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AftaMrt fflwrs By COL. RAY CROMLEY NEA Military Analyst WASHINGTON (NEA)-There is- a strong feeling among Air Force officers that in a decade or so Maj. Virgil Grissom, Maj. Donald Slayton, Maj. Gordon Ways to the v. 7T. ' ? ' llllliiinl'iiini. !! in inirwr .win i n I TRADITION MAY CHANGE Military observers hold that the way to p r o g r a s s ' through the ranks had traditionally been with battleship service; then aircraft carrier men had the advantage, followed by submarine exports. In days to come, astronauts may wield control of this branch of service. Depicted with the battleship, carrier and submarine is a night scene at Cape Canaveral prior to a space launch. UPI Telephoto U.S. Spaceman Was 1913 Editor'! Note: The following lory, about movie daredevil Rodman Law, appeared In a May, 1915, Issue of The Ameri can Magazine. Famous in the records of mo tion picture sensations are the achievements of Rodman Law, parachute leaper and general daredevil, who, about two years ago, startled the country by announcing that he would have himself shot up to a great ' height inside of a monster sky rocket and then come down to earth by means of a parachute. FIRST 'SPACEMAN'? Famous in moving picture sen sations was Rodman Law, shown here as he was about to be shot into the air In a monster sky rocket in 1913. ' rf THREE-TWO-ONE-BOOM Inside this sky rocket was Rodman Law who planned to come down in a parachute. Unfortunately or fortunately he never got very far off thajground. Cooper or one of their fellow astronaut will be Air Force Chief of Staff, or at least a principal deputy. All three of these original Air Force astronauts were promot ed to major one to two years Top Movie Daredevil Early In 1913 experiments were begun in the outskirts of Jersey City, where a cat and a dog, provided with self-acting para chutes, were fired to a height of several hundred feet in small rockets and landed safely; the cat, scared, ran away, while the dog seemed to enjoy it. Encour aged by these trials Law had a rocket built about 12 feet long and three feet tn diameter with a polo of timber four inches square to serve as a stick. In the head of the rocket was a papier-mache washtub for Law to stand In and under this, in- t1 m m Id Jwy Man ahead of their contemporaries. Unofficially it's a good bet their next promotions also will be faster than normal. Air Force planners see a great deal of the force's future in space. They figure the off t- (Almost) side the big lube, was packed five feet of sand and mud dug up from the Newark meadows. Finally, at the bottom of the tube was placed a barrel of powder with an extra half bar rel added at the last moment by the Italian manufacturer, who wished to make sure that there was enough explosive force to lift this human projec tile. There was. At last, after hours of wait ing, the critical moment came it was a raw day in March and a great crowd gathered along the Newark plank , road near the canal thrilled as t h e Italian lighted a 20 . foot fuse, while Rodman Law at the peak of the rocket and apparently quite calm stood ready to be gin his aerial fliglit. Mrs. Law, who had Just kissed her hus band goodby, watched in terror near the foot of the scaffolding, and a big policeman prophesied that the rocket would land in Elizabeth, N.J., 10 miles dis tant he said it was aimed ex actly In that direction. Meantime J. Alexander Leg Rett, the camera man for Pathe Frercs, was grinding away at iits motion picture machine. Presently the explosion came, a shattering blast that flattened out heavy bill boards in all di rections and caused such a volume of smoke that it was impossible to tell how high the rocket went. Law himself tliought It rose about 15 feet, but lie was half dazed when he was dragged forth from tlie wreck age. It seems the Italian had packed in so much powder that the restraining side timbers had been blown out laterally and the whole rocket had collapsed. The young man himself, by some nuraole, suffered only bruises and, as soon as he was rescued, proceeded fiercely to upbraid the fireworks maker for his inefficiency. rH . ; ; . . I 1 K Proper Storage Of Mower Important By MR. FIX Newspaper Knterprlse Assn. An important part of the tran sition to cooler weather is the proper storage of tools. In no case is this more important than it is with jour power mow er. You'll probably continue cut ting your grass until it doesn't grow higher than three inches. Yet, if you just park the mow er in the garage or a corner of tlie basement you'll find that by the next time you use it rust or gum or both will have taken over. You may even find CAIK THOSE CBACKS While Weather l Good. V , cers with space know-how will have the inside track. The as tronauts will have both the practical and technical experi ence. The word has gotten around to junior officers. 1 talked to an Air Force captain who recently made a stab at getting into the first rung of the space program. His reason? "That's the way to get ahead in the Air Force." Air Force personnel men have done a lot of talking about astronaut prospects in their bull sessions. The consen sus: the astronauts are the group likely to be running the Air Force when today's crop of majors are top-rung generals. The outlook for Navy astro nauts is almost as good. Cmdr. Alan Shepard is expected to make captuin in l'.fw. Cmdr. Walter M. Schirra in 1967. Lt. Cmdr. Scott Carpenter is ex pected to make commander in 19(15. The Navy planners also see a major role for the Navy in space, not as large as the Air Force role, but a big role, nev ertheless. That will open the door for some space admirals. But career-minded Navy men are thinking of other possibili ties, loo. Navy "rulership" seems to run in cycles. Once it was tiie "battleship men" who ran the Navy. That Ls, many of the men who rose to the top had come from long service on the big battleships. Then the tide turned and the aviator-carrier men took over. Ot late, it looks as though submariners are coming to the top. The young Navy commanders these days think that in another dec ade or so astronaut types may pull the strings. I talked to one Navy person nel expert who has been close friends with Cmdr. Schirra since Uieir early days in the Navy. Naturally, they have of ten discussed promotions. Said the personnel man, "I'd trade promotion chances with Schirra any day." Until recently there had been a strong bar to astronaut pro motions. Traditional Navy "ca reer pattern" theory put great emphasis on ship, squadron, di vision and fleet "command" in an officer's background. This tradition was so strong TITLES OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Army and Air Force Navy Rank I Rank Chief of Staff Chief of Naval f Operations General ' Admiral Meut. General j Vice Admiral Major General ; Rear Admiral Brigadier General ( (Commodore) Colonel Captain Meut. Colonel Commander Major Lieut. Commander Captain Lieutenant First Lieutenant Lieutenant (Jg) Second Lieutenant Ensign Cradle Warmer Developed iLOS ANGELES (UPI) The same principle that makes it possible for the X15 rocket plane to fly at speeds of 2.000 miles an hour without its w ind shield fogging has been used to develop a cradle warmer for newborn infants. Tle wanner could make receiving blankets obsolete. The warmer was developed by the Sierracin Corp.. a small firm in nearby Burbank, which had built the X15's windshield with an internal heating system. Inventor of the cradle warm er. William H. Lawson Jr., said tests have been encouraging enough to warrant building of more units. A prototype of the warmer currently is being tested by Dr. Thomas K. Oliver, director of the University of Washington's Nurseries and Premature Cen yourself in the market lor a new mower. Remove Gas Start by removing every drop of gasoline from the tank, fuel line and carburetor. Even over a short period, gasoline will evaporate leaving behind a gummy residue that will clog everything. Run tlie mower with an al most empty tank until it stops of its own accord. This should leave the carburetor dry and clear. Make certain the tank and line are drained. There are several ways to do this, depending on the mower. Sometimes unscrewing the gas tank shut-off fitting will accom plish it. Some tanks are remov able, others must be drained by turning over the entire mower. Once you've run tlie mower dry remove the spark plug wire for all further work. It's the only safe way to work on a mower. If your mower has a separate oil tank, remove the plug and drain it. Clean the dirt ay from around tlie spark plug and re move it. Pour in a spoonful ot clean oil and turn the engine over slowly several times. This 1 thief that in April last year Vice Adm. John llayward, then dep uty chief of naval operations for development took a demo tion to rear admiral in order to secure a command of a carrier division. He felt that his future career depended on having that command on his record. iHe's now back up to vice admiral as commander of the Pacific Anti submarine Warfare Force.) Vice Adm. William Raborn was so much of a genius in the Polaris development program that he was kept in that slot for six years. This very success kept him from high sea com mand and therefore made it unlikely, according to close Ra born associates, that he would have ever made Chief of Na val Operations, despite his abil ities. (Meanwhile, a heart con dition has forced Adm. Ha bom's retirement ! This "command" barrier to astronaut promotions was dis counted by controversial Adm. George Anderson shortly before he retired as chief of naval op erations and became ambassa dor to Portugal. Adm. Anderson directed Navy promotion boards to disregard the normal Navy career pat tern requirements in consid ering astronauts for promotion. He pointed out that the as tronauts were serving in the na tional interest. Lt. Col. John Glenn's situation is different. He is, of course, the only astronaut member ot the Marine Corps. This corps has no space mission in sight. There's no doubt Lt. Col. Glenn will make colonel next year right on schedule. His long term prospects within the regu lar Marine Corps establishment aren't so clear. Glenn has been with the space program four years. It's quite likely he'll be in another six or more. By that time he will have been out of the normal Marine Corps swing for a decade. He will have bee"n doing critical things in the na tion's interest. But by and large these things will not nec essarily prepare him to be one of the Marine Corps' 60 gener als. This problem is bothering top Marine Corps brass. One gener al told me "I'd hale to be the man who has to solve this one." ter. Other models will lie turned over to tlie Los Angeles County General Hospital, the Loma Linda School of Medicine and the Underwriters' Laboratory. The w armer is simply a clear plastic with an inside conduc tive coating that is heated by electric current. The cover maintains a con stand temperature in the cradle during the critical hours follow ing the infant's birth. This con stancy is especially important in the case of premature in fants. At present a receiving blanket is used to help tlie infant main tain body heat. If the infant's body heat drops too rapidly he goes into shock. Lawson said another advan tage of tlie cradle warmer is that a baby may be ex.-wnined safely or even cleaned and chocked without use of blanket. will spread tlie oil over tlie cyl inder walls. Replace the plug. Clean the mower thoroughly. This will prevent rust from forming. Reel Mowers On reel mowers, cut away the grass that gets wrapped around tlie reel shall. Clean off rutting edges. On rotary mowers re move all the caked dirt and grass from the underside of the blade housing. Follow manufacturer's in structions for lubricating your mower. Wipe metal parts wuh an oil-soaked rag. You can pro tect cutting edges with a coating of grease. The mower should be stored in a dry place. Contact with a concrete or grivel floor won't do the tires any good. Best way to store tlve mower is by resting it on a couple of scrap ixts in such a way that the weight is taken off the tires entirely. For furtlter protection wrap the mower base and engine with a piece of heavy paper, canvas, old blanket or similar material. Come spring, if you've stored your mower properly, all you will have to do is add gas and oil. PAGE 2 twePlanned Home FeaturesWesternF A delightfully Western at mosphere prevails in the exte rior stySng of this well planned ranch home. Front placement of kitchen and dining nook leaves t h e more private rear location for the living room, aay from a lot of unnecessary traffic. Family, Homes try '! tlt i i'viks w. s;a pi. . korm. I !j I is i. is-4" u-r.io-.ij HiM. ii-.J 1 1.; :'. cms, mti.'F..h-ILHo m. C4: y i6-r.2a.s- u.,r. .f 'ffi, ft- 'Q- T.:, , i Game, Berries, Hazel Nuts Provided Food During 1909 'Camping Trip' To Crater Lake (Continued from Page 1) tended to the horses and did odd jobs. Mrs. Swan and I herded the children. Sunday, Aug. 22 This was Karl's birthday and he enjoyed it to the fullest, play ing all day long. The children made dams in the little stream near and sailed ships in it and had lota of fun. The wind came up towards night and it w a s quite chilly. Monday, Aug. 23 9:30 found us on the road once more. At Fort Klam ath we stopped for a few more supplies. We took the Crystal and Cherry Creek (so called be cause of the wild cherry shrubs growing in its vicinity. The bush es were glowing red with cher ries as bitter as pall) roads coming home on the west side ot Klamath Lake and Pelican Bay. Miss Conrey had put up a lunch of beef sandwiches, bread and butter, and lemon gelatine and we ate it in the wagon at noon. All through this valley we could see Crater Lake Mountain and Ml. Pitt and others part ly covered with snow. We bore to the right and soon came to the mountains. Saw more pine timber and ferns waist high beauties and gooseberries by the bushel. Will killed a grouse and we saw a good many deer tracks in the road and Ihcard of a place back in the hills where there were deer. We found a f i n e place to camp at the edge of the pine timber, at the foot of a hill. Mrs. Swan knew the Mr. Brown who lived on the hill and we got bread, milk, butter, eggs and hay of him. Crystal Creek rises on t h e Brown place, flows near the house and a stream comes al most up to the yard every so often. By this means they have an easier and quicker outlet to civilization than by land. There are also row boats on the creek. It is clear and warm. Tuesday, Aug. 34 After breakfast Mr. Swan went fishing. Mr. White went to see a Brown hoy who piides the hunters to the "deer grounds." Will, Karl and I took the soiled towels and went to the creek. We tied them to the back end of the boat while we ! ANGLE IRONS -v- i 3M;:7TrTTrTSiaq i i L. ... -c LIP AND HERALD AND Door to terrace expands the living space considerably espe cially as the terrace is partial ly protected and screened from view by projecting garden tool shed on one side and the house at the other. Proper landscap ing would make it an ideal place for sun-bathing and plea- a'rfw . r(iiiii(ii..,i.MM...Y.iM.fc.fci'm.1fc.,.tiji torn.,.'...' '..tm.y had a boat ride. We had a fine ride down the creek a few miles and our towels were pretty well soaked. Karl enjoyed it im mensely and sat quite still at my feet. This creek is 25 feet wide and pretty deep. We could see the bottom in most places it was so clear. When we came back to camp Mr. Carlcton and Miss Conrey had a boat ride. Will kept the children while Mrs. Swan and I went to get a few hazel nuts. We didn't venture far into the woods. I was afraid of a "bar" or some other kind of a varmint, lt looked so wild and we got about six quarts of nuts in a little way along the roadside. We also found a very few black berries and some thimble berries, a kind of wild raspberry and very good to cat. The wild gooseberries are in sipid raw, but make a nice jelly they say. When we returned to camp Will and iMr. White were eating a lunch. They had hired the Brown boy to take them on a deer hunting trip and wanted to get right off. The guide fur nished tliree horses and Will took one so tlicy each rode one and had one to carry some grub and bedding. They expect ed to get back next day by noon. After they got off we spent the afternoon resting and in the evening all but Karl and I took a boat ride. We washed the supper dishes and kept up a fire. 'At all the camps we found plenty of wood for fuel and had good big fires. Just across the road is a lit tle white schoolhouse there are three desks, a teacher's desk and a recitation bench in it. The man who taught there two years ago stopped to talk to Mr. Swan after supper. He said lie had from four to six pupils and most of them were from the Brown family. Wednesday, Aug. 23 Tlie mosquitoes were fierce last nicht and none of us slept well. Had fine trout for break fast. After dinner Mr. Swan, Miss Conrey, and Mr. Carleton went (or huckleberries. Mr. Swan had found a little patch about two miles away the day before when he was fishing. About dark Will came riding in with a grin from ear to ear. I S3 CHILD'S ARMCHAIR CUT PIECES I OUT OF " FlVWOOD ASSEMBLE WtTM GLUE AND 2" F.H. SCREWS, COUNTERSINK AND Fill SCREW ft' BUB WOOD FILLER IVTTO EDGES OF PLY WOOD AND SVJD WEU-GOUNDINd ALL CORNERS AND EDfi ES. FINISH YTTU 2 COATS OF ENAMEL SIMPLE PAP OF I" FOV RUBBER COVERED WITH PLASTIC Ca FABRIC El! SAVE. NEWS. Klamath rails, urrgop sant loafing during the warm summer months. Living room contains maxi mum wall space and large gar den view window making it an easy room to furnish comforta bly. Notice the kitchen tralfic and work layout: Garage and base- DESIGN 447 Houi. 1,218 Sq. fl. 21A2t Cu. Ft. Gorog 439 Sq. Ft. BUILDING PLANS PLAN BOOKS ORDER FORM Herald and News Plan Dept. FAMrLY HOMES 2900 Alpha St., Lansing. Mich. I want items checked: Design Ne: 4 sets of Building Plans & Specifications, with Material List 29.M 1 set of Building Plans & Specifications, with Material List 1TSS Family Homes Plan Book, postpaid 75 Enclosed find t for items checked. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE knew at once there was some thing doing, He said, "Well, come up. to the barn and see it." When we arrived at the scene, Mr. Brown (the guide) was unloading the pack horse. He untied a sack and took out a deer a yearling and a little beauty. It was so dainty and innocent looking I felt like cry ing, and yet I was glad they had gotten some game and sorry too it had to be sacrificed. We started supper while Will and Mr. Brown and Mr. White dressed and cut up the venison. The berry hunters came in with about two gallons of blue ber ries and we were all as hungry as wolves. We had venison steak for supper and the hunters told their tale between bites. The guide took them about 10 miles back into the mountains, without a trail, througlf very wild and rough woods. The horses jumped logs, slump rocks or whatever came in their way. When they reached the glade where they were to hunt they put their junk down and turned the horses loose, having hobbled and belled the pack horse. This glade was about two miles long and 200 yards wide, it was open save for a few clumps of trees and tall grass which conceals blind springs where the deer water. The boys saw and heard several deer that evening but did not shoot any. Early the next morning they tried it again and Will got this one. They intended coming right back to camp, getting in by noon, but the horses had gotten away and Mr. Brown started dut on foot to find them. He caught them about a mile from home and by tlie time they were rounded up and load ed it was evening. After we had gone tn bed the boys boiled a piece ot venison for next day's lunch and they cleaned the blue berries by fan ning out tlie attic fine stems. Clear and a little cooler. Inursday, Aug. 2ft At 8 .10 we were ready to leave camp. We swung around Pepican Bay at the foot of Peli can Peak for several miles. Passed a number of resorts, along (lie bay. Among them was Harnmnn's. His houses are comfortable looking frame and log cottages with large screened in porches. He has an electric plant and a water system at his resort. Ate a lunch at noon near Odessa. This was the dustiest Mi' ot all. About 3:30 we came tWiork Creek. one of the prettiest! streams we saw. Crossed the creek, turned to tlie left and made our last camp. It was an IN YOUR KITCHEN Only foutt with Oiolctl Cortridgtt Friesen-Welman Co. 1715 Min St. Phn TU 2-633 1 T f -1 .J 1 IHATEGl-- nuonav. :-.omu-r i, iiroj ment are easily accessible as well as the front entry hall, guest wrap closet and broom closet. Any plan that saves the homemaker steps and prevents rooms from becoming passage ways is sure to win their whole hearted approval. Front master bedroom has separate bath with stall show er. Full bath with deluxe vani tory unit is convenient to other gireas of the house. Closet spate is ample in all bedrooms with plenty of light and ventilation in each room. Garage has rear exit opening out onto terrace and the gar den tool shed has yard access for easy storage of equipment. This plan conforms to general FHA. VA and Building Code requirements. You can obtain building plans with specifica tions and material list see or der coupon. ideal place for that purpose, well protected by trees and we all enjoyed the free and easy access to good water, as clear as crystal and ice cold. A man and his wife were camped near us on their way to the lake. They had come from Idaho, 400 miles. Each rode a horse and they led a pack horse. These were about the only campers we saw on this road from Fort Klamath to the Falls. We were out of bread and but ter so Will jumped on a horse and went back to a ranch where we had been told we could get provisions. Some rich man owned a large ranch and had' built a bungalow near the wa ter (Klamath Lake). The own er was away and the tenants were very generous with their supplies. Will wanted bo buy his stuff but the woman said she was so glad to see somebody she would gladly give him all the stuff he wanted. When he got back we found butler, flour, potatoes, onions and bread in the bag. We had venison stew, dumplings, fried potatoes, butter and stewed blue berries for supper. After we ate we decided to cook the rest of the berries and were out of su gar. Miss Conrey and Mr. Car leton strolled off in the moon light to interview the woman with the generous heart about it. She opened her store of pro visions once more and they brought back enough for the berries and some fudge. These berries are small but have a dejicious flavor. H grew very chilly. This was tlie coldest night wo were out. We slept on pine boughs under the trees and it required all the bed covers and coats we had to keep us warm. Friday, Aug. 27 Everybody shivered around the fire this morning and it was a task to get packed up. For quite a w ays the road was rocky and dusty. We didn't see many ranclies and the timber put . smaller and smaller and scrub bier as we neared the Falls. We passed sion and Long lakes. Ate a lunch seven miles from the Falls and got to Mr. Swan's about 3:30. We were more tired than we had ever been in our lives but glad we had had such an ideal outing. We didn't have a loss and hut one break, and everybody was good natured wltcn we got homo. We stayed at Mr. Swan's all night and i came down to Merrill the next 1 dav. RENT the HOST Electric Brush WMI CtMftM ftr v ytvf ttrtfttna ttwvM HOST CLIANIO. JlftJ m1 tvntf tfvttttti. Ri tkrtMatti f'm Mtl MM Nfftvr. ttr Ph. 4. Jill tf 2-2SJ1 fef Cmlttf lnfMftflh CASCADE LAUNDRY & CLEANERS i i si
