ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON. ', TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1928.
BERLIN TO NEW YORK IN ONE HOUR!
New pocket Motor, Successful in Auto, May P ropel Airplanes at Twice the Speed of Bullet
Her Divorce Suit !
' Caused Slaying '
Fired From Rifle Muzzle.
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"EDITOR'S NOTE: Th recent
sut-cowalul tent of u roekeipropel
led autu near Berlin has turned
worid-wlde attention mi the new
rocket motor, primarily- intended
lor use in airplanes. Israel Klein,
science editor, or NEA Service, hero
tells what the fuluio may hold.
' BY ISRAEL KLEIN
. Science Editor, NEA Service.
'.CLEVELAND.: O., June 12.
Think of flying from Berlin to New
York, a distance of 41)00 miles, In
un hour
I Of BuilliiK through rarefied nlr
: at a maximum speed 01 -lOUO miles
au hour
Of reaching a helKht of 31 miles
above the. earth's surface
And you have the future picture,
uccimlliiK lo 'Present predictions,
oi t.iu rocket-motored ulrplnno this
Is even now In the first stage ol
construction.
. 'lhe rocket plane Is the ultimate
goal of the liuilders of a motor
that Is propelled by a aeries cf
rocket explosions similar to those
. of a rocket piuwheel shooting Inio
the all'. It has just been applied
near Berlin to an automobile
which attained a speed of lib
mites an hour within 45 seconds
of Its start, add which may attain
a sliced far Kieattn! than' ever
reached by man in such u vehicle.
, ,. This Is (he unique idea of Friu
. von Open, tiermau unto raclUK
champion, who has been collabor
rating with, the Ueriniui airplane
. and motor builders, Hanb and Kat
zensteln. In the construction of his
: rocket motor ami Its application
' llrst lo automobiles and uitlmute-
' ly to airplanes. -,-;
'. Revolutionary nsi this . might
sound, however,- It Is taken quite
seriously not only by Von Open
and his co-workers, but by several
European scientists, who- have
long been contemplating - a similar
Idea. In 'fact,' the Iutiiun soviet
government, it Is said, has appro
priated 5250,000 to flnnncii a Mos
cow scientist for experiments ot
this kind. ' . ' !
The Idea of attaining excessive
speeds and great heights, . beyond
the capabilities of present en
gines, has forced experimenters to
eiiterluln the principle of ft rocket
'motur., This would, be a motor
tlint would force a hody I outward
iron, vne eiiru. ....
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- All fruits worn mure or less uf
, -feet (Ml by Iho unfavorable April
'weather, particularly in tho Wil
lamette, valley, according to the
monthly report of the U. K. I)e-
.purtment of Agriculture, Cultiva
' ,;.;tlon was delayed with all .fruits
mid tho earlier kinds such as cher--rles,
prunes and, ; pears, suffered
,frbin unfavorable woalhor condl
; Hons at blooming time. Rain and
wind Interfered with early spray
1 ing in nearly. all fruit districts, and
fungus troubles havu been more
- mi me r on a than usuii).
Apples
Present prospects uro for a crop
clonely approximating the crop of
mtl. Production per trot will
" probably eipial thut of 1!)2U but:
since considerable upple acreage
hns been eliminated since V.iZi Iho
total production will he cone
spondlngly less. The Hood Ulvor
crop is expected lo be uhtmt three!
times thai of last year, hut some
what hms than In 11))1. Umatilla,
1'nlim ami Malluuir counties give
r. -promise of a production greater
than In l:i2(t, and thu llngue river
district will probably about equal
the production of two years hho.
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THE ROCKET AIRPLANE
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f NEW Y0RK Rockets Alone BERLIN
k Glides bo Earth ; ?
, Here is n light experimental modal of the new rocket-propelled air
plane to be tried lh Germany, UBing a rocket motor similar to the one
with which an auto recently attained a speed of. 125 miles an hour
within 45 seconds. The diagram shows how. such a plane would fly at
High altitudes from Berlin to New York. "
Bpuod, imich.iiB un explosion ddes
to ii flrcworkH voekot.
It Ih bullt'ved ililn is thu nrincl-
plq of tho Germ a u rockct-inotor,
altlioiiKht the invimtora tiro rctl-
(n'liHHKlouHcPitl ahrnil the niattor. Xlax Vii-
Due lo extensive pulllngs Ar aban-
domnent particularly, iu - Uouglttsl
and Lane aountlcn, ;combincd with !
imfavorablo weather 1 conditions,;
the .Unipqua and Wlllametto . val
leys will produce less than In liiail.
Pears , .
A record production of pears
appears lo be In prospect. The
commercial crop is expected lo be,
icloso to 4UO0 cars. : Both. new. boar
Ing acreao and. maturity of young
Irunfl'Hre oonlrlbnting factors. It
Is reported that' a 3000 ear produc
tion Is indicated in the Uogue
river dlstricl, and 6(10 to 700 cars
In tho Hood river area. The Wil
lamette valley crop is "spotted,"
ranging from 25 per cent to nearly
normal. UurtlettH appear Lo be a
bettor set than the winter varie
ties In the Willamette valley. Hurt.
lettH inako up very slightly less
than 00 per cent of Iho Kogue
rlvor crop prospect, and nearly
one-third of the Hood river pros
pect. .
Prunes
Tho cold wef weather prevailing
"hiring April whle prune trees
wore In bloom In western Oregon
was disastrous to the 1928 pruno
crop. Thorn Is perhaps 5)1 per cent
of a normal crop of Petltes but the
acroase of Petltes and other sweet
pruncH Is only a small per cent age
of the total prune acreage. The
nrt many Italian prune orchards
with prai'ttcnlly no fruit on the
trees, while ti few orchards appear
to have about 2 per cent of a
normal crop. There are doubtless
a Pew orchard h on favored locu
tions carrying higher percentages,
hut It does not seem probable that
the average production In western
COAST
lior, the ..Munich. Inventor .Iuih Ioiik
bo c n flouring on this type ot mo
tor to propel an uirphniv almost.
ill lightning ripeed ueropa ' tlio At
lantic. I . , . , , -
VnUfi' lins mluciMl hih1 tlieoriealofty altitudes,
Oregon will exceed 10.' per cent ofi
a normal crop, iii , fucL if. (s be-!
tiered by some that the crop will
practically nil bo absorbed by the
canning ijdustry. Sales of Kasteru
Oregon, prune to Willamette Val
ley canifovlcs have already been
reported) The ICastwu Oregon
prune crop la reporied'i beinr
about normal. Tho . Mlttdu-Kree-Water
crop Is '.variously 'estimated
at 000 to 1200 curs. At dlhor oast
orn Oregon points where , prunes
are grown, a good crop is In
prospect. j
. ' Chorriaa,' , k
The western Oregon crop Is quite
"spotted," but the production will
probably bo slightly less than last
yenr. The' eastern Oregon crop will
be more than double that of last
year, as there have been no severe
How Airman Dodged Death by an Inch
Gasoline leak Weiorc?dK lK&-"
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Cai-achubC jerked hlrn lo
safby dftef he stfutfy'led
vdioly. bo jumtJ
FlamtB a diving plane escape by parachute thets storied ele
ment of nenrtnglc air dm ma came home with keenest vividnes to
Lieutenant Stanley Umstead, army alrmfln, when he cheated death
nt Mttchel Field, Long Island. His close call it sketched by artist
Gror(9 Clark above. Flying upside down. Umsteid felt drops of
gasoline hitting his face. Swiftly he righted his plane but flames
burnt from the motor, scorching him. Because of fire and smoke he
couldn't reach his fire extinguisher. The plane dived earthward.
Umstead tried to jumn. He couldn't The "harness'' of his parichute
had caught in the cockpit. Desperately, Umstead pulled the '"ripcord."
The parachute bloomed out behind him. He was jerked from his seat.
The tail of the plane narrowly missed him as It shot by . Umsteid float
, ed safely down. The burning plane crashed a short distance away.
I lo practical figures, from which he
j conclude a trip from lierilu to
New lork could be made In a Ut
ile moiD than an hour .
At the beginning of such a trip,
suys Vailer. the rocket airplane
would havo to contend with tht
rehjtitancQ of the atmosphere and
Uieieluro could be aideU in iiu iu
hiul proKreiia by a pair of piupyl
iera. Shooting up into th uir at au
anie of 70 decrees, however, the
rocket airplane could v reach a
heiKht of nine miles in leas than
a minute. At thU height, tha at
moriptiHre would be so rare as to
uuilte tho proiielier practically
worthletiH as a means of pulltuK
the plany along and the Bhip would
h ive to depend entirely for Its fur
iher progress on the aerius of ex-
plosions, of rockets iu this peculiar
motor.
The extremely thin air, howover.
would relieve tho ship of so much
resistance that it could attain a
speed of 35in miles an hour in a
tew seconds.
At a height of 81 miles above
the earth, almost eiht times the
altitude actually attained by man,
Valler figures the airplane could
continue to ko on an even keel
parallel with the earth at a speed
ot 4500 miles au hour. ,
A bill let fired from a rifle would
go only half as fast!
The rocket ship could reach tills
altitude at a distance of only 43
miles from its source and in a min
ute and 40 seconds.
In less thun an hour the ocean
could he croKKed, and tho plane
could glide slowly down to earth.
1'lie gliding process would take
longer than the actual flight.
The fact that human beings
can't live in so rarefied atmosphere
as that which exists 31 miles above
the earth, doesn't bother the advo
cates of the rocket airplane. They
explalu that the ship could .have
an airtight cabin, for both pilot
and passengers, iu which the oxy
gen content will always remain
the same as that on the earth's
surface.
Tho pnsaengGr therefore would
feel no ill effects of mounting to
so great a height. i - . ' :
Additional oxygen tanks might
also carry oxygen for combustion
of the rockets In the thin air of thu
damaging froezes In that, .section
this year. , , , t
Berries '.
Strawberry acreage, shows con
siderable Increase , Jn soiue locali
ties but not hi others. Duo to the
wet weather of April many-, fields
did not get , proper isullivatloh,
which, combined with, the lack of
May rainfall,, will reduce the total
production considerably below that
of 1927, Prices for barreling ber
ries are considerably belpw,. hist
year. ' ' -; ' '" j ' "
llnspberrlea show (he effect of
delayed spring cultivation. There1
appears lo have' been somo de
crease in loganberry ncreage, ' hut
no material change In tho rasp
berry acreage. With favorable
weather the production of both
these fruits should not differ great
ly from that of last year.
LIELUT.
STANLEY UMS'TEAO
The divorce suit of Mrs. Philip
Clark (above) of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
was the cause of the recent killing
of her former husband by F. J
Tyrrell, Sunday school superin
tendent, Clark was shot to death
In a Pittsburgh (church, where he
went to appear before a church
board and charge Tyrrell with
breaking up his home. Mrs. Clark
said that Attorney Tyrrell had
me re I y filed her suit for divorce.
EXPECTED TO ADD
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The decision to apply to. the
Puhllo Service Commission for
a reduction In pas rates for the
benefit of consumers using gas
for cookinc purposes,' was reach
ed only after a careful study of Iho
future possibilities of Rosebuig
and other cities in Southern Ore
Ron, which are served by the
Southern Oregon Gas corporation,
"ording to M. R. Brown, the lo
cal manager. : w: i -, ; . 1
The Southern Oregon Giis Cor-,
poration, which is managed-' by
the Loveland - Engineers, Incor
porated, recently acquired tQ
holdings of the Southern Oregon
Gas compnny, and Immediately pe
titioned for reduced rates in the
territory served.
"Frankly,' tho operations of the
former ; company were conducted,
at a substantial loss during tho
past three years or more," ' Mr.
Brown says, "and. in making this,
rate reduction we are simply my.
ther toicroutjlng our" losses. ' It is'
our firm conviction, however, that
the new rates will encourage the
increased use of gas and wiil'also
bring to our lines a large number
of new couBumers. It Is the policy
of ouit organization to take the
public Into its confidence; we are
a definite part. of Roseburg and we
propose to 'become a more Import
ant factor'in the future building
up of tho. city and of our own busi
ness. "It should bo understood 'that
the, reduction applies only to those
of our consumers who are using
gas for cooking purposes only; tho
rales cbarged for 'service under
other schedules are already consid
erably, below those charged in
other communities of similar size."
FIREBUG. IN PORTLAND
f A.ciilrl IYpm t.cawM Wir),
PORTLAND. ! Ore.,; June . 12.
Klre In a vacant flat building on
II Hi lad uy avenue today was de
clared by fire marshals to have
been of incendiary origin. For a
time the. fire threatened adjoining
buildings. Several fires in vacant
houses at early morning hours
have led fire marshals to believe
thut a firebug Is at work in the
city. ,
NO SAVVY
"Janet just took me for a ride."
"DUl you enjoy hoi- proximity?"
What dye mean it s ti Chrya
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A President Who Wouldn't
Believe fie Was Nominated
' l 1 Back irt 1852 a dark horse was nominated for the presi-
.' , ., , J , dency by the democratic national convention in a stormy ses
. .i sion at Baltimore. Forty-nine ballqts were necessary before the
! 1 " dark horse got the necessary two-thirds majority. ; , '
' Several days later a messengertraveling by stage coach
I '. T ',' .. , rushed up to the fhome of Franklin Pierce in Concord, N. H.,
, to inform .him that; he had been .nominated. At first, he re-
fused to believe H. Mri. Pierce fainted.., ' . , .
' : Whbt a contrast between the days of Pierce and 1928?
. , 7 ; , v- -.' ; Today, in a few- seconds the wires flash to. every daily , "
n , I i (newspaper office in the county the news of a nomination; in- .. j
' : stantaneously the radio carries it into millions of homes. And j
i ; ' - i " , 'then within a few hours newspapers are printed with pictures
'.,.'.' showing the' wild demonstratibn in' the convention when the '
, i i i fortunate candidate finally wins. There will be no "doubting "
Pierces" among fhe presidentialcandidates this year. - . f : , i ' ( j
' ' r ' ' ' Probably the most remarkable of all these inventions is 1 ' 1
: , ' . the device by which photographs can be transmitted by wire
w ,.10 important cities throughout the country in: less time than
Samuel F. B. Morse used to send a short telegram from Wash- j
1 ington to Baltimore back in Pierce's day. ;
'' 'The News-Review will utilize ; (the !tlephqtbf process in i
1 "' giving its readers the complete story pictures and news dis- , -
. patches of -'the two national conventions. The News-Review - ';
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' feature service, and this agency has developed amazing speed -,
.in the transmission of new3 pictures. No doubt, you have often
, marveled at the. speed with which NEA pictures of big events i
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process, lut also employs the fastest chartered airplanes, racing 1
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, ' are expended to tget pictures to the News-Review a few hours .;
' ',,, ' quicker. Special airplane flights will be made by NEA from
"' Kdhsae City to St. Louis and from Houston to St. Louis. At
St. Louis the pictures will be placed on the telephoto wires
- .. and a half hour later will be in seven other important cities
' throughout the country. From the nearest of these telephoto .'
stations the pictures are rushed to the News-Review.
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the News-Review. All the news will be received over our .As-
' socinted Press leased wires and NEA's remarkable photographs
. ' will give you a graphic picture of the conventions. - -. .
You will know more about what is going on nt the con- ' 1 V
, . ventions on the day it occurs thun Franklin Pierce did a week
after he was nominated.
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- IS DE LUXE MODEL
Thp Fonlor Hfiliin roct'lvt'd lu-rp.
today by the 0. A. Ijirkwu.nl Mi
tor (,'n. Is the luxp rar of I lit j
new Ford I'aiwiMimr ear line and'
han many features that ai ihmv
and excluslvo In loiv-prit-cd ciird'
and will bo on 'display for si'Veml
dnyn at tho salpurooniH, Oak and
Hose strrPts.
It Is dlMinrtlvp from tho othor'
Ford passonRor onrf in oxtorli.r:
appoai-nnro. Tho cowl swoops down ',
In a Hracofiil curve from n ralaod
pnnol at tho wlndfhlold to a nar
row bolt niouldiliR which runs
from Iho front of tlio hood on a
strafKlit lino bark and around the
rar. This plves the body a long,
low oiroot.
Anolher feature that ti.lds much
lo tho exlerlor appoaianco Is the
roll belt effect below (he wiurlotv,
which rolls down to the narrow
monldine. Tin top and rear quar
ter have rounded corners and aie
covered with n pyroxylin coaled
material of a Inn tthaile, Jn plca-dn
contrast with the body colurs.
TheW a MMitllaU.r In the lower
panel of Iho cowl on the loft side,
for Krontrr diivliiK comfort.
Tho Interior of the car bus a
slrlklnRly rich and invtiini: up
peaiance. The Irininilng is of light
bioun ofteet wllh deeply cush
ioned seats upholstered In soft
brown hairline cloth, a highly or
fectlve comhlnallon. The cushions
nre of tho lounce style wllh over-sluff.-d
plain panels. Arm rests in
the rear compartment are another
convenience. Seats in both com
partments are deeply cushhui'Ml.
wide and most rpnifortable. The
attractiveness of Iho Interior Is
further enhanced by the use of
embossed panelling nn tho doors
ami around tho ends of the seat
In Iho front compartment. This Is a
decidedly distinctive touch, such
ns nilitbt bo expected only in ens-
lom-.iniu noiiles. An oval how light
In the ri'iir compartment and a
flexible rnbp rail are other pleas
lint and rervlreable features. The
hardware Is nil nickeled In a con
servative stylo of scroll effect and
is of uniform design in harmony
villi other Interior trimmlnt;.
FEDERAL JUDGE DIES
r.tnrijtra I'rwa t.Rp;t wi,,!
CHIfAtiO, June 12 Federal
Jlldco Adam f rlirr., nr ,i,
orn district of Illinois died at his
ooine at sycamore. Ills. He had
been ill for thu n;,.t - . .
PLAN LONG TRIP
-Mr. and Mrs: Ii. TI. church will
leave Friday ot this week on a
lengthy trip, which will tako the.n
back, to their old homes in Ohio
and Indiana. They will go by way
of San Francisco and Los Angel -s,
slopping at Albtiquerquo, N e w
Mexico. They will visit for sev
eral weeks iu Ohio, wboro ho h
havo relatives and whore Mis.
Church's parents reside. Thev
will come back by a northern
route.- They plan to be absent for
six or seven weeks.-
ALLEN BEATS DOTSON
ASTORIA, Ore., Juno 12 Win
ning eltbt rounds and holding his
opponent even in another, Del Al
len. I,a Ciande welterweight, won
n decisive victory over Dennis Uni
son. Aberdeen. In a main event
bout on tho boxing card hero Inst
nig.it. lot son was credited Willi
but one round.
NO COMPLIMENT ;
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dow at once.
Photographer: !ut It Is i
compliment to you to have it
there
Client: Whal 1 Will, "Thre,.
like this for a shilling" written
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