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
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