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SECOND SECTION 4 PAGES SECOND SECTION 4 PAGES Tribune EDFORD Full Associated Press Fall United Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1937 No. 184. M SKY - BATTLESHIP WITH 3 TURRETS -BUILTFDR NAVY Utmost Secrecy Surrounds Construction Of Giant ' Armored Plane Larger One Is Reported Planned. By Arthur N. Suvprkrop (UP Staff Correspondent) BAN DIEOO, Cal. (UP) A flying. ' armored dread naught of the skies the United States navy's bid to maintain Its supremacy In the skies will be given Its first tests here within a few weeks. And while the finishing touches are being placed on the great plane. In the most closely maintained sec recy, an even more powerful plane 1a being designed, It was learned. Turreted, fore and aft, like the giant dreadnaughts of the surface, the new fighting craft will be as large. If not larger, than the trans Pacific Clipper planet. Four giant motors, mounted on the single wing, will develop more than .200 horsepower, H was learned. Built By Consolidated At the Consolidated Aircraft cor poration plant here, where the plane la being built by the most trusted workmen, officials were loath to drop the veil of secrecy concerning the fighting craft said to be the world's most powerful air fighting machine. It waa revealed, however, that a super-strong, all metal hull, armored to protect the vital portion of the plane from rival aircraft or anti-aircraft fire, la nearing completion. ' This hull, It la said, . do de signed that the huge flying battle ship will be able to ride out the most severe storms If forced to land la the ocean. 5,000-Mile Firing Range A cruising range of at leaat 8.000 miles, probably even farther, will make the air dreadnaughts capable of operating with the surface fleet lit even the most far-flung maneu vers. Aboard will be complete quar ters for the crew, it was believed. A fuel supply which will enable the plane to take-off and- remain la the air for at least 48 hours will be carried presumably In armored tanks. Naval nd aircraft company offlc- 1 Jw II I'll il 1 FELDMAN ELECTRIC 237 Etst Main at B&rtlett GIANTS OF The Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company, Receiving: Six New High Speed Freight Engines The first of these powerful, fast locomotives has just been de livered at Spokane by the Ameri can Locomotive Company, after a leisurely Journey under tow from the Schenectady works. The other five will follow la a few days. After being made ready for service they will be placed on through runs of the districts cov ering the 273 miles between Spokane, Pasco and Wlshram, and later also on the Oregon Trunk Railway between Wlsbram and Bend, 152 miles. Their rated tractive force ts 104,500 pounds, contrasted to that of 64,500 pounds of the most powerful units heretofore in serv ice on this line, which will handle heavy traffio with ease on the maximum grade of .4 of one per cent between Spokane and Snake Hirer, 123 miles, and .2 of one percent west to Wlshram, 150 miles. They will not be used west of Wlshram on account of the sus tained easy water grade to Van couver. These locomotives are of the proven type for heavy duty, even on mountain grades, known at 4-6-6-4 simple Mallet, meaning to the layman four pilot truck lals admit that revolutionary1 change In construction technique have been worked out changes which some compared to the Intro duction of steel armor-plating on the world famous Monitor, of Civil war days. It waa learned, despite the care ful guarding of all phases of the design and construction of the craft, that at least three turrets will be mounted on the big plane. Caliber Not Known One of these will be In the bow, another will be In the amldship section, and the third some place near the tall assembly. It Is as sumed, also, the plane will be equip ped witn guns which will give it mm mi "iTn TERMS f i " I St i I THE RAILS wheels, two sets of six driving wheels and four trailer truck wheels. They have two complete power units, each with three pairs ol driving wheels 69 Inches in di ameter; cylinders 23 Inches In di ameter and stroke of 32 inches; and rated speed of 65 miles per hour. The boiler carries a work ing pressure of 250 pounds per square inch. An Idea of their great size li gained from a few dimensions. The length of engine is 75 feet 5 Inches, tender 46 feet 10 inches, total 122 feet 3 inches; total length of largest class heretofore on this line 80 feet 6 inches. The weight of engine ts 624,600 pounds, tender 398,400 pounds, total 1,022,900 pounds; length of firebox 20 feet 6 inches, width 9 feet 6 Inches; height of engine 16 feet 11 inches; capacity of tender 20,000 gallons of water, 6,000 gallons of fuel oil. The tender has two trucks, each with three pairs of wheels. Alt driving and truck wheels hare roller bearings. The cabs carry the road num bers 900 to 905 inclusive, and the tenders bear the company's elllp tlcal trade-mark. adequate protection from attacks from all angles, but the caliber and size of the armaments in each tur ret are something about which no word of Information Is available. Meanwhile, It Is persistently ru mored In semi-official circles here that an even larger and more pow erful air-sea fighter has been de signed if not actually already un der construction here. This rumor concerns a plane said to be tar superior to anything ever conceived a plane with at least six motors. Naval officials remain tight-lipped concerning thla rumor. Use Mall Tribune want ads. Come in today od learn the secret of Norge fuel-saving econ omy and exceptional heating efficiency ... In mild weather or bitter cold, the Norge Floating FUmt and Double-Pot burner give you clean, quick, healthful heat at low cost. Norge makes a heat circulator for every need from oat room up to five. Be sure to see the Norge before yon bay! II.. .1.1. .1 II . I.. M .W.1... jl m trm'irKirr HEAT 01 AS LOW AS DAY Phone 937 BRANCH PLANTS 0. S. DOT Invested American Capital Far Greater Than That Of British Some Pro tests Openly Recorded. OTTAWA. Ont. (UP) The penetra tion of United States industry In Canada, attributed to the desire -of American manufacturers to obtain the benefits of the British empire tariff preferences. 1s Increasing, a survey by the dominion bureau of statistics, Canadian government statistical agen cy reveals. It la estimated that American man ufacturers have established nearly 1, 500 branch plants in Canada, and the large majority of the t3.OO0.00O, 000 Invested in plants In the domin ion by foreign manufacturers is owned by American Interests. The American capital invested In Canada, It is re vealed, by far exceeds British capital. The American penetration in Canada is particularly pronounced In Ontario, because the province extends farthest south and la more contiguous to the large centers of American manufac turing. 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The former operates pri marily under the disadvantage of long distance, whereas communication be tween American plants and Canadian subsidiaries la only a matter of min utes and the shipment of equipment, when urgently needed, ts only a mat ter of hours. Moreover, the British manufacturer has an enormous home market, in addition' to being favor ably located for foreign trade In gen eral, and, being In the empire, has all the fiscal preferences automati cally. When the American manufacturer attempts to enter the Canadian mar ket, he encounters a tariff wall, and the only way he can overcome this Impediment Is by establishing a branch factory In Canada. Canadian Trade Sought It Is not for the Canadian trade alone, however, that the American manufacturer Is Increasingly invest ing capital In Canada. He Is also seeking the preferential advantages of British and dominion trade agree ments. American factories located in Canada are heavy exporters of various commodities, ranging from automo biles to toilet preparation, which go to Great Britain. Australia, New Zea land and South Africa. They enter those countries under the preferential tariffs, which are low In comparison with customs duties if exporting di rectly from the United States. Customs regulations, however, pro vide for a large degree of Canadian content of labor and materials as a qualification. For example, after next March, the Canadian content of motor cars must be 66 percent or else tht great advantage accruing from scores of parts being admitted free will lapse. The American branch Industry has readily assimilated Itself Into the Canadian Industrial structure, and. In places, It Is actually a dominant factor. It has a large voice In the Canadian Manufacturers' association, and. curiously. It commonly combat CRT.TBOtXT MOTOR DITISION, Gffural AMm Sol rrptmitn DETROIT. MICHIGAN Gmret MiNn liuMUnml Plan pteiuMy poyiwnl, I nil JW pun A Cmml Main Vnlm ft C v. ROGUE RIVER CHEVROLET AND SALESROOM SPARTA BLDO moves to lower the tariff against the United States even If this would benefit the parent Industry. Pre ac cess to the Canadian market would modify the necessity of Canadian branch plants, even though It is only through them that the empire pref erences are available. gome Opposition Manifest ' The penetration of American in dustry Into Canada has aroused op-j position in some sources. The dovel-: opnient la particularly opposed by ' the Socialistic Co-operative Common wealth federation party, which holds that the operation of these companies in the dominion la "a real menace to Canada."- ! J. 8. Woodsworth. leader of the party, recently accused Prime Min ister Mitchell T. Hepburn, whose opposition to John L. Lewis' Com mittee for Industrial Organisation ts construed In some quarters as an lnvttatlon for American Industries to locate In the province, of permitting American companies to organlre in the province and operate under lower wage scales. "Wherever there are gold, nickel or coal mines, automobile factories, or water powers controlled by American Interests In Canada you should put up an American flag, and then you would have no room for the British flag," he said. "Stand on guard for Canada if you want to have British Industries established here." EAGAI IEU WILL STAND PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 33. (Pi Harry Hazel, national labor relations board examiner, dented Wednesday a motion by counsel for the Industrial ,7 r SERVICE DEPT. 32 NORTH RIVERSIDE V -Pi. lis I Employes' Union, Inc., for dismissal of labor board charges against the I. B. U. In the case In which the organization la named respondent along with three northwest lumber companies and an organization of operators. Counsel for the labor board allege the I. B. U. to be a "company union" and Ineligible as a bargaining agency for employes under the Wagner act. Nicholas Jaureguy, attorney for the I. E. U cou tended the complaint contained uo charge against the or ganization, but merely stated It hid- J ? I t AS, . VK MOT . , i ' V'K . . -irf" if TltrlhiitA hr OroMfe giro mm mm mm S'V'"'' , 3 , ' I in i USED OAR LOT 234 N. RIVERSIDE, FOOT OF been coerced by employers. "If there has been coercion, we want le removed, but we deny there has been," Jaureguy said. WINDOW QLA33 We sell window glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably Trowbridge Cab inet Works. Phone 643 We ll haul away refuse. City Sanitary Service. 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