Engineers Move
49 'Dozers Via
Air Into Burma
By Jack Guinn
(United Prem Staff Comapondcnt)
Myltkylna, North Burma IP
Myitylna's famed alrstrip-bulld-ing
engineers claim two firsts for
any theater of war they have
flown in the first f ull-stze bulldoz
ers and other heavy equipment
and they have flown in the first
battalion of all-Negro aviation en
gineers. The engineers say that for the
first time in any theater they flew
in full-size bulldozers, huge dirt
hauling carryalls, heavy shovels,
road graders, sheepsfoot rollers
and 20-ton flat-bed trailers; All
but the rollers were cut into sec
tions with acetylene torches so
they would fit in transport planes,
flown in to the Myitkyina area
and welded back together an op
eration the engineering higher
ups had frowned upon as imprac
tical. The all-Negro engineering bat
talion, not a regular airborne unit,
wasflown in from one of the B-29
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Superfortress fields. The mem
bers of the battalion are well
trained, experienced troops and
have given "excellent" perform
ances, according to Capt. Leo Vec
ellio, Beckley, W. Va.. plans and
operations officer for the aviation
engineers.
Whipped the Monsoon
Commanding officer of nil fnnr
battalions of the engineering
troop the "airstrip fixers" who
made the Myitkyina airstrip serv
iceable rillrlnor ttio mnnoswn
inadequate Japanese repairs had
en ii a mass oi noies is col.
Manuel J. Asencio of Passiac, N.J. :
rains set In on the Myitkyina air-,
sinp live ana one-nan inches in
six hours nn nlA nnfnelnn tVui
Shell hnlpe In thn Btrin wMnh (ha
Japanese had hastily filled with
muse uur oegan 10 smK. as a re
sult, several American transport
planes cracked up while attempt
ing tn lnnrl Tho anofnoaMs iiuitt
to work, patched the holes and put
in a drainage system so eiiective
that after an early morning five
inch rnin thA rttiaf- ivna flvlncr nn
the strip in the afternoon.
The engineers are more proud
of cutting and welding the huge
marhinpc with whlnh tViov tvA-U
than they are of the work they
have accomplished with the machines.
1,300 flights Needed
The devices which they took
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AMERICAN
CHRISTMAS
RIGHT'S RIGHT AT EDDIE'S
EDDIE'S SALES & SERVICE
Wall and Greenwood Phone 64
Out of place in this setting?
Not so you could notice it, say
G. I.'s behind lines in Italy who
see Rita Roper, Chicago dancer,
shown leaving tent "dressing
room," do her stuff as U. S. O.
entertainer.
apart and flew in to Myitkyina
and welded together without los
ing a single machine Included 49
sixteen-ton bulldozers, seven 16
ton shovels, 22 twelve-ton road
graders, 27 eleven-ton carryalls, 12
sheepfoot rollers and seven 20
ton flat bed trailers.
,It required 1,300 sorties by
transport planes to bring in the
equipment.
Vecellio said that "some of the
best welders in the business" were
on hand to weld the machines
back together after the various
parts were unloaded from the
planes. And considering the fact
they had no great amount of
equipment with which to work,
Vecellio considers they did a good
job. It took 10 hours to disassem
ble completely a heavy bulldozer
and make one necessary cut with
a torch. A day and a half was
needed to put it back together.
COW BRINGS THE COPS
Fort Wayne, Ind. IIP) A bawl
ing cow, left cramped in a small
truck, in front of a Main street
tavern, received the attention of
a police squad, a city councilman
land a humane officer when its
Lbawling of more than six hours
oecame more insistent ana piuiui
and the nearby residents could no
longer stand the cries.
By George D. Crlssey
. (United Preu Suit Correspondent)
Chicago, Dec. 23 IIP" The Nor
den bombsight is so efficient that
after it has been set on a pre-con-ceived
target the plane would
continue toward its objective even
though all the crew had been
killed, it was disclosed recently at a
public showing of this heretofore
secret weapon of the U. S. air
force.
The bombsight was the subject
of a press' review at the Victor
Adding Machine company where
it is manufactured in part and as
sembled in full for the army air
technical service command and
the navy. Hundreds of sub-con-tractors
contribute parts to the
final job of the instrument which
might well be called a mechanical
eye for Superfortresses and other
bomb-carrying planes. '
Device Described
The bombsight is comprised of
two units upper and lower. The
lower part is the stabilizer which
holds the craft on its course
through the ship's rudder during
the bombing run. The upper part
is the "sight" itself. The two func
tion as a unit although there are
900 parts to the lower unit alone.
Most Important parts of the
sight itself are the telescope, the
computer and the gyro. The com
puter is called the brains of the
sight by engineers who said its
mechanism is approximately 40
times more accurate than the
finest watch.
The function of the computer
is to solve various mathematical
problems which confront the bom
bardier just prior to the bombing
run. It answers questions as to
ground speed, altitude and atmos
pheric conditions almost instantly.
Sighting Explained
In effect the three-way team
plays this .way: The computer
dopes out various conditions and
circumstances, including the curv
ature of the earth; the stabilizer
seizes on the set course for the
bombing run and the "sight" fixes
its eye on the target and follows
it to a pre-determlned spot, loos
ing its load of destruction at the
exact moment planned in advance.
Without it, engineers said, pre
cision bombing such as Tokyo nas
experienced from Superfortresses
would be impossible at the alti
tudes being flown.
As remarkable as the 75-pound
bombsight itself are some of the
tools used In making it. There are
gadgets, for example, which are
capable of measuring' the thick
ness of a piece of human hair
after It has been split lengthwise
3,000 times and others which take
such things as 70 millionth! of an
inch in stride.
GAS STEALER 'KICKS'
Manchester, N. H. ilP Arrested
after stealing three automobiles
and breaking into a gasoline sta
tion in his escape from an Indus
trial school here, a 17-year-old
boy complained to police: "While
I was in the filing station, a
mean guy came along and let the
air out of one of my tires. You
can't trust anybody these days."
BUND LAWYER WINS
Springfield, Mass. IIP) A prece
dent was established in probate
court when Attorney John F,
Nagle, a blind lawyer, read ques
tions to witnesses by means of
Braille. Nagle's client won the
case.
ANOTHER USE FOR JEEP
Waltham, Mass. IIP) Besides Its
extensive uses on the farm, the
army jeep can be used after the
war as an effective forest fire
fighter, according to U. S. depart
ment of agriculture reports. ,
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It has been our good fortune
to serve you during the past
year and we want to take this
means of expressing our thanks.
We trust the coming year will
be one of utmost success for
you and yours.
Michaelson's Grocery
917 Wall
Phone 82
P
IT'S
CHRISTMAS
AGAIN i
May all the joys of
a glorious holiday
season be the good
fortune of our host
of friends in this
enmmunltv. t JL.
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PILAN'DS
MARKET
For the Best in Meats
514 Franklin St.
Merry
Christmas
and Happy
New Year
to All and
To the Best People in the World
the Customers of
THE BEAUTY QUEST
Jo Ann Thomas, Mgr., and Personnel
81 Oregon Phone 170
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T.IW.C
101 E. Greenwood
Bend, Oregon
Telephone 544
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n
O DOUBT all of us
find it difficult to observe
the Christmas season in the
manner to which we have
been accustomed in former
years but shall we not re
ceive a certain amount of
satisfaction from the knowl
edge that we are a step near
er to lasting Peace
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ROM the set-backs
and disappointments of past
months have come the ce
mentina of solid friendships
that will in a measure com
pensate all of us for the sac
rifices we have made. Out
of the chaotic conditions will
come a quiet understanding
that will remain with us airways.
ND SO, at this time
of Christmas, may we moke
every effort to enjoy it to
the fullest and let us be
thankful for all good things,
that hove been our tortune,
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JL HI
HE Season's Best to
each of you.
G. I.'s 'Prof
.
Ma, Oen. Frederick H, Osborn,
above, head of the Army's In
formation and Education Divi
sion, Intends that 800,000 soldiers
will be better educated when
they return to civilian life.
Through his enormous corre
spondence school the U. S.
Armed Forces Institute that
many men take 300 courses, pre
paring for better lobs.
.Through prosperity And
peace through adversity and
war, we have always enjoyed
greeting our friends at Christ
mastime. And so again we
send greetings with the hope
that your future will always be
bright with the light of liberty
and broad in the freedoms as
we know them so that you may
enjoy all the fine things that
freedom brings. , '
THOUGH THE EARTH ROCK, THESE THINGS
MUST NEVER CHANGE
LIBERTY-FREEDOM
iU SPIRIT o CHRISTMAS
ShellhartY Grocery
At Christmas timt it is our privilege la git
tiprtssion to our thoughts concerning those whose
friendship and good suitt we cherish above all else.
It is a little dilicult this year because wi
realise that In recent months it has been necessary
or all e us to make tome sacrifices that the
American way of life may be preserved. Since we
are aware of most o four problems, we sincerely
believe that we are qualified to express a genuine
Christmas Creeling that carries with it the true
thoughts that are in our hearts for you at this time.
In difficult limes, as well as in good times, we
consider it a privilege to remember you with
viord of good cheer and a wish for genuine happiness
and the good things that follow.
y RE OF
GOOD
CHEER 1
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Shoop & Schulze Tire Service
1291 Wall Street
Phone t65
I
NCE again, as the Christmas season is
ushered in, we wish to take advantage
of the opportunity to express our sin
cere good wishes to those whom we
have been associated in a personal and
in a business way during the past
twelve months. Serving you has been a happy privilege,
from which we have received a tremendous amount of
satisfaction and it is our sincere wish that we may con
' tinue to be of service to you in the future.
Without your friendships and your goodwill we
tiould have heen dissatisfied but because of your un
derstanding of our problems and because we tried des
perately to understand yours, we have enjoyed a continu
ation of your patronage. It is our expressed desire to
improve our facilities of service and we assure you that
as conditions return to normalcy you can depend on
our institution making every effoit to fulfill your re
quirements. . THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
BEND GARAGE COMPANY
South of Pott Office
Phona 193