Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 1940 — Page 4

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ADMIRAL OPPOSES

John Towers, Chief of Navy Aeronautics Bureau, Says

Different Missions of

For Different Flying.

By CHARLE

Times Special Writer | WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Rear Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, today declared | his opposition to a separate department of military aviation,

co-equal with the Army and N

“The naval aviator is part of a team,” Admiral Towers | said. “If he doesn’t practice with the team he can’t do his share; he doesn’t know the signals or the plays. Airplanes today are as much a part of the Navy as its guns.”

The Navy is by no means

subordinating aviation’s role, |§

he said, but wants a great naval air force. The die-hards who gave everything to ships | and nothing to the air arm are | gone, he insisted.

“Aviation is the forward pass of

warfare—the quick open play with the element of surprise,” he said “But you've got to have line play or vou can’t get away with forward passes.” | Missions Differ, He Says {

Admiral Towers said he saw no advantage in a separate, unified air | service with the possible exception | that, under some conditions, minor | economies might be achieved. The | different missions of rmy and| Navy make different types of planes necessary, but wherever possible the two services now order the same tvpes, he said Advocates of a separate air force concede that the Navy should have airplanes of its own, based aboard

carriers and warships and subject] i

to Navy command. But back of this and back of a comparatively small number of Army squadrons, they insist, there should be a great| eentral air force such as those in| Germany, England and Italy. It] could work with the Army or Navy or alone, as circumstances dictated. ! Bombing is bombing whether over land or sea, they argue

Just Flying Not Enough

But, Admiral Towers countered, the flying man working with the Navy must know more than how to fly, because flying itself is only one part of the naval aviator’s training Aviators from a separate air force coming in to back up the Navy or to execute their own air mission! over the sea would be handicapped by lack of naval knowledge, in his opinion If they were doing reconnaissance flving, he suggested, they might have difficulty in tell enemy vessel from a were observing m would not understand the cance of some of them. They might not be able considerable heights, to tell a merchant vessel from a warship—after all. he said, t's not so eas! Or, he said, the flier not thoroughly trained at sea might mistake an enemy vessel for one of hig own, or might pass up an enemy ship in the belief it was a U S. vessel

Which Ship to Bomb Is Factor '“If a separate air force came out te the scene of naval engagement Admiral Towers said, “and | assuming they could tell our forces | from the enem which I doubt—| the bombs should be dropped on] that part of the enemy force which it is most important to put out of commission “I don't see how a separate-air-force man. knowing nothing of naval warfare. could means of deciding wt to bomb. He'd probably bomb the big ships—the best targets but also the most resistant to bombing attack It might be much im=-

portant to bomb smaller ships tryling to get around an end for =a [torpedo attack to drive our big ships

“they giant flying fortress patrol bombers , could be more effective at sea when

Woman, 83, Dies;

|P.).—For 30 days this month, Maj.

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S \during the maneuvers of the 4th years as a cook behind him, but al the rations for that day were include soup, salad, roast beef or|dier expends more energy when he | Army of the National Guard. he started learning the art of sent. He will use this system, with pork chops, potatoes with brown|is on the march. HOOSIER POULTRY

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up under the enemy's guns. But a separate-air-force man wouldn't know that.” Naval aviators live with the fleet, he said, and they follow maneuvers and gunnery and all naval operations. Having a Cabinet department of aviaticn isn't as important, in Admiral Towers’ opinion, as having unity of command over all types of fighting forces in an immediate area of combat operations | The Army recognizes that {ts

led by naval fliers, he said. He mentioned the bases in Puerto Rico as an example of how the Navy's flving-boat patrols could caryy on their scouting and then, if action were called for, could at once get the support of the flying fortresses. Admiral Towers emphasized that there already is much co-operation between the Army and Navy in plane research and procurement.

Never Walked

INDIANA, Pa, Aug. 2 (U. P) —Paralyzed since early infancy, Miss Ella M. Armstrong, 83, died in her home near Cherrv Tree, without ever having walked a step Despite a lifetime confined to a wheel chair, Miss Armstrong educated herself and earned a livelihood by making quilts. The money | she saved was enough to cover her funeral expenses.

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