearance on either side aide farseeing far seeing secina eyes to the british and american shipping P ng experts whose ships are going to the bottom every day the significance ni ance oft of this his feat fact was inescapable they fir firmly believe the helicopter c can a be used to supplement the esco escort ltv vessels sels for far the greater protection of merchant ships in convoy it is too light to carry much striking g power of its own except a few roe rockets I 1 ats but it can fly by out ahead of the convoy hover over ever the sea spot the wolf pack and report by radio to the e escort vessels vessel s th this a saves escort movement a of the e escort rt vessels which no in present practice have to maneuver constantly around the merchant ships with heavy consumption of fuel oil moreover veir the helicopter without rea firing fl g a shot brings alarm to the pr prowling submarine and causes the U boat to dive earlier acceptance of the helicopter was prevented by th the navy navys bureau ale of aeronautics which ch contends contend that the machine hill is defenseless against the guns of a submarine benders Zen the defenders ders reply that the plane can dart about so crazily that it is too evasive ato to be easily hit moreover helicopters heli copters can be built for far 15 each and the I 1 loss of or a few f won would d not be serious compared with the loss 0 of t escort vessels becort in a any ny c case as the matter has gone beyond d the stage of argument the war shipping aping administration is determined to D have helicopters heli copters and add if the nay navy eve won t come along deal will 11 make a deal with the can coast at gaurd guard to train pilots and adoth another deal with the war department to place the planes on its ships ARMY AND COAL RUNES MINES john L lewis lewi would have got the surprise sure ise of his life if he could amid have had a dictaphone recording of the conversation of secretary of war st stimson 2 and gen B B sono somervell oll regarding the use of troops in taking over the coal mines le lewis is had expressed public apprehension P ol 01 n that the army had a plan to s seize c z a t the he coal mines in c case 8 a 0 of atlo a a strike undoubtedly dubor subordinate d le army officers did have such st a PLO plan to mind but when secretary St stimson sat down with secretary ickes plus general somervell Somer veU and other army officers the army expressed vigorous opinions to the contrary general somervell accused by some of wanting the almy aimy to take over a all ili civilian activities made this remark the last thing thin we want is a ar an is a sue of t the he army the people Sec secretary y II 11 stimson Is an also expressed relief that secretary ikes known as a staunch defender of civil b liberty libarty had been selected by the president to handle the coal crisis he offered ickes every operation cooperation co but expressed the hope that he would not have to use troops CAPITOL CHAFF fl 41 freshman representative charles L la follette la is the only republican republic congressmen congressman who supported the presidents foreign policies in the last campaign la F ollette follette also has a liberal labor record d L radio operator R W dunn who brat received the coded message of an armistice november 11 1918 is eager to serve r e again he he has a enrolled n r ga r d lo 10 as s is a junior aano asno r radio operator in pa pan american airways seattle school preparing tor for alaska se ervice |