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TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Thunder. Aug. 16, 1945 ARE UNCOVERED TO PUBLIC EYE Radio Detection Device Played Key Part in Victory Over Axis Countries By Reuel S. Moor United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, Aug. 16 U.R The armed services today uncov- rn1 rmO nt 1hP KftTPtS Of electronic eye that history may record as the Allied margin or victory Knfh r.orm:inv and Janan. PnHnr which means "radio detecting and ranging," Is older and less spectacular than the atomic bomb. But It gave tht Allies victories in the dark hour when more defeats for our side might have meant obliteration. It turned the tide of the battle of Britain, fending off the razi blitz. It won the battle of the Atlan tic against the German submar- It made possible the constant perclsion blasting oi umimn m ii onnhinH U. S. ships and planes to hit the Japanese navy in fog and darkness. Aids Navigation In peace, radar will aid air n H spa navieation, enable planes to land much more safe ly in bad weather ana at nigm. American scientists expect that its Impact on the electron ics industry will be "profound and far-reaching." Radar is an electronic device that sends out lightning-fast lm pulses and then records the elnc trie reflections that are sent back when the impulses strike in their path. These reflections are translated onto, a screen that provides a rough "picture" of land, sea or air. ci.io nlmlnnns. and prominent features of the landscape stand out In this picture. The radio Impulses send back their tell-tale infomntion through fog or darkness. They probe many miles beyond the range of man's vision or the ef fectiveness of aids to sight or sound. With radar, U. S. and Brltisl fighting men were able to track down, locate and destroy enemy targets they could not even see. Radar Spots Bombers With it, the RAF was able to watch the German bombers leave their airfields in France. The RAF then could send fight ers to intercept them at sea. With it, the U. S. cruiser Boise was able to sink three Jap cruisers and three destroyers in 27 minutes. With it, the cruiser San Fran cisco was able to sail Into a Jap task force with blazing guns and ice every enemy ship go down amid the wild confusion. On the Anzio beachhead, American troops were taking a terrific pounding from enemy night bombers. A new fire con trol radar was brought in, and the next morning the ground was strewn with Nazi planes. Soon the night attacks stopped, SUNDAY QMWIOHM lr SUICIDE HIKE jrTJfl" mucus off OKINAWA! 1 CRATERI AN FOR SALE We Offer for Sale Our CIRCULAR SAW Located 17 Milci North of Medford on the Crater Lake Highway Daily Capacity 20,000 Feet 125 H. P. Diesel Motor and other necessary equipment Gulf Red Cedar Company, Inc. S. C. Star Route, Eagls Point, Oregon Telephone Eagle Point 2315 because the Germans were los ing too many aircraft to mako it worth while. Like the atomic bomb, radar was the goal of a frenzied scien tific race against the enemy. Both Germany and Japan used radar, but theirs was inferior to ours throughout the war. "The failure of the Nazis and the Jaos to keep pace with Al lied radar has been probably the major single reason for the an feat of one and the imminent de feat of the other," said an army spokesman. In Post-War World Radar will bring into the post war world a ready-made billion dollar segment of the electronics industry. The effects of researcn in these vast laboratories toward peacetime uses of radar ultim ately will be great. For the present, radar itself will have what a joint armed serves scientific board describes as mild, beneficial effect" on every day life. It will make air and sea navigation much simpler in peace as it has in war. But, the board added, "The Impact of electronics generally of techniques developed during the war because of radar win have profound and far-reaching effects on the shape of our daily life." In 1933 congress appropriated $100,000 for research in radar the first funds specifically ear marked for this purpose. In Oct ober, 1939, the first contract was awarded to a commercial firm for the manufacture of radar equipment. Here is a typical picture of how radar works: A great battleship moves through open waters at night leading a task force. In the ra dar room, the screen picks up an enemy ship at extreme sun range, outlining it in light patch es on the. screen. Radar plot range and direction. The signal to fire is given. An observer watches the shells move across the screen, sees the salvo land squarely. on the picture of the enemy ship, which fades slowly awav. The vessel has been nis- covered. identified, fired on and sank without being seen visual ly. Bursts of Energy Here Is how this Is possible: The radar transmitter sends out bursts of energy, or Impuls es, perhaps a millionth of a sec ond apart. The receiver picks up the electronic "echoes", those produced whenever the impulses strike. The nearer Hie object the sooner the echo re turns, thus measuring its dis tance. Direction Is determined by a rotating antenna which sends out the pulses In a narrow beam, like a searchlight. The reflected impulses are re corded on the screen similar to the one used for television. A narrow luminous line represent ing the antenna beam rotates over the screen In a full circle every few seconds. With each rotation it leaves a map-like re production of the surrounding area In patches of light and darkness on the screen. For protection, there is an other device that the services call IFF identification of friend or foe. Used on ships and planes. It emits a special sort of signal thak makes a distinctive mark on the screens of all radar instal lations in the area. Thus when a ship, for instance, is picked up on a radar screen, It can be told at once whether the ship is friendly or not. U. S. Nat'l Bank Now Rated 29th According to Geo. T. Frcy. manager of the Medford brunch of the United States National bank, this Oregon bank'ng in stitution has now attained 2ftth position among the nation's top ntnklng banks. The United States National Bank's deposits as of June 30, 1D4S. totalled $S0,589.564 as against $428,139,1 IS for June 30, 1944. During this same period the bank jumped from 3Mh po sition to 29th position nationally. "We are proud," said Mr. Frcy, "of this splendid record." ivbILL TO WILL BE War Production Board Aims At Jobs For All In Country Within 12 to 18 Months Washington, Aug. 16 U.R The war production board today put into force its "sky's the limit" reconversion plan. The aim: to provide full employment within the next 12 to 18 months and a standard of living 50 per cent higher than the American people have ever known. Wartime shackles on industry were being ripped off in whole sale lots. . WPB Chief J. A. Krug promis ed that by next week-end all but 30 or 40 of WPB's 400 orders controlling industry will be lift ed. Only those are being retained that will assure orderly and fair distribution of critically tight materials such as tin, rubber, textiles, and lumber. And these are coming off as soon as possi ble. First Conference President Truman holds his first postwar press conference this morning and may amplify his views on his requested legis lation to ease economic disloca tion and unemployment during the reconversion period. Thousands of munitions work ers men and women who only a few days ago were soldiers of the production line already have joined the army of unem ployed, which is expected to swell from its present total of 1.100,000 to 8,000,000 by next spring. They were among the first to feel the impact of the government's "cease production orders which were rushed out to American industry following Japan's surrender. There will be many thousands more out of jobs in the coming weeks. By Thanksgiving some 5.000,000 are expected to be un employed. Many Plants Closing From all points of the country came word of plant closings and accompanying unemployment as the result of mass war contract cancellations. At Kansas City, the North American Aircraft plant was ordered to stop mak ing B-25 Billy Mitchell bombers, and officials said 3,000 workers would be laid off Monday and another 2,000 on Tuesday. The Bell Aircraft plant at Marietta, Ga., producers of B-29 Superfortresses, also reported getting notices of contract ter mination. So did the big Bell and Whitney engine plant at Kansas City. These were typical of the hun dreds of war plants affected by cutback orders which will reach approximat e 1 y $35,000,000,000 within weeks. The estimate of 8,000,00 un employed by spring came from Reconversion Chief John W. Snyder. But neither he nor Krug was pessimistic about the out look. Both expressed confidence that American industry will ab sorb them as soon as it hits its full stride. Higher Living Aim Pointing out that the war put a new and higher ceiling on American Ideas of production, Snyder said that the govern ment's reconversion program is "shooting at a standard of liv ing for our people as a whole that will be 50 per cent higher than we or any other people have ever had." Said Krug: "Practically , all "ldo t ",n VI MS i I 1 l Cream Deodorant Safely btlpi Stop Perspiration 1, iWt not iittiei kin. rWi nut rot tlfr m mrn .hitti. 2 Pirvfnt um)f(.irm odor:. He if op prt titration Mlrlr, 3. A purr , mhite. jumwptK-, turn r vaimhmjt tffam. 4. No viiitti to JfT. Can b ufJ nchl attff luvin. 5. Awarded Arrtotal .Sfal of Ameiu in himmtf nt I under li - hitmlrti to !ilnc U Anid rrriiiarir. MORI MIH AND WOMfN Uil ARRID THN ANTOTMIt PfOOORANT materials and resources needed by industry will be available In abundance. As a matter of fact, materials will be running out of our ears. The important thing is that we must get industry running fast enough to use them." Krug emDhasized that the act ual job of -reconversion will he handled bv private industry with pretty much a hands-off policy by the government. The government's part, he said, will be to remove wartime proauc- lion blockades, smash bottle necks, prevent hoarding, and to hold down Inflation. "If we're going to do a lot of wand-waving in Washington, a lot of people are going to won der if we know the war is over, he said. Celllnai To Be Lifted One of the first things WPB Is doing and right now is to lift ceiling on production oi, automobiles and other consumer durable goods so that these im portant industries may move ahead with all-out programs. Krug wouldn't say how many cars could be expected by the end of the year, but ventured the opinion that the Industry should have the capacity and the materials, to produce at least 500,000 by the years end. What's more, Krug said, civil ians have good prospects for get ting a lot of the household standbys they haven't been able to get for almost four years. For instance, he said, mechanical re frigerator production should total 125,000 in the third quarter of this year and 700,000 in the fourth; washing machines, 56, 000 in the third, and 500,000 in the fourth; sewing machines. 10,- 000 in the third, and 75,000 to 100,000 in the fo'-.. ih; electric ranges, 35.000 the third, and 75.000 to 100,000 in the fourth; and 2,500.000 new radios by Christmas. High Points Listed . Other high points of WPB's master reconversion plan listed by Krug were: j Relaxation of construction controls to release a huge indus- j trial building program. Addi tional modifications will be con sidered within 30 days. I Retention of inventory con trols until the danger of hoard ing, preemptive buying and stockpiling by the few at the ex- pense of the many are over. ! Preferential protection of: small business ($50,000 or less! per quarter) to remain In effect! for the time being until the cut- j backs can be appraised and it is ! safe to remove them. i WPB will retain its powers for breaking bottlenecks or giv ing protection where needed to! military or highly essential civilian or export needs. These j powers will be used only where i necessary, and "business should not rely on priorities help" for conducting its normal activities. Clolnn time fnr claimed Ads 8:3(1 a m. Too Late to Classify 12:15 p. m mm Chances Are You Won't Get New Tires for a long Time to Cornel Keep Itolling With Tirt$font' FACTORY-METHOD i:r.iiix Firestone mopping, slone, riven your tires tht fnmotui DeLtiT Champion 0ar Orlp Tread for extra Rainy. 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