Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 December 1940 — Page 7
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YACHTS, TUGS ‘BOLSTER NAVY SHIP PROGRAM
Conversion Into Gunboats,
Sub Chasers or Patrol Craft Is Simple.
T'imes Special WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—While
the general public thinks in terms].
of battleships and cruisers when it talks about building up the Navy, one of the most important parts of the Navy’s defense program involves much less spectacular units. Along with the current construction program, the Navy energetically is pushing the purchase of private-
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fleet. Since July 1 it has bought more than 130 ships, ranging all the-way from big merchant vessels to diminutive yachts and harbor tugs. All of these craft. are considered as essential to the Navy's proper operation as are the big fighting ships themselves. For the merchant ships there is a variety of uses. :
Some Used as Transports
Some of the bigger vessels—like the “president” liners, for instance —are put into service as transports. Others are converted into seaplane tenders, submarine tenders or destroyer tenders. The former Maritime Commission cargo-carrier Shooting Star, as a sample, is about to go into Navy service as an ammunition carrier. A large number of tankers will serve the fleet as
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Former yachts, meanwhile, are being converted into patrol vessels. Harold Vanderbilt’s “Vara” is becoming a submarine chaser. Col. Edward A. Deeds’ “Lotusland” is being turned into a coastal mine layer. The sleek “Orion,” bought from the J. Forstmann estate, is being commissioned as a gunboat.
It’s a Simple Job
The job of converting these yachts to naval uses is fajzly simple. Hulls and frames must be inspected, to see how many guns can be supported and where they can be placed. Fancy fittings are taken out. - Lavish guest-stateroom suites are knocked ouf and replaced by the spartan cabins to which naval officers are accustomed. What formerly was a state dining saloon may lose its paneling and its hangings, get a
" eoat of slate-gray, and become part
of the berth deck for enlisted men. Point is that, once converted, the
' ex-yacht becomes a useful patrol
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vessel for the Atlantic coastline. It couldn't enter a regular battle line, but it can cope with submarines or converted merchantmen and release bigger ships for combat duty.
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BENEFIT FLOOR SHOW PLANNED
Skirted Evzones to Present Native Dance in Full Costume.
Skirted Evzones, like the ones who drove Italian soldiers out of Greece, will appear in Indianapolis Sunday evening at a benefit dance and floor show in Castle Hall, 230 E. Ohio St. Actually, the Evzones will be young Indianapolis men of Greek extraction, dressed in the native costumes of the Greek warriors, They will present a native dance. The dance and floor show will be sponsored by the Federation of Greek Clubs under the direction of Gus Powell, adviser for the group. Proceeds from the affair which will be open to the public will be for the benefit of Greece. The Federation, composed of four organizations whose members are young men and women of Greek extraction, also is planning a benefit play to be given in January.
OR. J.F. CADY TOTALK
Dr. John F. Cady, dean of Franklin College, will speak on “The Burma Road” at the December fellowship dinner of Northwood Christian Church at 6:30 p. m. Thursday in Fellowship Hall of the church. Dr. Cady taught in Rangoon, Burma, several years, and has been over the Burma Road many times. He has spent much time in India, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Greece, Italy and Western Europe. The program was arranged by the Fellowship Committee, of which Wallace O. Lee is chairman. Oran D. Pritchard will be chairman of the meeting and William McBroom will conduct the devotions. Mrs. C. LL. ng will direct a special chorus,{ with Reed Chapman as soloist. Also the program will be Miss Anna M Leabell, chalk artist, accompanied by . Miss Esther Benjamin, vocalist. The dinner will be
PILOT MAY LEE FLAT IN FUTURE BOMBING SHIPS
British Designer Studying Method to Prevent Mental ‘Blackout.
By PAUL MANNING Times Special Writer
1.ONDON, Dec. 10.—Dive bombing is a reasonably simple operation. Just tilt the nose of a plane, rush down in a screaming power dive until the sights are dead set on an objective, then let go at 2000 feet and pull out. But with pursuit ships and fighter-bombers getting faster as England and Germany counter blows by throwing faster planes into the sky, the mental blackout which occurs when blood sucked to the abdomen checks the oxygen needed by the brain, is gefting to be a dead serious problem for aerial strategists. The Royal Air Force and Luftwaffe each have an answer, but one which is effective only so long as planes travel little faster than 400 m. p. h.
Makeshift Solutions
One is diet, the other mechanics. The R. A. F. pilots eat simple foods and never take to the air until one hour has elapsed after a heavy meal. The Luftwaffe adhere to this diet rule but goes a step further. Every JU88 dive bomber has a thin red line painted across the transparent nose which indicates to the pilot the exact angle of the dive. At the correct: angle the bomb is released and the plane pulled from the dive. And if a JU88 pilot loses complete consciousness a mechanical arm helps to level the plane. Yet because the length of the blackout will increase with the speed of the plane, both these solutions are little more than makeshift. A more fundamental answer is needed. : That answer may be supplied before this war is concluded. British aeronautical engineers, hard at work over their wartime drafting boards, are sketching several superspeed experimental planes in which the pilot lies flat on his stomach. That is the only position a man could bear with ease the strain of lightning turns and full-throttle ives at new speeds.
Would Increase Speed
Some engineers say a prone position would not make much difference to the pilot’s efficiency as a flyer. He would be in a position of an under-water swimmer, able to see everything below and forward. And mirrors, properly placed, would give him vision above and rear. The present system of foot control presents few difficulties. problem would be little more than simplifying their position in the cockpit. This prone position, if adopted, would automatically increase the current speed of all fighters and dive bombers. For the fuselage, could be. streamlined to an even greater degree than at present. The plane would, in fact, if it ever moved from the drafting board into preduction, resemble a stubby bird with just about the speed of a bullet. The wings would be wide and broad, the. fuselage very round, the tail nearer the nose.
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JUDGE SPEAKS ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Any religous teaching which expects to meet with public approval must base its claim for recognition upon the Bible, Judge Samuel W, Greene said in a Christian Science lecture yesterday. Judge Greene of Chicago, spoke at
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Church, The First Church of Christ Scientist, Boston, and was sponsored by the Second Church here. “It is indeed greatly to the credit of eminent men of Biblical fame that they constantly endeavored to know God’s will, God's law, and to abide therein,” said Judge Greene. “Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science defines Christian Science as ‘The law of God, the law of good, interpreting and demonstrating the divine principle and rule of universal harmony.’ ” he said.
COL. RODDA TO SPEAK ON LIONS PROGRAM
Col. Bertram Rodda, in charge of Salvation Army work in Indiana, will speak at the Indianapolis Lions Club luncheon tomorrow at the Claypool Hotel. Col. Rodda’s subject will be, “Dictatorship and Russia.” A studen of international affairs, Col. Rodda has traveled extensively, crossing the ocean about 20 times in connection with his work.
COAST IS SURVEYED FOR BOMBING SITE
CHARLESTON, 8S. C, Dec. 10 (U. P.).—The coastal area in the vicinity of Charleston will be surveyed for the establishment of a possible bombing and gunnery site for Navy planes.
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By RICHARD D, M'MILLAN United Press Staff Correspondent
WIH THE GREEK ARMY (Via
ATHENS), Dec. 10.—Marching with Greek troops into battle positions in the heights around Pogradec, on the extreme: northeastern flank, a Greek “Tommy” sang “Tipperary.” He gave some new twists to the old “contemptibles” marching song. His music was authentic, but the words were Greek and he called it “Tirana”. instead of He said he served with British troops in the World War. “Tipperary” in English to prove it.
“Tipperary.”
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The average Greek soldier carries, in addition to his rifle, hay for his mule and a blanket to wrap around
his face against the cold. He has no gas mask. He considers himself lucky if he gets one meal a day. This consists of black bread, rice cooked in oil, and goat's cheese. Olives are to the Greeks what chocolate and jam are.to the British. Beer, wine and cigarets are scarce at the front. . Rich Greeks have donated their luxurious automobiles to the Army and one may see limousines squeezing through mountain passes along
limousines may be loaded with munitions or: food for troops. a ‘Between Koritza and the fron
en wearing. much-patched and baggy trousers. - Young women were
the hills when their husbands threw
Italian Army. Cafes in, villages near the front usually had radios and it was a common. sight to see Greek soldiers standing around them, tuning in on British Broadcasting Co.
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