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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MED FORD. OREGON. TUESDAY. JUNE 25. 1940.
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SHOTS WITH
ANTI-PLANE GUNS
Coast Artillerymen Shatter
Targets Towed 10,000
Feet Up at Ft. Stevens
Fort Stevens. Ore.. June 25.
(Jp) It'i going to be risky
business for foreign airplanes
which might try to fly over this
army post at the mouth of the
Columbia river, because the
Oregon national guard's 249th
coast artillery showed how ef
fective nine new three-inch
anti-aircraft guns can be.
These new guns were fired
for the first time last week by
the newly-organized anti-aircraft
battalion of the 249th.
These boys never had seen
an anti-aircraft gun before, but
they performed like veterans.
Complicated Job
The 249th now contains two
battalions, one of which mans
the six-inch and 10-inch sea
coast guns at the mouth of the
fiver. The other fires anti-aircraft
machine guns, as well as
the three-inch weapons.
It is a highly complicated
job to fire the three-inch guns,
and it takes a person trained
in higher mathematics to un
derstand it.
About 65 men are needed to
fire two guns. They fired at a
25-foot balloon-silk target towed
3,000 feet behind a Washing
ton national guard observation
plane. The target was towed
at 120 miles an hour, was two
to three miles out at sea, and
from 9,000 to 10,000 feet high.
The guns fire shrapnel shells
three inches in diameter and
two feet long, and the guards
men fired about 25 a minute
with each of two guns.
Machines Do Work
A crew of three men oper
ates the altitude finder, a tube
about 12 feet long and a foot
In diameter. They train their
sights on the target, no litle
Job in itself, and the compli
cated electrical machinery does
the rest.
These measurements, auto
matically and Instantaneously
changed as the plane changes
altitude, are sent to the direc
tor, a square electrically-operated
box that coordinates alti
tude, distance, weather and
wind conditions, and other in
formation needed to fire the
guns.
The director transmits this
data to the guns, on the side
of which are dials. Operators
match these dials with data sent
from the director, these opera
tions automatically aiming the
(una and adjusting the fuses so
the shells burst a few yards
short of the target.
When a shell bursts, it sends
250 pieces of shrapnel spread
ing out like a mushroom and
covering a 40-yard radius.
Mechanism Secret
Most of the targets were shot
full of holes. When the shells
burst about 12 seconds after
leaving the gun, they leave a
trail of smoke-puffs across the
sky. The two guns together got
about 28 shots at the target on
each course, many of these shots
being sufficient to bring planes
down.
The mechanical and electrical
equipment used to fire the guns
Is a strict military secret. Only
two civilians, a major's son and
a reporter, were permitted to
see the firing and they were
not allowed to take a good look
at the director or altitude
finder.
The regular army troops at
Fort Stevens will begin practice
this week with the three-inch
guns.
Another potent weapon
against airplanes is the four
800,000.000 candlepower search
lights manned by the Salem
searchlight battery. Without any
previous training, the battery
spotted the plane and kept the
lights on it.
"When the lights were on me.
I lost all my bearings and was
In danger of going into a spin,"
the pilot said. "There is grave
danger to any plane caught in
the lights. I had to drop deep
down in my seat and fly on
instruments."
CANADIANS FACE
HEAVY TAXES AS
RESULHF WAR
Auto Worth $1,2C0 to Be
Taxed 80 Per Cent in Sale
Incomes Get Big Levy
Ottawa, June 25 (JPt Can
ada's finance minister forecast
today a possible increase of
$700,000,000 in national income
during the current fiscal year,
"a very large proportion" to go
for military purposes.
The minister, Lieut.-Col. J. L.
Ralson, told the house of com
mons that the over-all deficit
for the fiscal year ended March
31, 1940, was fl 18.000.000. the
exact amount of war expendi
tures for the period. Total rev
enues were $562,000,000, an
all-time Canadian high.
Employment Looms.
War Industrial effort, he said,
presently will make it possible
for everyone to find employ
ment.
The Canadian contribution to
the war, he declared, will "not
be limited by what we can com
fortably accomplish," but will
be "the maximum effort pos
sible." Following are highlights of
the budget:
All automobile sales taxed 10
per cent on $700 value up to
80 per cent on (1.200 values.
New national defense tax
starts at two per cent on salary
of $600.
Excess profits tax raised to
75 per cent.
Heavy increases In personal
income tax in all brackets.
Tax of 10 per cent on value
for duty on all Imports except
under British preferential tariff.
Many Articles Hit.
Tariff changes almost exclu
sively technical.
Tax on tires and tubes In
creased to five cents pound.
New 10 per cent tax on phon
ographs, cameras, radios and
radio tubes.
New 10 cents a pound tax
on raw leaf tobacco.
Tax on cigarette papers and
tubes increased from two cents
to five cents a 100.
Manufactured tobacco tax In
creased from 25 to 35 cents a
pound.
Cigarette tax Increased from
$5 to $6 a 1,000.
On the Radio Chains
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GIVE STYLE SHOW
Feature of the Kiwanls luncheon-meeting
Monday in the Ho
ia! Mlfnrrl vbi the Women's
Style show, presented by the !
Business and Professional Wom
en's club, meeting in joint ses
sion with the Kiwanians.
"Styles in Review" included
as models Vivian Gill as Mirs
1925, Irean Crigsby as Miss
1910. Gladys York as Miss 1905.
Hazel Swayne as Miss 1C00, Eva
Judd as Miss 1890, Doris Hous
ton as Miss 1875. and Evelyn
Mathews as- Miss 1840.
In more serious vein, Winnie
Weishaar outlined the organiza
tion and activities of the local
and national Business and Pro
fessional Women's club. Rose
Houston described the interna
tional organization of the club.
Kiwanians were informed that
since initial organization of
these women's groups in 1919.
as an outgrowth of the last
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10 EYES OP BLUE
London (U.R Good fighter
pilots in the air usuallv hivn
blue eyes.
This is not a matter nf
co-incidence. Scientific tests,
carried out with the object of
finding the ideal fiahtrr.nllnta
have proved it.
All pilots must be of annrl
sound stock and must pass a
strict medical examination. This
includes tests to find whether
the applicant can withstand the
strain of flying in all climates
and all altitudes. There are also
breath-taking and balancing
tests.
Eyesight must be first class
with correct color vision and
muscular balance. Identification
of signals depends on color vis
ion, while ocular balance Is es
sential to safe landing. An in
genious machine is used for the
eyesight test. It classifies the
eyes under three groups color
vision normal; defective but
safe: and defective and unsafe.
Nazi Flag Hoisted
On Corvallis School
Corvallis. Ore.. June 25. P'
Police investigated the origin
of a nazl flag found yesterday
fluttering from the junior high
school flag staff.
Officers, who said the flag
was well made, although ob
viously a home Job. refused to
accept the incident as the work
of pranksters.
7-YEAR-OLD INJURY
IS FATAL FOR BRIDEi
San Francisco, June 15. i.-f
An Illness traceable to a
seven-year-old Injury took the
life Sunday of Edith Gwynn. 23,
of Salem, a bride of six months.
She collapsed alter a tour of
the Golden Gate exposition with
her husband, Delmar Gwynn.
also 23.
She was struck on the head
by a baseball at Salem seven
years ago. The body will be
returned to Salem.
Farm Hand Drowns
In Klamath River
Klamath Falls. June 25. 'Ti
The Klamath river claimed the
life yesterday of Clause Worley,
35, farm hand who was swim
ming near McCollum's mill
The body was recovered today
Mrs. Worley and four chil
dren survive.
Auto. Plate and Window Olaas tn
S'allcd reatonnbly. Mtdtord Plate
Olaas Witsi Co, 66 So. BwU.il
SEVENTH ITALIAN SUB
DESTROYED BY BRITISH
London. June 25. (J" The
British admiralty announced to
day an Italian submarine hsd
been destroyed.
The submarine had been de
stroyed by British naval tores
east of Suez, it was said. tTh'S
would mean In the Red sea or
the Indian ocean. l
Seven Italian submarines now
have been "disposed of," the
communique said.
ATTENTION GETTER
r GLJYaS WILLIAMS
WiSrtE. WD5V WOUlP PjrYSOME AfftrHicM "ft HM.
.ffilfcslb AMUSE RMSELF Wlfrl PILLOW "THAT HAS
sump cur or chair
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AMD 1HEN P0PPIN6 OUT" 1b SURPRISE DATW
Bu1"paddv is Never lookin6 athi'i'ime
"TRIES CLOWWrJe. BV WEARING If AS A HAT,
BOT DAPDV WONT WAIcH
ANSWAV If '3 TON SWIN61N6 If AROUND IrlfHE
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DADDY ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD
WtU.THftf MADE DADDY PAV AfTtrifoN TO
HlM,fHDt)6H NOT OUST THE WAV HE HOPED
b-Zt
World war, their activities have
been extended into the 48 states.
Alaska and Hawaii.
At the last world congress of
Business and Professional Worn
en in June, 1939, in Norway,
26 European nations as well as
several near eastern and far
eastern countries were repre
sented, the Kiwanians were told.
In spite of the disrupting influ
ence of the current European
war, the women's international
organization is continuing to
function and is assisting both
in this country and aDioaa in;
refugee relief work, the speaker j
said.
President A. O. Bauman of I
the Kiwanians extended the
thanks and appreciation of the
club to Lunetta Bussey, presi
dent of the women's group, for
the interesting program. The
joint meeting was held as one
of a series of such sessions with
other service clubs, the plan be
ing sponsored by Kiwanis.
Death a Day.
"Portland. June 25. (JPi High
way death has been hobbled In
Portland during the last few
weeks but the average i Hill a
death every five days. Traffic
Captain W. C. Epps said today.
So far in 1940, 35 have been
killed on Portland streets.
Shingle Bill Passed.
Washington, Juna 25. )
A bill authorizing the President
to tax Canadian red cedar shin
gles 25 cents a square import
duty parsed the senate Satur
day and went to the White)
House. The duty would b
the maximum under the Cana
dian trade agreement.
Heat Halts Logging
Longview. Wash., June 25.
OPi Excessive heat and low hu
midity combined this morning
to bring an eaiiy cessation of
logging in the Weyerhaeuser
and Long-Bell operations in the
I Longview area.
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CHURCH FACTORY
A pioneer in the development of American aeronautics. G lenn L. Martin built the first
American training plane in 1912; the first American twin-engined bomber in 1918; the first
American plane to carry a one-ton bomb in 1922.
In 1309 Martin began building airplanes commercially in a churchl For $12 a month
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Today Glenn Martin is famous for pioneering in transoceanic flying.
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