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B-29 SUPERFORTS PLANES TO CREWS Gun Turrets ( Outside Pres sure Chambers Aimed, Fired By Remote Control Wichita, Kans., Nov. 14 (U.R) The mighty B-29 Superfortresses mean destruction and hardship to the enemy, but to their Amer ican air crews they are known as "luxury bombers" because of the comfort they provide while flying over great distances through the thin, cold substrato sphere. A party of newspapermen has Just completed a flight in one of the huge aircraft delivered by the Boeing plant here and can testify to the great degree of .engineering skill that is used to make the planes safer and more comfortable for the crews. Pressurized Cabins The pressurized cabins do the trick. At more than 30.000 feet over Kansas, the Instruments showed that the' temperature outside the plane was 67 degrees Deiow zero while the air pres- sure stood at 3.5 pounds per square incn not nearly enough to maintain human life. Yet inside the plane the crew was working in an equivalent of the Comfortable air pressure found at only 10,000 feet alti tude and in a temperature of about 70 degrees. Three Compartments There are three of the pres surized, sections in the plane. The control compartment in the nose houses the pilots, bombar dier and engineer. About two thirds of the way ack is the gunners' compartment, which also houses the radiomen and in the tail itself is a tiny pressure tank for the tail gunner. The nose and gunners' com partments are connected by a tube about a yard in diameter and 25 feet long through which crew members can crawl nn hands and knees from one cabin to another. The tail gunner, however, is isolated at high alti tudes The gun turrets them are outside the pressure cham selves are outside the pressure tnamuers ana are aimed and iirea Dy remote control. Air From Enaine. The compressed air is supplied from the encine sunpr-r.haT.anfa Emergency oxygen masks are suppnea at each crew position as a precautionary measure. : When a layman climbs for the first time into the pilots' cabin of one of these ships he sees the most complicated instrument pane to be found In any plane jn roe worm. The Job of prepar ing the plane for a takeoff re quires nearly a half hour while tne engines and other working parts of the aircraft are tested. Once up in the air, however, the plane belies its approximate 120,000 pounds gross weight by being extremely maneuverable and traveling, especially at high altitudes, with pursuit ship speed. I've just met the most near ly perfect husband, father and citizen I've ever known In my life. Thank goodness he's COi GARDEN ' COMPOST MAKER roiii fur P51 Olive Barber's Observations 5 lbs. 79c f.V'2.50 FALLEN LEAVES Orass CUpplafs at Cardea Rafasa MAKE VALUABLE FERTILIZER Comport wUh MILLZH't GARDEN COMPOST MAKER MONARCH SEED & FEED CO. EfnfS' T? ,before the t0mb 01 America's Unknown Soldier on Soth eommemorai oTmls iZm i Qen- Edwlu Waton the President's wreath. Standing beside the President are james ForrestsJ. secretary of the navy; Henry SUmson, secretary of war. and Rear Adm. wuaoo Brown. 'Roosevelt's naval aid. neither kith nor kin of mine! Which doesn't make sense, for wnen i try to put my finger on a reason for this Inconsistency, I can't. ' The man has no bad habits, i in the commonly accepted mean ing of the term. He neither smokes, drinks nor gambles. He never looks at another woman, comes straight home from his job and immediately starts in to improve the house or grounds. And yet I r Also he's what we call a good provider. His children are well clothed, the home is equipped with all the modern housekeeping gadgets. He's tak en out insurance policies for each child as it arrived. The older children have a horse to ride, the younger ones a pony. His wife lately had an opera tion and he's concerned lest she work too hard. And yet I Maybe I'm blinded by the fact that I simply must have a hand in the management of both my government and family life even though neither be run as efficiently as they would be if I'd stay out of the picture. ,. I can't bear to be a supine re ceiver of the largess of a dic tator, no matter how noble or capable he may be. I want my finger in the pie even if'to do so botches the whole works. I want a part in making my own destiny though- that destiny be the poorer for my interference. I want no pattern laid out for me to follow in whose making I've had no part. This man's wife hasn't been to town fof over a year. "She doesn't need to go. I do every thing," the man told me. "I buy the children's clothes and tend to all the household needs. know how to drive a bargain while my wife doesn't and would come home with all sorts of silly things if allowed to do the buying." He smiled at her tenderly; she might be a moron, but he still loved her. bie heart ed guy that he was, was the in ference. He's proud of his home; it's nis. rroua of his children: they're his. And mighty lucky kids they are, to have him for a father; his wife is lucky je cnose ner. i rather think he feels the very boards and nails which went into the making of nis nouse snouid be grateful that he selected them instead oi others. And he decides ev erything for the whole family. Then there won't be any mis- umes ior tnem to regret. If I weren't unreasonably prejudiced, I'd say his wife and children are fortunate, for he'll always be a good provider. tney 11 always be looked after. And yet I BROTHERS TO RETURN FROM PACIFIC THEATER First Sgt. Kenneth B. Black, who has served 31 months with the field artillery corps, and Sgt. William B. Black, on duty 35 months with the medical depart ment, are scheduled to arrive in the United States this month on furlough from the southwest Pa cific theater of operations. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs William M. Black, 412 Ivy street, Medford. The Garand rifle has three times the fire power of the Springfield used in the last war, according to the War Production Board. 3 3 vi!4-' ONARC ? r u coffes FDR Pays Tribute to Unknown Soldier '(2 -;: f ' TALENT LOGGER IS SUBJECT OF Logging operations of Charles Skeeters of Talent was the topic of a story In the September-October issue of "Timber Topics," a magazine published in the in terests of the logging ndustry by Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. The article stated "On the present Skeeters logging loca tion, at Prospect, Ore., 61,000, 000 board feet of timber, the bulk consisting of Ponderosa pine, sugar pine, red fir and white fir are being felled and skidded to the landings. Accord ing to Charles Skeeters, opera tions on their present location will continue for approximately another year. . "During the past ten years the logging camp has purchased 20 new Allis-Chalmers tractors in helping to effectively run its vast organization. "The Skeeters logging opera tion has a 'vital wartime- value since their woods are loaded with pine and red fir which are so Important to our fighting forces. Perhaps it Is significant to mention that this locality has about the largest quantity of sugar pine that is available in this country." G. N. STREAMLINER SERVICE FOR WEST St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 14 (U.R) Daily . streamliner passenger train service between Chicago and the Pacific northwest will be inaugurated by the Great Northern railway as soon as new equipment is available, F. J. Gavin, president of the company, announced today. The Great Northern's stream liner program is the first to be announced by the Northern Transcontinental lines operating between Chicago and the north Pacific coast. Gavin also dis closed that the Great Northern's board of directors has authoriz ed purchase of five complete new trains, including diesel lo comotives, at a cost of approxi mately $7,000,000. Construction of the new trains, which have been on order for a year, will begin as soon as materials are released by the war production board, he said. RESIGNATION ACCEPTED Washington, Nov. 14 (U.R) President Roosevelt today ac cepted the resignation of Chair man James Lawrence Fly of the Federal Communications Com mission but with "great per sonal reluctance." Dm Mall mbuue Want Ate STAOIVAIU$ Th. world', molt outstanding violin, were Mode by Antewle Strodlvorl (1644-1737) .1 Cr.rn.no, Italy. Vlellniit. hove waited y.or to own one ol hli hutramenri famed fee their beauty ol deilgn end twetlnm end rldinra el lone. 'nc always stands X KIIP ASKINO FOR IT 11 BbBtCH BOY SCOUTS TO RECEIVE AWARDS Thirty-seven members of five Medford Boy Scout troops will receive individual awards from the war production board for outstanding achievement in the recent waste paper drive, it was announced today by the scout council office. Each of the boys personally collected at least 1,000 pounds of paper during the period from August 1 through September 30, 1944. ; The badges have be-en re ceived at the local council of fice and will be sent to Scout Masters Hamilton, troop 1; Rob ert Claypool troop 5; R. J. Bills, troop 7 and L. H. Mitchelmore, troops 15 and 35. to be presented to the boys. The following boys earned awards: Troop 1 Harold Rickman, Howard Rlckman, Robert Rick man, Robert Johnson, James Johnson, Richard O'Brien, Rich ard Iven, Philip Horton, Frank Harden, James Larrabee, Robert Messen, Lee Pendergast, Billy Neely. Troop 5 Bob Claypool, Floyd Haynor, Jack Ragsdale, Marvin Epstein, Ardell Mars, Billy Perl, Ken Brew, Carl Borg, Tom Mot tern, Herb Wilson, Dale Cover stone, Dean Coverstone, Dick McKee. Troop 7 Richard Grlgsby, Don Henderson, Tommy Frey. Troop 15 Gordon Gerner, Leslie Gree, Thomas Sloan. Troop 35 Donald Harris, Ernest Hinkle, Lewis Burnell. EGG PROBLEM SOLVED London, Nov. 14 (U.R) The military problem of obtaining fresh eggs on the front line in Holland has been solved by one enterprising British artillery man who charges Dutch farmers one egg for the privilege of pull ing the firing lever on his gun and sending a shell hurtling into Germany, a front dispatch re ported today. . On Mail rrlbune Want ad. out Pgr HEART FAILS AS T Pittsburgh, Nov. 14 (U.R) A 60-year-old woman whose eye sight was restored after a month's blindness, died of heart disease today while she was on her way to express gratitude to her doctor. Mrs. Eva Matchett, of Bulger, Pa., noticed her eyesight failing months ago and her doctor ad vised an operation. " On October 31 the operation was performed In Montefiore hospital and her eyes were band aged to await the proper mo ment to determine the results. An anxious group of doctors and nurses watched as the sur gean slipped the bandage from Mrs. Matchett's eyes today. "I can see, I can see!" she cried. Mrs. Matchett insisted upon being driven to her doctor's downtown office to express her thanks. While waiting In the lobby of ...hot.-'" .... V ' jot"- .aO Kia"" New Cream Deodorant Safely helps Stop Perspiration 1. Does not irritate skin. Doe not tot dresses or mea'i shirts. 2, Prevents under-trm odor. Helps step perspiration sately, 3d A pure, white, antiseptic, stain less vanishing cream. 4. No waiting to dry. Can be used right after shaving. 8 Awatded Approval Seal of American I nstitute of Launder ing harmless to fabric. 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