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Show i THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH A I American Battle Planes Musi Be World's Best, That Should Bq Fast Enough to Suit Anyone Pledge of Designers and Manufacturers Is An excited woman stalked into the dry goods store and threw a faded apron upon the counter. Look at this! she cried. Just Air Superiority Result of Constantly (J. S. mmmus Danger of Fire Lurks Constantly in Barns Improved Machines Hazards May Be Removed By Simple Precautions The test of battle-r-th- e only valid test of the performance of combat aircraft has by now resulted in a number of box scores which reveal the pattern of accomplishment of American combat planes. . In every theater of Operations, American airmen and American planes have met the challenge of our enemies and outfought them by scores never worse than two to one in our favor, said Gen. Jlenry H. Arnold, commanding general of the All types of army air forces. American fighter planes have shot out of the skies the best interceptors both Germany and Japan have put against them. This has been true since January, 1942, when our planes were outnumbered on practically all t fronts. While much of this favorable fighting ratio is attributable to the excellent training, versatility and courage of our pilots, a good part is traceable to the mechanical superiority of our planes. Constant improvement is the watchword. Even though production schedules must be delayed, our aircraft must be the best possible, say army and navy air corps officers. Here is a summary of the chief combat planes which have run up the high scores in our favor from a report just released by the Office of War Information: Fighters d engines are found in most fighter models because d the long, slender shape of a engine is more adaptable to streamlined fighter design. It allows better vision, and has a smaller frontal area for the same horsepower. But it will be noted that in the where 2,000 horsepower was desired, an engine was used- - The same is true of the navys Vought F4U (Corsair) and the new Grumman F6F Hellcat. The navy d uses no engines. The navys fighter program is large. An airplane carrier carries torpedo planes, bombers and fighters,' and of these the fighters are needed to protect the other planes and the carrier itself. Fighters also protect land bases. In the South. are doing this Pacific, army latter job along with navy fighters. In the opinion of the materiel comV-ty- pe liquid-coole- liquid-coole- P-4- 7, air-cool- ed liquid-coole- P-3- 8s Barns generally house the farm- ers most mmmmm HAVOC Havoc V. flights up to 2,600 miles; the raid on the Ploesti oil fields in Rumania from bases in Egypt, the raid on the Messerschmitt works at t, and raids in the Pacific on Wake, Paramushiru and : Focke-Wul- over fs Wiener-Neustad- Eng- land, France and the Low Countries. Armed with eight .50 caliber machine-guns, and heavily armor-plateit is capable of flying over 400 miles an hour and of reaching an altitude of 40,000 feet. High Scorer for Navy. The Grumman Wildcat or F4F, a navy' fighter, with Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp engine and with folding wings for compact stowage on aircraft carriers, has run up many high scores in Mediterranean. Although the F4F will continue to be manufactured for use on auxiliary carriers and for training, it is now being supplemented by a new plane, the Grumman F6F ((Hellcat). This newest member pf the navys fighter family is described by the navy as an answer to the prayers of our pilots! A big brother of the famous Grumman Wildcat, the Hellcat has better range, speed, climb, maneuverability and altitude. It has a 2,000 horsepower engine as compared with the Wildcats 1,200. It has a low wing, improved armor, and a new flexible type gasoline tank which is an improvement over the ordinary puncture-proof type. It carries .50 caliber machine guns. The Corsair or F4U also has a 2,000 horsepower Pjratt & Whitney engine' and is easily distinguishable by its inverted gull wing. The Corsair has until recently been the chief navy fighter in the South Pacific. Now Hellcats are beginning to join it in large numbers. e Bombers. Heavy, newest models of both the The Boeing 7 (Flying Fortress) and 4 the Consolidated (Liberator) bombers are equipped with new defensive armament in the form of nose turrets with machine gun in- 4 War-haw- k, ATFinSTC SNIFFLE, is used by the New models of the Tokyo raider, the North American 5 (Mitchell), are equipped with heavier armament and possess increased speed and range. The 5 is the chief medium bomber in the present program, production of the Martin 6 (Marauder) being tapered off. powered with Wright Cyclone engines, are flying on 11 fronts, are used by both army and navy for patrol service, and have scored particular successes with The Douglas 0 (Havoc) is the principal light army bomber in. the program until the totally new, advanced light bomber mentioned above comes into production. The newest Havoc, used by the army for bombing, is fitted with a power turret and with armament for ground strafing. The army version of the Douglas SBD (Dauntless) is now being produced in decreasing numbers, chiefly for training purposes. Grumman Avenger. The Grumman Avenger, the navys SNEEZE two-engi-ne Put a few drops of up each nostril at the very first sniffle or sneeze. Its quick action helps prevent many colds B-2- ShS. VISLIS VA-TCO-K- Ol B-2- B-2- Pictures Train Soldiers The motion pictures made and used by the war department to train soldiers in scores of subjects now total more than 1,000 films and are being produced at the rate of about one every 24 hours. anti-submari- ne skip-bombin- g. A-2- low-lev- el A-2- 4, dive-bomb- carrier-base- d er, has torpedo-bombe- r, completely supplanted the Douglas (Devastator). It carries machine guns as well as torpedo or bombs, and has destroyed many Japanese vessels in the Pacific. Chief among the navys patrol bombers are three flying boats and two land planes. The land planes are the Consolidated PB4Y-- 1 and the The flying boats are the Vega PV-Consolidated PBY (Catalina), Con- -, TBD ; 1. cumulate around fuse boxes where they may be ignited by short cir- d machincuits or around ery where sparks can set them ablaze. Knotting of electric cords is dangerous as it may be the cause of short circuits. The main switch box should also be far enough removed from the lightning rod cable so that bolts of lightning cannot jump from the cable to the switch box, short circuiting the wiring. Inflammable roofs often are ignited by chimney sparks, or sparks blown long distances from brush fires, bonfires or forest fires. For this reason inflammable barn roofs should be with materials such as asphalt shingles or asphalt roll roofing. Lanterns should never be placed where an animal or a workman can high-spee- fire-resista- nt NO ASPIRIN FASTER than genuine, pure St. Joseph Aspirin. Worlds largest seller at 104. None safer, none surer. Demand St Joseph Aspirin. Tree Blows Up Contrary to common belief, a bolt of lightning does not splinter the tree ; the tree itself blows up when its moisture is suddenly turned into steam under high pressure. 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It helps nature t Also a fine stomachic tonic. Follow label directions. ' LYP)A E. PINKHAM'S contour ge two-sta- ol developing. Follow B-2- Four-Engin- B-2- B-2- ' ing! valuable livestock, equipThe girl looked at the woman in ment and feed; yet, the barn is surprise. she remarked, Well, that packed with fire hazards. But to all practical purposes, all of the certainly was fast! major causes of barn fires can be eliminated if the farmer will practice simple precautions and be constantly vigilant. The National Fire Protection association working with the Department of Agriculture, has compiled a list of these dangers. . Cobwebs, dust and litter of all kinds should not be allowed to ac 1. air-cool- ed B-1- The Surabaya. I am looking at it, said the young lady behind the counter. What about it What about it? shouted the woman, what about it? Why when you sold me that apron you said that its color was fast. And what happened? Why the color came out at the very first wash- navy under the designation PB4Y-Medium, Light and Dive Bombers. d, B-1- 'v V. round-tri- p P-4- g s two-motor- ed pghtey-bombe- 7 or Thunderbolt, combat, the has been currently rolling up a score of approximately four to one in its contests with Messerschmitts and high-flyin- ' One of the )atest of the nations battle planes is the Douglar r, a ship. solidated PB2Y, (Coronado), and Martin PBM (Mariner). All three or bomb-rack- s mand, the Curtiss flying boats are used for transport External stallations. has reached the limit of its de- can increase the potential bomb purposes as well as for patrol and It has capacity of the 7 to 17,600 pounds. bombing operations. The velopmental possibilities. gone through numerous type Nevertheless, this plane has a small- PBY, the oldest, slowest and smallchanges, the most basic being the er bomb capacity at long range than est, the ship which first spotted the when the engine was changed the The most accurate com- Jap forces on the Aleutians, is still from Allison to Merlin. and parison, perhaps, is to say that load- - being built, still 9 Although the latest model strafing enemy shipping and rescuceiling and general performance ing pilots who have been downed at sea. The have been improved, the 9 has PB2Y has douof the ble the horsepower of the PBY. The shared the PBM does good work in It is being supplanted by a new model now under construction, coastal patrol and long-ranwith a low drag wing and a reconnaissance. Not even the newAllison supercharged engine est navy flying boats have speeds which will make it an efficient plane much above 200 miles an hour, but at any altitude up to 38,000 or 40,000 all are required to be able to land feet. The greatest efficiency of the in a choppy sea. 9 models has been below 15,000 The yega PV--J (a navy adaptation Venthe new plane feet. Like the of the Vega 4 tura bomber) is the navys chief i will be equipped with cannon. d Low Altitude Fighter. patrol 0 to and the plane. It carries depth charges or Although superior a torpedo, is heavily armored, and the original 1 or Mustang is now often used in preference to is also only a low and medium-- i opaltitude fighter. Now in production flying boats in I' is a new erations because of its greater 1 with a highly super-S-: e speed. charged, Packard-buil- t, The Consolidated PB4Y-- 1 is a engine, similar to the Merlin d bomber and, as 61 engine in the newest Spitfires. Its bet-te- r is used for ? performance is mentioned, even as previously reported e bombing missions and for than that famous ships. The new engine gives the plane the high-- i patrol work. est ceiling (up to 40,000 feet) and the Design and Technical Improvements Aeronautical engineering demands i highest speed (well over 400 miles a an hour) of any fighter in existence experimentation with numerous de' The 6 signs in order to obtain several (Invader) , the fighter- aircraft of the required bomber version of the has seen types. in the Mediterranean service heavy But on the other hand, the conHELLCAT Successor to the fatheater, and its best features are Wildcat is the stant improvements being made on mous Grumman being incorporated in the new 6 and new Hellcat. It has folding wings, models already in use, and the con; which will replace both the the old as shown in the picture below, so tinuing addition of totally new airThe latest model of the Lockheed that it will take up a minimum of planes to our forces, slow down the 8 or Lightning is a fast, powerful space on the deck of a carrier. rate of production. Nevertheless,' even at this stage in fighter that has been given greatly The Hellcat is a standard fighter increased horsepower in its Allison now in both the U. S. and British the war, when clear-cu- t air superiority over the enemy has been engine, improved pilots vision, and navies. It has more power and ' achieved, there is no assurance that improved intercooling for better climbs faster than the Wildcat. the planes which have achieved it performance. It outthe performs the Zero and later Jap ed with 2,800 gallons of gasoline the are superior to planes which can carry 6,000 pounds of enemy may produce tomorrow. 7 fighters at all altitudes. 4 The 8 has always' possessed the bombs (the usual load carried over Changes in strategic and tactical too, and changes of terversatility that is coming increas-- : targets in western Europe), where- problems, which over can rain 2,900 with fighting takes place, gallons, ingly to characterize all combat air- - as the new demands for with them Conseof bombs. 8,000 bring pounds craft. It has excelled at carry and concentrataircraft 7 equipment. Even is design the being Btrafing, fighting, and quently as a particularly e bomber ed in the western European theater planes which have run up high must be constantly improved escort. Its distinctive silhouette, and the 4 is being used chiefly of our with its twin tail booms, has been elsewhere in the Middle East, in In- and replaced. The make-u- p and been never has static, air for Australia flept and Been over four major fighting fronts. dia, China longer have made is not to become so. The newest fighter at present in range operations. P-4- 0, at this! look ge P-3- ; P-3- 9, twin-engin- land-base- It B-3- ed . anti-submari- ne P-4- P-3- 9, P-5- anti-submari- ne P-5- Rolls-Royc- four-engi- ne land-base- long-rang- anti-submari- ne 7: . ce A-3- P-5- 1, . P-5- 1, A-3- P-5- 1. P-3- . .high-altitu- de ' ' B-1- P-3- B-2- 4, low-altitu- de , B-1- high-altitu- de box-scor- long-rang- B-2- B-2- 4s kick them over. They should not be hung on a twine from a dusty and cobweb-covere- d ceiling. They should be kept away from drafts and away from any accumulations of combustible materials. It was a cow kicking over a lantern that started the great Chicago fire, according to tradition, and many a bam has been destroyed in this way. Smoking should be prohibited in the bam at all times. It is even dangerous to light up a pipe or a cigarette on the way out the barn door, as the sparks may be blown back to ignite combustible stores inside. Workmen are also advised against carrying loose matches. Spontaneous combustion of hay is one of the most common bam fire causes. All hay should be properly cured before being stored in the mow and should be inspected frequently for signs of heating. Roof leaks creating moisture will start the heating process in perfectly cured hay. In addition to these precautions, equipment should be kept on hand at aU times to tackle any blaze that breaks out despite all carefulness. Each farm should have a long ladder, hose, buckets of water and sand reserved solely for fire use,' and a fire extinguisher. 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