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Show J RANDOLPH. UTAH THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. New Machine Gun Can Shoot 1,200 a Minute A Glorious Ifay to Spend a Hot Summer Day Gems of Thought Work is a grand cure for - work, which you intend getting g done. Thomas Carlyle Search thy own heart; what eth thee in others, in thyself pain. may Improved Back Plate, New Type of Recoil Mechanism, Solve Knotty Problems A new, ultra-spee- d .50 Keep behind, and you shall be put in front; keep out, and you shall be kept in. Lao Tze. His daily prayer, far better understood caliber ma- In acts, than words, chine gun has been perfected by the engineering department of Frigi-dair- e division of General Motors corporation, in collaboration with the office of the chief of ordnance, U. S. of The new gun, already tested in combat, spews out .50 caliber slugs at the exceptionally high rate of 1,200 a minute, 20 shots a second. This is 50 per cent faster than the .50 caliber guns now in use. This ultra-rapi- d fire literally sprays bullets from a single gun. But there in the way is nothing spray-lik- e these bullets hit. Some idea of this can be had from the fact that, if the bomb5 14 .50 caliber guns on a er were of this new type, it could shoot 280 of them in a short burst of one second. The present .50 caliber gun, now in use all over the world, is the basic weapon of the air corps. Gen. H. H. Arnold has said, The very low mortality rate among our bombers can be largely credited to this gun. Maj. Gen. L. H. Campbell Jr., of army ordnance, has stated that .50 caliber machine guns account for over 90 per cent of all aircraft From this it is quickly understandable what this increased firing rate will mean in annihilating Japs; destroying their aircraft and damaging railyards, supply dumps, factories of all kinds, and oil and gasoline storage depots. Development Began in 1918. As the First World war neared its close, the need became apparent for a machine gun having more striking power than the .30 caliber guns then in general use. At that time, the development of a .50 caliber machine gun was started. In August, 1918, the first .50 caliber machine gun was completed. This gun fired at the then considered fast rate of 500 rounds per minute. By June, 1923, a .50 caliber machine gun acceptable to the army was finally produced and standardized. These guns were used by the army on tanks, armored cars and other heavy, mobile field equipment. They were also used as weapons. And land. Emerson. Racks Space-Sav- er For Closet Since pleasure to wartime, young people are turning travel on railroads or highways Is unpatriotic in the deUghtful experiences of a war- SM- - tat. ..! t. ot Lake Ge.e, New York. B-2- machine gun to delight the heart of any gunner. But was this enough? Evidently not. The United States army knew that eventually the enemy would produce a weapon equal to and maybe even superior to the now famous 50. What did they think would be needed? Why, an even faster-firin- g .50 caliber, of course! Success At Last. First experiments on the new project were just like all others . . imvery disheartening. The old, fricmutable laws of physics, force, tion, weight and thrust, laughed at the haggard engineers. It just couldnt be done. Nature would not be defied. But one man, still working on the improvement of the standard .50 caliber, discovered a new way to design and attach the back plate. This was found to be exactly what was needed to withstand the pounding of the recoil 1,200 times a minute for the new gun. Another man, looking for a better method of cushioning the recoil, tried Belleville spring washers and found that they improved the shock absorption so well that they, too, were exactly what was needed for the new gun. And they completely o of an oil eliminated the absorber shock which, cylinder while standard, was always troublesome. So, if nothing else happened, the present 50 already had been greatly improved and some measure fire-pow- er. "GAY GADGETS" bug-a-bo- ft Doors HY wish for more and bigger closets if the ones you have are not organized so that all the space is used? Handy racks on the door add readily accessible space for things used every day leaving Associated Newspapers WNU Features. By NANCY PEPPER miles by dog team to tell her he loved her? Thats a lot of mush. Move over, girls, and give the boys some room in this column. What did one coffee pot say to anTheyve asked for it so they're go- other coffee pot? ing to get it, but good. They laugh Perk up and dont be a drip. about your sloppy sweaters, your joolery foolery and your hats, do What did one tonsil say to the other they? Well, pass the feather while tonsil? we hold male call. Its your turn We must be in Capistrano; I feel to laugh now! another swallow coming on. that Weve Red reported Seeing boys were bleaching part or all of What do people say every time their heads, just they see your nose? for a gag. Well, Well, so long!! weve just heard from one of our BOY CRAZIES Scouts in Mis- TRIXIE TEEN SAYS A summer job certainly does things for a girl. It makes money for her, keeps her and it imbusy, teaches her a trade presses the Men in her Life. That smooth Senior who never said more than an absent-minde- d uHi to you all year, suddenly that youve grown up. Its not because youre Earning that hes Yearning but because he admires your initiative and energy. And, when he calls for a date, hell find that you have new Poise with Boys. souri that the boys in her town are dyeing their hair red. Dont tell us, theyre jealous of a man named inside shelves for storage. The racks shown here are carefully planned to hold the things you use the most, yet they are less three inches deep. than Everyday hats are held in perfect shape by a curved front made to fit crowns. Both small and large articles are held conveniently in the lower rack which alst has a hanger rod. These racks are also useful for childrens togs and toys. They are easy to cut out of scraps of plywood with an ordinary compass saw from the dime store. re-aliz- Van? Laughing And so do see the boys wearing shirts dyed by their the corniest colors you Youre no longer a Bobby Socker with a Since theyll soon be Giggle; youre a Career Gal with a Job. wearing O.D. or navy blue they while may as well make Hey-He- y Canadian Threshing Crews civilians. still are they When the Cheesecake Capers Help Harvest V. S . Wheat boys roll up their slacks as they all do you get a glimpse of anklets Canadian threshing outfits are alankles. Oh, around their ready at work helping harvest the brother! Fashion They turn U. S. 1945 bumper wheat crop, under mutual aid arrangeup the front brim of their felt hats ments.special American machinery and safeand hold it in place with a big crews will go to Canada later on to be to Are they trying ty pin. or shall we can that corn return this assistance. Above, side view of the new model .50 caliber machine gun for Need for as rapid harvesting as It can fire at the rate of 1,200 bullets a minute, or 20 per second. and save our ration coupons? weather conditions will permit is as great this year as at any time durBelow shows the nose of a 5 bomber, armed with eight .50 caliber HERE ARE TOUR the war, government surveys ing $64 QUESTIONS machine guns. Crewmen are inserting the long bands of ammunition. show, although crop prospects are What did the gal say to the pot yet sufficiently definite to permit who had traveled hundreds of any comparison of the size of this seasons harvest job with that of anti-aircra- was simply doing good. Whittier. The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on the possession and use army. i Bii the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind hones They Dye we when we those sweat own hands in ever did see. NOTE: Pattern 283 gives actual-sizcutting guides for all parts of both of the racks shown here. Illustrated directions for assembling and a list of all materials 281 required are included. To get pattern send ISc with name and address to: e MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS New York Bedford Hills Drawer 10 Enclose IS cents for Pattern No. 283. Address- - not-so-tri- m Off-the-Fa- ce Hat-Tracti- B-2- Vest Pocket Radio Set Sooa to Be Manufactured What is described by its creator, an Evanston, radio manufacinnovation in as an concern, turing radio set convenience and utility, is the new vest pocket radio planned for early production. To be inconspicuously carried in vest pocket, shirt pocket, handbag, or concealed about the person, the new vest pocket radio will be several times smaller than the smallest camera or personal type radio sets manufactured prior to the war. 111., It will provide good radio reception at all times. Its batteries are self to some extent they were used as armament on airplanes. Later improvements in this gun raised the firing rate to 600 rounds per minute. Then came the present war and the use of the .50 caliber gun on combat airplanes in numbers. And, just as we thought we had the answer, the speed and performance of the aircraft started climbing at a tremendous rate, and the 600 rounds per minute gun was not the whole answer any more. We needed guns to hit with more bullets d in that of time when the gunner had the enemy in his gun-sigOjrdnance answered the need by stepping up the .50 caliber machine gun to more than 800 rounds per minute. Here then, after years of development, was a .50 caliber ever-increasi- i split-secon- ht. of progress on the new gun had been made. But the real test would come in the innards where more than 200 parts would have to take, and stand up under, 20 explosions per second. In August of 1944, just 15 months .50 caliber malater, two ultra-spee- d chine guns were ready for testing. They worked. Immediately more guns were made. They too worked The army was elated, for this new gun provided an increase in equivalent to adding half again as many fighter planes. Surely, Hirohito is going to need more than a white horse, and the Japanese war lord will have to dream up something more potent than Fourth-of-Jul- y balloons to com pete with this kind of Yankee fire-pow- er contained, and its aerial is contained in the wire leading to the earpiece. Here will be a radio set of obvious appeal. It can easily be carried to ball games, on the golf course, on shopping tours anywhere and everywhere. It can be operated anywhere without disturbance to anyone on the street, on trains and planes, even in the quiet of a club or library reading room. The speaker or ear-piewill be of the apentirely inconspicuous proved hearing-ai-d type. The complete unit includes radio, batteries, and tubes in the small, marvelously not much larger compact case than a cigarette case. Still engaged entirely in war production, the manufacturers would not state specifically when the new radio would be placed on the market. hat it has passed preliminary tests with flying colors would seem to indicate an immediate production schedule as soon as existing government production restrictions affecting the entire radio industry are removed. ATTENTION uinnmm Hen's Your Chance! 1944. State chairmen of the Agricultural Adjustment agency are handling requests by grain producers for this assistance. Some of the Canadian units are beginning their work as far south as Texas and progressing northward through Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Montana. It has been agreed that Canadian threshing crews may remain in the United States until September 15 this year. Machinery and crews from this country may enter Canada when their services are required, but may not remain longer than December 31. O We are the largest neon sign and lighting company in the Northwest and are building our postwar ganization now. We or- need GLASSBLOWERS SIGN PAINTERS SHEETMETAL MEN ELECTRICIANS Full time employment now and postwar at highest rates of pay means security, pet manence, and advancement who Inexperienced men wi qualify will he trained office pay. Apply at our nearest you NOW. ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS CONSOLIDATED ce - YAK SKATTU -- TACOMA SPOKANE - DEW GREAT FAILS - Bl LUNGS ALBERQUERQUR For the moist young look, try this. Blot your lips till dry. 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