Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, January 21, 1953, Image 16

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Newspaper Page TextJJCL e wmmwW"Vl!L''m' miml fDon't vcu remember ?Then he's 1 .And rib loots fit ttvT frTTp A Steezix . Judy got a ) But be was 4 t U mustache, whoa been after the ForiJ? $ look afl?edf and dark-he asnt C a , p fjpo ? dock proporty! . vl 0 she ure he's our red-headed J mi ., Vxvfm itwrnma, vZlb L old '"Fri'0liqaer!J eC ' ' ' 4B Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore,. Wed., Jan. gl, 1953 Is Real Killer in Air Crashes Fire 1 1?"""" i tbp1 Tar- "1 rfv... i" 40 ti f i it- 1 AT FULL THROTTLE, NACA tcsl plane roars down run way toward barrier on way to a crackup to study ways to prevent fire. (f fiSWJ'J I r-;rv:.lr- v' L-1 Si SPLIT SECOND LATER, high-speed sequence camera catches test plane as it hits barrier. Wings and tail start to crumble. AS GROUND-LOOP BEGINS, damage grows, but cabin is intact. n V i5r V Ei f PLANE SKIDS TO STOP, and fire breaks out from lured tanks. rup- Committee Sponsors Program To Reduce Airplane Deaths WASHINGTON (NEAl Fire is the real killer in aircraft crashes. That's thp finding of the National Advisory Committee tor Aero nautics, which has a major research proEram under way aimed at (drastically reducing the death toll in plane accidents. If it. weren't for the flames which usually turn a crashed air plane into a mass coffin for all passengers, the number of survivors from plane accidents would be considerably higher, NACA scientists have found. i The actual result ot the impact. - nf the plane with the ground is couples and heal registering de Innt the main fatal element. ! vices are installed in engine "Aeromedical research has shown nacelles and in wings and fuse that very high decelerations can lace." be withstood by a human, prn- Cost of this program, which will vidrd they persist for only a short Pnd up saving thousands of lives,! time." an NACA report states. is included in next year's NACA I This fact is also supported by budget request of $58,872,000. almost all eye-witness reports of This year NACA financed the crashes. When rescuers have work out of its S48.64O.000 budget. been able to get close to planes Last year NACA asked for $50,- which have just crashed, they in- 563.000 hut was cut five per cent variably report screams, moans by Congress. and shouts from persons alive n" F,R Y IMPORT NT side the cabin. ' ' ' ! Most of the results are consid i DRIVES OFF RESCUERS er(,d s0 important to national se- It is the inevitable fire which curity they are being kept secret. drives off rescuers and kills the However, they will he built into Strapped passengers. new military and commercial air- j In its fight to cut these fire craft. deaths to an absolute minimum, A few results of the fire studies INACA is in the middle of a spec- have been revealed. For exam jtacular research project. It goes pie, it was learned that in many one step beyond previous studies cases temperatures are caused in of fire-fighting equipment, and crashes which are too low to ig chemicals, and research into the nite the gasoline, hut which can various firing temperatures of lu-;set in flames the oil or hydraulic bricating oils, fuels and hydraulic fluid. These flames, then, touch fluids. off the gasoline. Using war-weary C-46 and C-82 Another discovery was that it is cargo planes, NCAA creates actual 1 possible to cut off the ignition on crashes. the engines too soon when a pilot. "We simulate a iake-off acci- sees a crash is imminent. If it is dent in which the airplane fails to cut off before the flow of fuel has become airborne; strikes an em- been stopped, fire frequently re bankment: shears off the prnpell-. suits as the gasoline passes ers and the landing gear; strikes through the engines and hits the trees or poles; ruptures the fuel hot metal of the tail pipe, tanks, and then skids along the Findings of this nature have ground to a stop," an NACA re- been given to employes and crews port explains. of the airlines for the increased This produces a"maximum ar- safety of passengers. This line of ray of potential ignition sources." research will be more vigorously Such a test, with the planes load- pushed, in view of the recent ser ed with more than 1,000 gallons of jpS 0f air crashes, ifuel and engines at full throttle.! 1 contains the elements of just about every crash fire hazard. I IN THE BUDGET I A monorail on a 1700 foot run- way keeps the plane heading istraight to its crash destination. Results are recorded as follows: "High-speed motion ' pictures provide a detailed photographic ! record. Installed in the planes i are fire-proof, shock-insulated boxes filled with instrumentation to measure temperature, com bustible vapors and decelerations. Other instrumentation provides fuel-line failures and short, cir cuits or arcs. A total of 102 thermo- ike's Address Well Received By Law Makers By RAYMOND I.AHR rnjt'il Press stuff Writer WASHINGTON an Republi can and Democratic congressmen generally hailed President. Eisen hower's inaugural message Tues day as a magnificent creed to guide the new administration in the troubled days ahead. Most of the GOP lawmakers couldn't find enough adjectives. They called the speech "clear and courageous," "inspiring," d r -malic,1' the "hallmark of eloquence." ! Put some, sharp critics of any LONDON (NEA) Largely for commissioner, says the lark of At Lewes, they're "less alert . . . policies remotely resemhling those want of some nails and some homes is an oMarte to recruiting : less reliable.' At Stafford, the gov f the Truman' administration, lumber to put between them Bri "' "n't get enough men," he ernnr says; "A number o' lads In ony qualified endorsement, tain is slowly losing her battle complains. "Indeed. I even lose whom I've spoken about their fu- "The message deals in general- gainst lawlessness. ' lot of men 1 already have. AH tures have sam. 1 nope i non t jiips," said Rep. H. R. Gross (R- For Lack of Nails British Crime Rate Increasing A shortage of nails, lumber antl because there are themselves and their families.' homes for come nam. almost as it tney nad "-m wailing (n see him get Other building materials has led In 'nemrivp ann ineir lamuies. on ,pr m m- isiui, iu r,iiri rtmvn , spr-ndes. an acute lack of housing Experts BROKEN HOMES '" wn"ln or nm- claim the housing problem is a big Asi(0 from il5 offod nn rnir0 ArP AI.I.ING' factor in England's growing crime forcrs. the housing shortage has The director of a regional train- r,"'- helped hike the divorce rate. And ing prison chimes in by branding It's partly to blame, for Instance, wilh so many "broken homes." the attitude of young prisoners as for a shortage of tn.nno policemen, there has come the usual rise in "appalling." Sir Harold Scott. London police juvenile deliquency. j They regard the state as appar- . , Law breakers meet the housing ently possessing an unlimited num- Serving Raul Burpfe Empire i fe Fly to yS :$ 9 Wenatchee 1 i I ? .3-1 2Hr.30Mtn. 11 (Flying Time) v"; 1885 1 ! (plus tax) 'flr 'nfnrtrnUoTi H '? full1 F'lBPH EK i'U. Trnv Sf-rvlr M Ml I I lW or w f K"8n ' If1 'SI !! ' It WUJjOdLL.. Che . . . problem again when they re caught her of bottomless coffers." he says, and sent to prison. British prisons "which are there In supply their fl are more crowded today than they nancial needs whenever they feel have been for 75 years. More lhan like it." 4..500 inmates are sleeping three In The prisons can't handle the in- a cell for lack of space. flux. All available rooms and huls The annual report of the Prison in 2.1 prisons are being used for Commissioners lists 2l.non inmates, sleeping purposes. But the commis Ihc most since 1S77. The numher sinners reporl a need for at least has been rising steadily for three six new SOo-man institutions to si years, snmelinies at the rate of phon off the excess, loo or more a month. Ilestriclions on capital expencli- Three fourths are "repealers." lures and slaffs, however, have with one or more previous convic- ruled out much expansion. The firsl lions. They're in and out of custody new prison under the building pro- so oflen that some observers have cram will be started this year, hut facetiously suggested that the pris- may not be ready for use until some ons use re ol in doors. time in 19.7. The governors of the Stafford and Until then, the Prison Cnmmis. .ewes reformatories report a con sinner sav the situation stands in tinned drop in the quality of young get worse, not better. All for the first offenders. .want of some nails. Walklcy at Home CRESWKLL-t'line Walklev I now at his homp after undergoing treatment in a hospital for several weeks. Miss Grace Holt of Des Moines. Ion a. is visiting hrr sister, Mrs. Harry Holt and family. Cleanup Day For Vida Hall SHOW YOUR SMILE! Snmp nf the Democrats ohrrvrd wryly that it was enrouracinR 1o see that the new President planned In carry out the wie policies of the previous administration. Sen. Styles Bridge (R-XH), Sen ate president pro tempore, said: "With the simplicity whirh is the hallmark of eloquence. President Ficnhoer set forth the creed of his administration. ' Other comment: Doiifilas MrKay, incoming interior secretary "I was very mwh impressed, it was n masterful speech." i Sen Wayne Morse (Inri-Ore): An adequate discussion of general , ities." Sen. Tluhert Humphrey (D Minn), "A dramatic and challeng ing statement of our declaration' of faith that should leave nn doubt in anyone's mind as the Presi dent's and the nation's determina tion to fulfill our responsibility of world leadership." ' Rep. Charles Halleek (Rind), majority floor leader: "It. was a magnificent presentation dealing with the problems confronting the country." Rep. James P. Richards (P-S.C), ;"H is a clear and courageous re position of what our forcicn pol icy should be and what it has heen during the past administration.' Rep. James Fulton R Pa), ; President Eisenhower stands four1 square on the idea of mutual se curity, with the emphasis on mu- 'an- tual." high Rrn 4m McKENZIE RIVER Cleanup day for Vida hall was postponed from Sundav last to Thurday ai i pm. due In the high Hep Clarence Brown (ROY water wiwh blocked highways. "The President's speech gives en The hall is being cleaned In couragement to those who seek preparation of the March nf Pinies clean and sound government." dance .'an 31. sponsored by all Mc- Rep. I'sher L. Burdirk (R-NPY, Konnc River organisations. Mem- "I approve, except I don't think hers of all clubs are asked to come we can bring about peace through and help Thursday, bring tools for the framework of the United Na pulling nails and tacks and wall lions as now constituted." brushes. . House Speaker .loseph W. Mar- Representations of the associa- tin ,'r. (R Mass), "The people will lion are reminded nf the commit- receive it as a much needed tonic." tee meeting Friday, .tan 2,1. at 7:30 House Minority Leader Sam pm. at the .Mckenzie River club- Rayhurn (DTex), I agree with house. iparkflng .mil, , ""Bhty Importont k nmmts Keep terlli bright ' w'rrfilfv's Srvjt.nrint C. Chruint Mrs flrnr th? teeth. H-lp" kp them nsturslly fcr'fht. Refreshing! Enjoy this tasty gum rresioeni r.isennnwer tnat we should continue to make ourselves .strong." ! Rep. Overton Brooks ( P La i, "t have said all along that we have had tn build up our own defenses first." i Sn. Harry V. Fsrd iPVaY called the address a "good speech" and said he agreed with most of ;Mr Eisenhower's 'philosophy" j Sen Mike Monroney iP-Okla), i"A thoughtful and correct ap proach to the pinmeunt problem I of combattins cemmunism - --, -n nr1 jpuaig fw1 I n L- j! ROLLINS BTONE MOST ' I jf WE'RE POOR RXWe 0 "V kZ'vb a Y V MHOHI VLf M OF MV UFER6AUZ6 WELWE ; 'J I GJJESS-RUT HERE WE aT7 R f .iJSooil I I IP00CSI L - NOW WHOT A SUCKER -IKBIT LJ NEVER THINK AMUT I OOSCOME! A . I r Si lVS DID WANT 'TO HE I I Z. ,v? A' I U-A-fa'rl'. i M! otSECMra? Jm rf (iMmMSM jlJwy I MR&.lfi5Vta, ?., IT 1 C0Mt VKvrV M 1 III VXGtib CW h 1(1 1 V5lt VMVSfc JjVjW ft I 'M I 1 , o M H VV 1 VftCWO O? : MWWStlS W09 m 60RSVi i 1 Ct90- I r-r 1 CftW I IM S : VlrNW'o - r I fc SimeiSmiElSy THANKS, 1 f III, UltLTH r ff'S A NEIGHBOR Of I W COJIO V0U C&H K H B . H JUNBIYt ANSW6 H L! Tf MRS. TUKHBK! SHE I 1 DOCTOR T Wi. HM S TVU! PATHOLOGIST AT CITY WANT TO I IT.' rVd II WANT! 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