PAGE TWELVE
Army Removing
Secrecy From
Newer Weapons
By Fred Scherff
(UnHd I'rew Staff CorreaiM)ndnt)
Fort Myer, Va. Ui The army
has removed the wraps of secrecy
from more than a score of Its
latest and deadliest fighting ma
chines. Topping the list were an im
proved, high-velocity 90 mm. gun
and an aluminum pontoon bridge,
both designed primarily for use
with the new Gen. Pershing tank,
a 10-lnch mortar described as the
"world's biggest," various auto
matic weapons with increased
firepower, a r a d i o cont.-ollecl
mine, several radar detection de
vices, and sound equipment to lo
cate enemy small arms fire.
Most of the items at the exiiioit
were listed by the war depart
ment as secret. Many had not
been put into mass production yet
and very few sent to overseas
battle areas. Reporters were
therefore amazed when they were
told by Gen. Brehon Somervell,
commander of the armed service
forces, that they could write about
them without restriction.
New 90-mm. Gun Keady
The new 90-mm. gun has the
terrific muzzle velocity of 3.750
feet per second, 500 feet more
than the 90-mm. now In use
against the Germans. This gives
the projectile power enough to
pierce 14 Inches of armor plate
at 300 yards, or KnocK out one oi
the vaunted German Tiger tanks
at 11,000 yards. The top range of I
the gun Is 14,000 yards. Its main
differences from the older model
90-mm. are that it Is longer and
has a heavier excellent charge. It
will soon be In use overseas, an
official said.
The first of the aluminum pon
toon bridges designed to carry
loads up to 50 tons are now en
route abroad. They feature 60
foot pontoons and a roadway
more than 12 feet wide to accom
modate the Pershing tanks, which
are broader than the Gen. Sher
mans. In tests, the bridge has
been thrown across waterways at
a rate oi aoo feet in 8 hours.
The pontoons can be broken
down Into two parts for easier
transportation. The deck planks,
also of aluminum, are hollow so
they will float if dropped over
board. Mortar Shoots 250 I.lw.
The 10-lnch mortar is a huge
weapon, standing about 15 feet
high, which can lob 250 pounds
of steel and explosives 9,600
yards. It has a built-in crane to
carry the projectile to the muzzle
of the mortar and drop it In. The
mortar Is now being placed in
mass production.
The automatic weapons de
signed to lay down a heavier fire
than ever before included a 20
mm. cannon for use in aircraft
and a 50-callber nyichlno gun. The
rate of fire of the cannon has
been increased from 650 to 850
rounds a minute while the ma
chine gun can now fire 1,200 shots
instead of 750 In the same amount
of time.
The radio mine can be used
either on land on under water
where it is exploded by remote
radio control. Each Individual
IFEEE
3 NEW ROSE DAWN PLANTS
Please enclose 25 cents to help cover pncklnir,
postage, advertising, and liniidling expense.
This week is your last chance to get your three lovely new Rose
Dawn Perennial plants. Now Is IiIimiI time to set' them out.
Offer positively end Saturday. These are the new flowers you
have lieen hearing iilmut through radio stations, iuwsiaMrs,
and the garden miiKazlnes of the country. They grow two to
three feet high an.l Ixtir literally hundreds of hcniitirul silver
pink flowers. l ine for cutting or for yard decoration.
Wo want you to have three of these unusual flowers to trans
plant In your yard, so you can see what strong healthy flowers
we raise. Current catalog value 60 cents. You may have three
Incidental expense an alwve.
REMEMBER THIS WEEK IS POSITIVELY
YOUR LAST CHANCE
CLARK GARDNER
Western
734 American Blilg.
mine can be detonated slrr-' by
dialing its code numwr, much as
one uses a dial telephone.
The controlling radio has a
range of eight miles on land and
20 at sea.
A new radar aiming device of
antiaircraft guns is in the final
stages of development. It tracks
the course of a plane, aims and
fires the battery automatically,
Another radar unit has been
designed to keep searchlights
focused on enemy planes. This Is
a portable device, weighing only
one ton.
Also exhibited was a new sound
direction finder which is capable
of accurately locating the position
of enerny small arms lire.
Veterans Install
Elected Officers
Redmond. May 17 A women's
auxiliary to the newly instituted
Deschutes post of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, will shortly be
formed, it was unnouneed here
today. Decision to organize the
! auxiliary was reached after the
I formal institution of the new
VFW post in the roller rink lust
Saturday night
Ray Cooper, Bend, Commander
of district No. 12, opened the
mcoting which then was presided
over by Francis G. Gates, jr.
junior department vice command
er, when the following officers
were elected:
Roy C. Vaughn, commander;
Herbert Jiamllton, senior vice
commandtr; George Harford,
Junior vice commander; Frank
Ross, quartermaster; Carl Bonelli,
Arifnt:intr T.anrottt Rniiphni-H nf.
fleer of the day; Frank Hancock,
chaplain; Dr. Edward McKrill,
surgeon; Robert McGreer, post
advocate; Clarence Bowcn, guard,
and Carl Bonelli, Laureat Bouch
ard and Bert 'Wear, trustees.
Post colors from both the Bond
and Prinevllle posts were present
ed to mo uesenutes post, with
Vern Eldrldge acting as officer of
the day.
Officers Present,
Department officers present
were Mrs. Lois Eldrldge, president
of district No. 12, Prinevllle; Com
mander Ray Conor of District
12, Bend; Vern Eldrldge, senior
vice commander of District 12,
Prlneville; and Fred B. Corn, de
partment quartermaster from
Portland, and Eva Sanders, Junior
activities chairman, Bend.
Visiting officers from both posts
and auxiliaries of Bend and Prine
vllle were: Mrs, Hanna Gibson,
president of the Bend auxiliary;
Madge Wyman, president of the
Prinevllle auxiliary; Roy Sumner,
commander of Ihe Prinevllle post;
Earl Birchard, commander of Hie
Bend post.
A Juniper gravel was presented
to Commander Vaughn by Francis
Gates, und short talks were made
by Commander Cooper, Quarter
master Corn and Mrs. Eldrldge.
TWINS WIN BRONZE STAR
Fort Wayne, Ind. (IFi The
Parnin twins, Pfc. Richard A. and
Robert W., have not only been to
gether all during their combat
duty, but were even awarded
Bronze Stars for their meritori
ous fighting In the same battle
on the same .day. The medals
were given for service on Bou
gainville. THIS WEEK
LAST CHANCE
Office
Seattle 4. Wash.
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20 Conclude
21 Wife of
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Arthurian
legend
23 Rodents
24 Sea eagle
25 Tendon
27 Measure
28 Bay window
29 Goddess -31
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33 Interest (b.)
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35 One who
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37 Heating
devices
40 Carries (coll.)
41 Caterpillar '
hairs
43 1- lower
44 Drunkards
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of Benjamin
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49 Symbol for
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4 Division of
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time
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ASKS $3,000 FOR 3 TEETH
Toledo, O. mi Gilbert J. Vance
places a value of $1,666.66 on each
of his teeth, according to a dam
age suit filed In common pleas
court here. Vanco sued Vance
Nowak, a fellow worker, for
$5,000 because he lost three teeth
In a fist fight at a war plant.
NEW TURKEY PORT OPENS
Ankara UP) The new port of
Iskenderun, built by British firms,
and a 300-mlle road between Tar
sus and the port have been
opened. The formal opening fol
lowed Inauguration of the use of
a second road between Mersen
Olukishla.
411,000,000 TRUCK TIRES
Akron, O. tut Since Pearl Har
bor, America's rubber Industry
has produced 40,000,000 heavy
duty truck tires an astonishing
Harr-Shaffner & Marx
Suits Overcoats
Stetson Hats
Hardeman Hats
Stanford Hats
Alexander Hats
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BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 17.
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39 Type of cloth
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40 Chinese ' "
dependency
42 Slaves
46 Emmet
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50 She the "
wife ot Bing
Crosby
52 France (ab,)
19 Roman road
20 Great Lake
22 Ridicules
24 Type of fur
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26 Travels
28 Hops' kilns ,
30Salnte (ab.)
32 Open (poet.)
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record considering the fact that
the Japanese have controlled 90
per cent of the world's rubber
sources since that date.
LEGAL NOTICES I
Notice of Timber Sale
Sealed Bids, In duplicate, on
forms provided therefor, marked
outside "Bid Whitewater Logging
Unit" and addressed to the Super
intendent, Warm Springs Agency,
Warm Springs, Oregon, will be re
ceived until 2 o'clock p.m. Pacific
War Time, July 17, 1945 for the
purchase of timber on a tract in
Township 10 South, Ranges 9 and
iu tast, and Township 11 South,
Range 9 East. The unit includes
about 18,422 acres with an esti
mated stand to be cut under the
light selection method of 75,000,-
000 board feet, log scale, of pon
deross pine, sugar pine, and west
ern white pine, of which ponder
osa pine is more than 99 percent
of the total. In addition to the
pines, the unit contains about 46,
500,000 board feet of Douglas fir,
larch, cedar, and other species but
these will not be cut except as
necessary In clearing roads, con
struction of bridges, camps and
other logging development pur
poses. All timber of these species
cut prio- to March 31, 1946, will
be paid for at two dollars per
thousand feet B.M. Scribner Dedl-
mal C Log Scale. Each bid must
state the price per thousand feet,
Scribner Decimal D Log Scale
that will be paid for ponderosa
pine, sugar pine, and western
white pine timber that will be cut
and scaled prior to March 31, 1946.
Prices subsequent to that date are
to be fixed by the Secretary of In
terior in accordance with the pro
cedure described in the contract.
No bid of less thanfive dollars and
twenty-five cents per thousand
feet B.M. for the ponderosa pine,
sugar pine, and western white
pine will be considered. Bids will
be limited to the maximum prices
allowed by the Office of Price Ad
ministration under Its "Maximum
Price Regulation 460 -Western
Timber" which became effective
as of August 31, 1943. This regula
tion is on file in the Office of the
Superintendent, Warm Springs
Agency, warm SDrtnes. Oregon.
and is available for review, Each
bid must bo -accompanied by a cer
tified check on a solvent bank in
the amount of $20,000.00 payable
to the Superintendent, Warm
Springs Agency, Oregon. The de
posit will be returned to unsuc
cessful bidders, applied as a part
of the purchase price of the suc
cessful bidder, or retained as
liquidated damages If the bidder
shall not execute the contract and
furnish satisfactory bond for S20.-
000.00 within sixty days of notice I
of acceptance of bid. The rleht to
waive lecnnicai ueiects ana to re
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ject any and all bids Is reserved.
If more than one bidder sublts the
maximum bid allowable under O.
P.A. regulation 460, the contract
may be awarded to the bidder
most in need of timber for the
continued production of lumber
for war purposes. This sale is be
ing made for the purpose of pre
venting serious losses from beetle
attack and the contract will re
quire the payment of cash penal
ties for failure to comply with
minimum cutting requirements
except when relieved therefrom
by the officer approving the con
tract. The contract will specify
that all designated timber shall
be cut and removed from the unit
prior to April 1, 1954. It will be
necessary for the successful bid
der to transport logs and equip
ment to and from the Whitewater
logging Unit across National For
es lands. All bidders should con
tact the Forest Supervisor. Des
chutes National Forest, Bend, Ore
gon in regard to access road con
struction requirements. For copies
of the contract, regulations, map
of the sale area, blanks for sub
mission .of bids, and other infor
mation, appl" to the Superintend
ent Warm Springs Indian Agency,
Warm Springs, Oregon. Dated
this 1st day of May 1945. Oscar
L. Chapman, Assistant Secretary
of Interior. 139-145-150-2-8-14c
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Soda Wafers ... 2 lbs. 25c
Tasty Maid '
Cheez-lt . . .6 oz. pkg. 12c
Sunshine Crackers , ,
Hemo . . . . 11b. glass 59c
. Borden's
Coffee ... .1 lb. glass 32c
, ., Emrich's -
Lipfon'sTea . . . . .i lb. 27c
i lb. 57c 1 lb. 1.13
Mustard ... . .9 oz. jar 9c
Best Foods Horseradish
Cream Corn .....can 18c
Pict-Sweet Cream Style- 20 oz. Can
Diced Beefs . .glass jar 15c
s&w
Minced Clams . . . .can 28c
Otter 7 or. Can
Piggly Wiggly -Flour
. .101b. bag 51c
241 lb. bag 1.17 50 lb. bag 2.23
Raviola ..... .1 lb. jar 22c
Chicken
Baby Food ... . . .3 for 23c
Clapp's
Choc. Malt Syrup . .lb. 24c
32 oi. Jar 45c Mrs. Snaider's
Purex . . . . . .qt. bottle 14c
i gal. 27c
Super Suds . . .Ige. size 23c
Fruits and
Wax Onions .... 3 lbs. 35c
Texas
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Cauliflower ...... .lb .21c
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Center
Hens
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Leg O' Lamb
Grade A
Sausage b. 27c
Fresh, Country Style
Corned Beef Ib. 33c
Boneless,
COLORED FRYERS
and Saturday
Vegetables
CABBAGE
Solid Head
lb.7c
BEEF ROA3T
Boneless Steer
10. jc
lb. 39c
Slices
Ib. 42c
Loral
lb. 37c
Sugar Cured
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