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NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1948 THIRTEEN Bomber Combining Super Speed and Long-Range Aim Of Air Force Construction from Ppnnv ivanla't lodges Mur ine the past yar. The foundation now Is in its 20th year and under the chair manship of John V. Malley, past i grand exalted rutor 01 wmnn, i provides college scholarships for ! boy and gir s and is used in re I habilitatinn of crippled children. The foundation nas an ultimate . By IXU'GLAS LARS EN goal of $'20,000,(100 and now is at NEA Staff Correspondent $2,000,00 WASHINGTON i NEA i The Air Force h.ts super-fast bombers I Today also was completion which can fly faster than oOO-milesperhnur. V lor the several thousand mem- i, u i , i i -. . , tnrtrt ,, her of the Benevolent and Pro. And It has long range bombers which can hit targets 4000 miles tFCljVp Order of Elks gathered away and return to the original starting point. : here for the 84th grand lodge con- But what the Air Force really needs, and wants, is a combination vention. long range, super-fast bomber, which it doesn't have todav. The Lancaster. Pa., lodge won . . ' . , t iL! I . i ne rnwsi ining io inis com- Qualified recipients, Included in sales to Veterans of World War II have been ap proximately 26.000 nieces of auto motive equipment, .1,000 typewrit ers and office machines, over 15.000 items of office furniture, several hundred items of medical and dental equipment, and many thousands of other items of hard ware. electrical, construction bination is the Northrop B-49. Flying Wing. Both its speed and range are a secret. All the Air Force will say is that the plane has the longest range of all the let bombers. The other jet bomb-' ers, according to the Ait Force, have radius of operation between! $00 and 1000 miles. 1 The Air Force has just pur chased .10 Bl9s for experimental purposes. This is a big order and means that the experts have great confidence in the possibility of this radically-shaped airplane. Thev're taking a hie gamble that it will eventuallv prove to be the answer to comhining long-range with high-speed in a bomber. Wing Holds Solution I The idea of a flying wing was born in the mind of the pioneer J airplane designer and manufac turer John K. North rup in 1923. Today, it's a relatively simple ftrinciple of aircraft design Then t was revolutionary and accord-t ing to many of the experts of that dav, completely impossible. j Northrup knew that it was the wing of a plane which provided 1he lift and enabled it to get into the air. He also figured nut that the body of the plane, or fuselage, must be "drag" or just friction with the air as far as the aero dynamic characteristic of the plane went. .From those two simple idea he derided that a plane that was all wing would ob viously have less drag and air friction and be all "lift." At first the obvious problem with this theory was how to keep such a wing stable in the atr with out a tail. Even birds have tails. So in Northrop came up with the first version of his idea. It was called a flying wing but it had a tail boom out in back for the rurt ter and elevator. It made many flights and provided much vamanie experimental rtata. Then in 1940 Northrop created the N1M. a true flying wing. By long years of work on design, and experiment, he had licked the problem of stahilitv in the airl without the conventional tail. Ill made over 200 successful flights and proved the flving practicabil-1 Ity of a flying wing. Wing Drag Major Problem 1 Rut up until then the advantage which Northnip could prove for' his wing in the wav of less drag , was relatively unimportant be- , cause motors were being made better all the time. Then came the let engines, however, with their great speed but with the very small range that they gave an airplane. This ficucd the at tention of the experts on an atr-j plane that would give let motors more distance. The reduced drag of the flving wing seemed to be the answer. After the N-1M. Northrop huilt the N 9M, the scale model for the B-49. He also demonstrated the greater efficiency of let motors in flving wings. In the MXXM and the X P 79, two more experi mental plane. i Tests and experiments to date with Northrnp's "wings" have es tablished the prtncipl the national drill championship competition for the second straight year with a score nf 99.3. Lancaster won the drill event last year at Portland, Ore. Pottsiown. Pa., was second with 99.1 New Exalted Ruler George I. Hall of Lynbronk. N. Y., was elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks. Hall, a I'nion Carbide and Car bon Corporation executive, sue- State-Wide Adult Driving School For Adults Launched I A tate-wlt urtult driving school program i being launched as one phase of the campaicn to reduce Oregon traffic accidents. ; Secretary of State Newbiy hs i announced. j Schools will he sponsored in each community bv local civic or !ganitions and police depart , r..onts, and will be under the di rection -of stale driver training officials. Newhry said. Kii't of the local schools opens In Dallas, Monday. July 12. j Instruction is desicned to ' ground beginners !n the funda mentals of safe driving, traffic regulations, and actual handling of the car. Kxperienc 1 drivers are also being urged to take the opportunity for checking their driving ability. Five daily sessions are planned for a total of six hours concen trated instruction and actual driving practice. In recommending the course to I all drivers, regardless of experi ence Newhry pointed out that a high percentage of accidents hap pen because of aultv driving hah- equipmcnt, and miscellaneous Lafavette A. Lewis, Los An categories, j nis propeny ns been used by these veterans in establishing and continuing their own business and also for their own personal use. In effecting such a disposal program, those returned service men and women have been ahle to again take an active and productive place in their reflective communities. Effective Immediately, by pre senting evidence of honorable dis charge from the armed services. Veterans nf World War II will he able to purchase on a first-come, first-served basis, items of war surplus for Iheir own personal use or ue in their own profes sional business or agricultural enterprise at the Customer Sei-v-ice Center of the War Assets Ad minis'raticn at 1T01 Second Ave nue. Seattle. The material being offered consists of limited quan tities of office furniture, shop equipment and other miscellan eous items. geles attorney. He will be install ed Thursday. The v ruler was elected at the Klks' 81th convention in Phila delphia. He has been a member nf the order for 22 years and is head of the Lynhrook lodge. Flrt Wrecks Garoqt, Destroys 33 Autos BKNP. (Ire.. July fr0T-Vire that w recked a garage and de- j iti and violation of traffic regu lations. The driving school program Is designed to correct such habits and set beginners off on the right foot," :ie secretary declared. "It represents another step forward i In the effort for safer highways through netter driving. stroved 3.1 automobiles yesterday 1fmonK ,h' "hi8 J1"'- . . ' , ' ' Loss was estimated bv E. W. stranded a number of out-of-town Williamson, garage owner, at visitors here without Immediate j $75.(H10, exclusive of th autos. transportation. j Cause of the fire that broke Pilot Butie Inn retried 28 out Just before midnight was not cars belonging to guests were ! determined. CHIROPODIST FOOT SPECIALIST Dr. E. W. Carter 129i N. Jackson St (Over Rexall Drug Store) Hours 9 A.M. 5 P.M. (Evening by Appointment) Telephones' Office 1170 Residence 495-L CABINETS and MILLW0RK For the Finest Quality at Reasonable Prices Try CITY LUMBER Cr BUILDERS SUPPLY Vi Mile Out on N. Umpqua Highway Phone 659 Lumber, Doors, Windows, Frames Screens, Plywood Anything In Wood PTA, Legion To Work for Federal Aid to Schools design an a permanent Important contribution to aviation. It ha Keen provpd that drag in a "wine" is reduced from 2. to 4 per cent. Kor equal power and fuel the flv ing winff give approximately IW mile. per hour more speed and 23 per cent greater ranee. In addition, it I cheaper to make, easier to build, takes up mnrh less spare in storage nr parked and is easier to urn ire. A final advantage claimed for the fying wing is that It would he much harder to spot on an enemy radar screen than would A plane of conventional design. I Priorities in Sale I Of War Surpluses Ends August 31 The end of pi un ities and preference- rights effective August 31. 1 r49, to war surplus purchaser of personal property from the War Assets Administration was announred todav bv Mr. O C. Pradeen. regional rii lector. Priori ties uill continue past that date for sale of real pio-jerty. In announcing this change fn procedure. Mr. Pradeen stated that "in line with past policies, everv effort will he made to dis. po of a much property at oos :M to priority groups, including ee?ans fop tet-asjile items, he fore, the expiration of these pref eienre richts." The Seattle Hegion of the War Asers Administration i com prised of the four North w est States -Oregon. Montana. Idaho and Washington. Since the men tion of the disposal program tor war sut plus pei-snnal nrotte tv approximately $1W.2.VOi M ha heen dipod of to priority Croups us follows: Federal Agen cies V S1 f(Ti; Veterns of W orld War II S122.JW.37i nri: Se and local governments M"v rTl.rt'OO; on prnfit institutions 2 2fin.411 HO. In addition to thce sales, a rnmidei anle amount of property has neon donated to CLEVELAND, Julv 1 .V The American legion Com mander and the head of the Na tional Congress of Parents and Teachers today pledged to help tne National hducanon Associ ation get a Federal-aid-to-schools bill through Congress. The Legion, said National Com mander James (). O'Neil, "stands foursquare behind proposed legis lation to extend Federal financial support for schools." "More specifically." he added. "I favor that Congress he re called into session this summer to take up and pass legislation for Federal aid to schools and to re solve other maim issues neglect ed during the regular session." A Scnate-approved mea-stire to provide Federal aid for equaliz ing educational opportunities failed to reach the House floor for consideration in the 1M8 ses sion. That failure evoked wide spread criticism as the five-da v meeting of -IVX) NEA delegates from every state and terrl'ory opened here veterdav. Mrs. Mabel Williams Hughes of Arlington. Tenn.. national PTA president, pledged her organiza tion to "work shoulder to should er" with the NEAR 440 000 mem bers, "resolutely determined that what has happened to American tA 1 1 a i istn r-innnt and mucf nnt or tnetr happen again Miss Mabel Studebaker. for 2.1 yearn a teacher at Erie. Pa.. todav was nominated without op position for election Friday as president of the association. Elks National Foundation Gets Record Donation PH1LAPEI PHIA. .Tulv 7.--. - A check for $400,000, described as the largest single gift from anv state. s Presented to the Elks National Foundation yester day by Penns lvania. It represented subscriptions WHY PAY CASH For Construction Material When You Can Buy From Mayhew on Time 10e Down 3 YEARS TO PAY Stop HI the lxi Cxhin Cnrw .Tunrtion Sawdust-Slab Wood In 12 16 ?4 md 30 Inch lengths Old Growth Fir Double Loodi WESTERN BATTERY SEPARATOR Phone (SI PHONE 307 FOR SAWDUST and Ai UOOI to l Single or Double Loads - Ph. 307 YOUNGS BAY LBR. CO. J y ) Hi p I i J 1 1 b C I I If ll fft I ... nd 1 y Made fi . ,r AotteiiuW 1 -r 1 JIMS' here V . V,U .....wen f 11 3"-- .winning a VOR. .,vM tkc
