The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 39, Ed. 1 Monday, August 12, 1940 Page: 8 of 8
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Great Britain Taming Out 2000 Fighting Airmen Monthly
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GOOD TRAINING
SHOWS IN WAR
AGAINST NAZIS
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Navigators Pilots and
Other Aviation Men
Speed By Many
‘Flying Mills’ *
Bv PAUL MANNING
NEA Service Suff Uorreapondent
ENGLAND 'A Royal Air Force
Training School*—The 2.000 pilots
gunners navigators and wireless
operators now being turned out
each month in assembly line fash-
ion throughout Britain are speci-
fied by British officers today as
the real reason for the amazing
success of the Royal Air Force.
Air supremacy they say is being
maintained because England is
now turning out well-trained air
crews at an astonishing rate. Each
month from 30 per cent of Eng-
land's 300 airfields a minimum of
2.000 airmen with seven months
training take their place alongside
the 300.000 men already in R. A. F.
ranks.
At this training field I saw the
type of program responsible for
this training speedup which Is now
keeping race with the delivery of
U. S. warplanes in England.
On Factory Basis
It's all done on a factory basis.
At this typical school 32 men are
taught bombing. 32 learn how to
handle Harvards Wellingtons Spit-
fires and Hurricanes; 32 study
navigation; 32 learn wireless and
32 gunnery.
And each month with clocklike
regularity 40 of these 160 students
receive their wings then move on
to front-line airdromes where they
are matched into crews and given
final reconnaissance training over
the North Sea.
Assembly Line Instruction
The most impressive feature
about this assembly line type of
training program is the ability of
the students and the quality of
instruction.
In a narrow brick building used
by the bombing classes student
bombardiers with four weeks in-
struction score direct hits from a
theoretical height of 10.000 feet.
Out on the field student pilots
learn combat by staging amazing
air duels high above the airdrome.
Splitting into sections one group
in North American Harvards will
roar down in screaming power
dives to 1200 feet release dummy
bombs on a theoretical North Sea
convoy then swoop up in a steep
Immelman turn and make ready
for another attack.
Spitfires Kaee Out
Then from a distance two squad-
rons of Spittires Idling along in
reconnaissance will suddenly spring
to lile and race llat out at 387 m.
p. h. to meet the attack.
Simultaneously Hurricanes rep-
resenting Heinkel 113 s will plum-
met down from their escorting
level to 10000 feet and suddenly
the sky is broken up by twisting
•creaming planes.
Until the battle reaches the dog-
fight stage the fighting is con-
ducted along lines mapped out by
the squadron leader. Nursing the
young pitots aiong by radio com-
munication and keeping the squad-
ron Intact to present a wide front
and well-covered Hank the leader
suddenly gives the signal to break
formation and each man is on his
Ow n.
Aim for Pilot
He single^ out an opponent and
tries to come in from the rear
while pouring part of his 9600 bul-
lets into the other cockpit. Because
^n air lights these days you aim lor
the pilot. His motor is armored loo
well. Shoot off hr.ff of his tail and
he may still hobble away; so aim
for the pilot.
Only in this particular fight the
bullet* were camera guns mounted
on the wings of each plane to rec-
ord direct hits.
In one corner of the sky a slow
Harvard just pulling out of a
•creaming dive was pairing off
against a last Spitlire. Against su-
perior and power this pilot loop-
ed up in a sharp Immelman sud-
denly flattened out and came in on
the tail of the little Spitfire to
score a direct burst.
•You < an Fly Anything—*
Lafcr in the hangars the pilot
of thus North American Harvard
was looking over hLs plane. He was
lons-limbed with a pleasant York-
shire lace and he had a stoop
probably acquired from squeezing
into cockpits.
He said that these American
training planes could stand an
amazing amount of rough treat-
ment. That they made twice the
noise of most airplanes vet he did
not mind because the power was
there and waning.
“Any way" he added “if you can
fly one of these trainers you can
fly anything '
Texan 48 Wife 38
Found Shot to Death
IOWA PARK Tex. — v/P>—Ed
Richter 48. and hus wife. Ruth.
38. were found shot fatally Sunday
night in the living room of Mrs.
Richter's apartment here.
Will Detlefs Iowa Park city
marshal said the couple had been
estranged. He quoted witnesses as
saying that Richter went to his
wife's apartment and an argument
ensued.
Richter died at the scene of the i
shoot m3. Mrs. Richter died a short
time later in a hospital here. Each
was struck by three bullets from
a .45 caliber pistol.
Richter's son. who lived in the
opposite side of a duplex from
Mrs. Ritrher. tol dofftcers that he
saw tus father put a gun in his
•hlrt before entering the house i
Young Britons Get Ready For Jerry
m "■ >111 ..-"i"-" '■■T”
Pilots In trainlnc at It. A. F. school la Great Britain learn to load a machine run mounted in the
wine of s “Harvard.” plane Imported from the United States for trainlnc purposes w
• * Entertainment * *
Joan Bennett. Francis I.ederer. I.loyd Nolan and Anne Sten. principal
characters of the picture “The Man I Married” which makes its run lor
the last times Monday at the Capitol Theatre. Brownsiille.
BRITISH SOLVE
AIR DIVE RAIDS
Barrage Balloons And
New Guns Effective
By ROBERT E. BCXNF.LLF
ON ENGLAND'S SOUTHEAST
COAST - /P>— The men who man
the Hiip uh.ch guard and feed
Britain believe the British have
found or are finding an answer to
the dive-bomber.
These men see the British reply
to the German Stukas as two-fold:
The barrage balloons being tried
out by the shipping convoys to keep
the bombers high enough to pre-
vent accura'-* aim;
A new. multi-barrelled anti-air-
craft gun which nails the bombers
if they come in low.
Shell# Inch in Diameter
This new gun is a pom-pom
which fires shells an inch or more
in caliber constructed so delicate-
ly they explode at the slightest con-
tact. British who have seen the
guns in action praise them highly.
The barrage balloons among the
targets of Sunday's heavy Nazi
aerial attacks are said to be a big
help In warding off the bombers
blit do have their drawbacks.
They are vulnerable to the
cannon-fire of the German Messer-
whmitts. are a drag on the ships
which tow them and thus slow
down the convoys require a cer-
tain amount oT ''babying' and ex-
pert handling and are hard to
maneuver in the stiff winds which
frequently whip over the English
Channel and the North Sea.
Depends On Wind
The height at which thev are
Down depends on the wind cur-
rents. The balloonists fly them
where they ride most easily and
then when the need arises let
them up to the most effective
height aiming either to get the
bombers caught in the balloon
cables or to make the planes fly too
htgh to be able to a:m their bombs
with full effectiveness.
Boas*ing of the speed and appar-
ent calm with which replacement
ba loons were sent up under Tire for
those shot down Sunday one bar-
rage ope.ator said:
' Yes. we get them from the
thruppenoe and sixpence stores
• British five and ten* Just like that
.write out a requisition—Balloon.
Air Force for use of one—and
there you are.*’
BACK TO CORPCS
SAN BFNITO—Departing Sun-
cay for his home in Corpus Christ!
was Alvin Jettong. nephew of Mr.
and Mrs L. C. Poth of San Be-
nito. He has been a guest in the
Poth home for several da vs.
GO ON VACATION
DONNA—Mr and Mrs. George L
Williams and son. Llovd. left
Thursdav for a month's vacation in
and around Flagstaff Arizona and
Durango Colorado.
REGISTER ALL
SOLON STATES
Barkley Urges Annual
Check-Up In U. S.
WASHINGTON — P — Annual
registration of nil men from 21
through 44. to provide an index of
the industrial a.s well as military
manpower of the nation was pro-
posed Monday bv Senator Barkley
<D-Kv* to supiement roascription
‘ We ought to have information
on the number of men who are
available for noncombatant activ-
ities. as well rv those who might
be railed for military service." the
Democratic floor leader told re-
porters.
Incorporation of Barkley's sug-
gestion into the pending Burke-
Wadsworth bill would entail some
changes in the contemplated con-
scription plan it was pointed out
bv Senator Sheppard 'D-Texi floor
manager of the measure.
Under the bill a.s approved bv
the military committee onlv men
from 21 through 30 would have
to register. Senator Btirke <D-Neb>
has offered an amendment to in-
crease the bracket from 21 through
44
Senate debate resuming Mon-
day afternoon is expected to last
about 10 days.
The house military committee
will reopen its hearings on con-
scription Tuesday.
BACK FROM REACH
SAN BENITO—Mr. and Mrs. C.
D. Titus and children Jane. Ralph
and June have returned from a
brief stay at Boca Chica.
In Peru bridge supports some-
times are made of ropes of cactus
fiber.
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Hollywood
Sneak
Preview!
YEAR NEEDED
FOR DEFENSE
W ar Chief Says Time
Is Greatest Enemy
WASHINGTON— f/Pl —Robert P
Patterson new assistant secretary
of war said Monday that consoli-
dation of American industry for
defense purposes would take at
least a year.
"And a year Is a luxury that «e
may never enjoy." he added in an
address welcoming a group of offi-
cers who will study at the army in-
dustrial college.
"We are still far from our goal
of adequate preparedness on our
supply front.” Patterson said. ‘Our
principal enemy is time. At the
present rate we rannot achieve our
armament objectives in days weeks
or months.”
Asserting that procurement plans
had been well drawn he continued:
i "We believe that in an emergent
free men can forego personal ad-
vantage and unite in a determined
effort to win common gains. The
keynote of our program therefore
u not compulsion but cooperation."
School Lunches
Project Studied
Reports of activities and a di*-
russion of the proposed project of
furnishing lunches to underprivi-
leged children were features of the
regular session of the executive
board of the Public Health Nurs-
ing association at the city hall re-
cently.
Judge Oscar Dancy was present
and discussed with the members
toe proposed project.
Milk was distributed to twelve
tubercular patients whose families
include twenty-six children Five
hundred and fortv quarts of milk
were given to the tuberruar pa-
tients. the aged and undernourish-
ed children.
Miss Lenore Levrier. the city
nurse reported fourteen clinics
held attended by 864 patients Dur-
ing July also she contacted 1018
patients.
Board members attending were
Mesdamcs Harbert Davenport. Ben
M. Freudenstein. F. H. Williams
Thomas H. Sweeney. R. C. Morris
Frank Libbe and Misses Florence
Bell and Miss Levrier.
A — 1 -. —
• NOW SHOWING •
THREE BILLION
DISTRIBUTED
BY SOCIAL AH)
Security Program Is
Five Years Old This
Week; Benefits Are
Widespread
WASHINGTON— (/* —The gov-
ernment’* social security program
five years old this week has dis-
tributed $3000000000 to the na-
tion's aged and unemployed work-
ers. and to widows orphans and the
blind.
The social security board drew up
a statistical picture of its opera-
tions to show that some 50.000.000
workers had been enrolled in the
program.
Paid By Payroll Tax
Its ‘insurance’ benefits for the
aged and unemployed are financed
by payroll taxes while direct grants
from federal and state treasuries
sustain the public assistance fea-
tures for the young the old and the
helpless in need.
At the top of the program is the
old age and survivors insurance sys-
tem which pays out monthly bene-
fits to workers who retire at 65. and
to their wives widows and orphans
Up to June 30. this system had paid
$38000000. to 102 941 persons.
Job Compensations
Unemployment compensa ti o n
which gives insured workers a mod-
erate weekly sum during a limited
1 number of weeks of Joblessness is
i reported to have distributed more
than $1000000000.
To find jobs for the Insured idle.
! the social security system has tak-
en over the employment service It
has been credited with filling 5 001 -
000 Jobs during 1939 and the first
.'•ix months of 1940
The public assistance phases of
| the program distinct from the old
age and Jobless Insurance systems
are operated through Joint federal-
state machinery to provide on a
basis of need financial care for the
aged unable to qualify for insur-
ance benefits for the needy blind
and for dependent children.
Three Million Aided
The public assistance operation
officials reported aids some 3.?J0-
ooo persons every month among
them 1 983 900 aged. 807 900 chil-
dren and 48.000 blind. The expen-
diture for this part of the system
has totaled about $1 900.000 000.
For the future the social secur
NOTED ENGINEER HERE
Paul Raigorndsky. the Russian-born petroleum engineer and his
daughter. Paula are shown as thee changed planes at the Brownsville
airport Thursday afternoon. He Is a graduate of the 1'niversity of
Texas and has built more than “MX) petroleum plants.
ity board wants to amend the law
to protect the insurance benefits
accumulated bv persons who may
be drafted for military service and
to establish a system of variable
grants enabling poorer states to
make more adequate contributions
to the needy under the public as-
sistance program.
Cruise For Scouts
PORT ISABEL — The Seascout
Ship Bagdad will leave Saturday
at 2 p. m . on a cruise and camp-
ing trip to Padre island. F. S Ub-
be skipper announced Monday.
The cruise a ill include three
yachts and the partv anil return
to Port Isabel late Sunday after-
noon after spending the night on
the island. Seascout testa will be
given.
MISTAKES KEG FOR
‘DROWNING' MAN
HULL. M ass—A man who
mistook a submerged beer keg for
his wife was v L-hing Monday that
the Nantasket beach lifeguards had
not bothered to roll out the bar-
iel."
Because when they did. in re-
sonse to his cries that his wife
was “drowning.' she arrived safely
from another part of the beach
just in time to learn that he had
thought the keg was she.
Spectators retreated discretely
while she shrilly told him a thing
or two.
GOES TO RANDOLPH
SAN BENITO—James Alsobrook
will leave Wednesday for Randolph
Field. San Antonio to enter train-
ing at the “West Point of the Air."
BALLUDER TEST
IS CONTINUING
♦
Numerous Matches
Played Sunday f
The Emm Bailuder trophy golf
tournament stood Monday with
three of ita second-round matches
played off and four of ita first-
round matches still unpiayed.
Winners in second-round play
so far are W M Pryce three and
two over Miguel Flores after Flo-
res took C. Alevander five and four |
in their second-round match. Pryca
is playing the tournament with a
14 handicap. Flores with 13 and
Alexander with 18.
Frank Godwin <8» defeated Jack
Mace < 8 • two and one. D W. %
Pippmger »32» defeated Ray Young
<32* one up after each had drawn
byes m the first round.
Still to be played in the first
round are matches between O. J.
Studeman and S. A Miller R. J.
Geier and R. E Wanless N. O.
Carmichael and Paul Ambort. and
Guy Bevll and Ray Pendergast.
Other first-round matches set-
tled by Sunday were: W Lynch
drew a default from G. Rohrbaugh;
Wayne Kircher <20» took Robert
McElhannon «26 * nine and eight;
Pryce drew a default from G. S.
Suuki: and O. Wallace <10> defeat-
ed R. W. Swanson '27) three and
two.
Pairings for second-round match-
es still to be played include: M.
Gomez H to* play the w inner of a
match between J Forbes and L.
Needham; Joe Escalante plays O. %
Randolph; W L. Thomquest to
play the winner of the first-round
match between N. O. Carmichael
and Paul Ambort.
O. Wallace plays E P. Arneson;^
Antonio Alonzo plays the winner of
the first-round match between Guy
Bevll and Rav Pendergast
BLAST ON CR1TSER
OYSTER BAY. N Y. —-/pv— A
blast aboard Movie Producer Albert
Warner's cruiser Restless threw
fine guests into the bay Sunday
and sank the craft. Some of tha
jMssengers were burned non*
seriously. Cause of the blast waa
undetermined.
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and manufacturers of automobiles recognize cer- I
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and performance. Power construction finish*
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recognized and accepted by the public as known
values.”
THE trend to which this merchant refers
toward accepted dependable standards
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for instance. Twenty-five years ago there was
no approved measure for circulation values.
Then the Audit Bureau of Circulations was
organized in 1914 a national cooperative
association of publishers advertisers and ad-
vertising agencies.
For the benefit of advertisers the Bureau
makes an annual audit of the circulation
records of all publisher members. Verified re-
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