Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1941 — Page 49
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BRITAIN RELIES ON U. S. PLANES
Hopes Pacific War Won't Mean Quick Shift of Aircraft in Atlantic.
Cop! ht, 1941, by The Indianapolis mes Tog The Chicago Daily News, In Cc.
LONDON, Dec. 12.—1It is sincerely hoped in London that the new war
in the Pacific won't result in any quick shift of planes and that the shipment of " American aircraft to Britain which is necessary to the maintainence of supremacy in the Battle of the Atlantic will be continued. It is pointed out that the protection of the Atlantic lifeline has been achieved to a large extent by a force of aircraft consisting mostly of Catalinas, B-24s, and Hudsons and that the success in the western desert is largely attributed to the use of Havocs, Buffalos, Marylands and new fighters, such as Kitty Hawks. Exchanges are now going on between the United States and Great Britain for the purpose of maintaining the flow of supplies to this country and the Near East.
MRS. BLISS GETS DIVORCE
RENO, Nev, Dec. 12 (U. P).— Barbara Field Bliss, daughter of Marshall Field III, trustee of the Marshall Field department store estate and a Chicago and New York newspaper publisher, was granted & divorce here today.
Heads Air Patrol
Maj. Gen. John F. Curry, U. S. Army Air Corps, has been assigned by the Army to the Office of Civilian Defense and designated by Director La Guardia as national commander of the civil air patrol. The C. A. P. will enlist for the duration of the war approximately 90,000 licensed pilots, 90,000 student pilots who will be licensed by spring, and a ground personnel estimated at 100,000.
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BRITAIN SPEEDS USE OF PLANES
No ‘Bottlenecks’ Now in Assembly of Fighting Craft From U. S.
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A WESTERN ENGLAND AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY PLANT, Dec. 12—The assembling of American planes shipped to Great Britain has reached such a peak of efficiency that there are none piled up awatt-
ing uncrating. A visit to one of the t of the many receiving centers in Britain showed that organization is working so well now that necessary modifications are made to an assembled plane within five to seven days. There are Lapressive numbers of planes on the assembly line simultaneously. This efficiency, however, is bated On She SX UD which ong. inally took from 12 to 14 weeks to establish.
Suggestions that American planes are still lying in crates on the dockside are vehemently denied by W. C. Devereux, chief of North American Aircraft He showed members of the press over the biggest assembly units where the entire technical and administrative staff is American with English
Mustang Is Fast Fighter
There were impressive lines of Liberators, Kitty Lg Th ery
The Douglas is the largest plane which has been shipped here while the Mustang is the newest fast fighter and the only plane which has reached here almost ready for operational work. Modifications required on the mustang are negligible: Since the last of the French orders was received here the flow of planes from docks to flying squadrons has been greatly expedited. It took considerable experience to know what extra spare parts would be required for repairs. Until these had been ordered parts of new lattes were taken for repairing old es.
While the residue of French orJefe was still arriving—last June— ere were many planes piled up awaiting spare parts and modifications required t6 make the planes ready for combat.
Learn Valuable Lessons
More and more modifications are being worked into the original manufacture in the United States. Power-operated gun turrets which the Britith have been putting on Hudsons are already fitted to Lib-| po iy and Fortresses in the United | 1 S
The presence of United States Army Air Corps officers here has facilitated agreement on standard designs. The experience that American ajrcraft companies have gained through shipments to Britain should be most valuable in handling the Pacific supply question, Those nes which will have to be shipped to Hawaii or the Philippines will benefit by the taken to protect the planes shipped to Britain. Each plane is sprayed with parakeytone, anti-corrosive paint,
ARMY ISSUES CALL FOR 10,000 NURSES
WASHINGTON, Dee. 12 (U. P). —The War Department today called for 10,000 volunteer nurses to fill existing vacancies and those antici-
pated in the immediate future. The call, issued by Maj. Gen. James C. Magee, Army Surgeon General, was for both regular Army and reserve nurses. “Now that war has become a grim reality, the need of the armed forces cannot fail to become more acute,” Gen, Magee said. “In the last war over 21000 gallant women joined the Army nurse corps in defense of their ideals and their country. The crucial need which they so" heroically served has been recreated by the brutal assault commited by Japan against the nation Sunday.” Regular nurses. must be between 22 and 30 years old, unmarried
American citizens, and be able to meet technical
are virtually the same except limit is 21 to 40 years,
IGKES URGES SAVING, ™ ON ALL SOLID FUEL
WASHINGTON, Dee. 12 (U. P).
the ves
He sald that the planning of an adequate supply of solid fuels was
FRIDAY, DEC’ 12, 1041 |
Mountain men of the “last frontier” erect a op at the city limits of Yreka to proclaim the “entrance to the new state of Jefferson.”
JUDGE NAMED
1ST GOVERNOR
Four Counties Secede in
Protest to Neglect of Mineral Areas.
By WALT STAFFORD Times Special Writer YREKA, Cal, Dec. 12. — The somewhat illogical governmental structure of the Union's unofficial 49th state of Jefferson was taking shape today under the leadership of its theoretical governor, Judge John I. Childs. The first provisional territorial assembly of the dream state, conceived by Mayor Gilbert Gable of Port Orford, Ore, was held last week. Representatives attended from the three California counties of Siskiyou, Del Norte and Trinity and the Oregon county of Curry. Mayor Gable died shortly before the assembly. The assembly he called will study legal moves necessary to form a 40th state. More than 45,000 residents of the four frontier counties joined in the secession movement in protest to what they termed the failure of Oregon and California to develop
natural resources and provide passable roads in their area.
Began in Oregon
The new state will be short on Popilla don, but long on territory. Its square miles e the combined areas of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware.
The peaceful rebellion started in Curry County, Oregon, when that state failed to do anything about proven de ts of manganese and bauxite. ayor Gable announced plans to quit Oregon and join California,
Immediately Siskiyou, Del Norte and Modoc counties of California warned him he would be hopping from the frying pan to the fire. They pointed to big deposits of chrome, copper and manganese which they said couldn't be develo) because the sovereign state ifornia wouldn't build them passable roads.
Miner's Pan On Seal
There followed a “mutual neglect” meeting at Yreka as the provisional state capital) and the dream of a 49th state was born. The Siskiyou Daily News conducted a contest to name the new state, and “Jefferson” was suggested by J. E. Mundell, Del Norte property owner. The Siskiyou Board of Supervisors appropriated $100 to give the secessionists a treasury, and virtually all of the supervisors of the four counties agreed to. work on the project. Dr. E. F. Auble, Modoc Supervisor, summed up their attitude when he commended: “We wouldn't be worse off than we are how.” Jefferson's state seal will be a miner's pan with a double cross imprinted thereon—indicative of the double cross given the proposed state by California, and Oregon—its proponents say. Meanwhile, over a torturous 288. mile route, the trucks of Dorothea Maroney, the Siskiyou “Chrome Queen,” hauled out 600 tons of choice gre from one of hes oa Sain prove the deposits were well worth developing. One of six trucks was wrecked by a slide on
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LOSSES CAUSE SENATE GLASH
Tobey Demands Facts on Jap Attack; Tydings Defends Secrecy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (U.P) ~— Senators Charles W. Tobey (R. N. H) and Millard E. Tydings (D. Md) clashed on the Senate floor yesterday over the Administration’s policy of making public details in oonnectioh with the Japanese onslaught in the Philippines, e Mr. Tobey said he had “listened in vain” to the President's speech to the joint Congressional session and his radio address to the people for a report on United States losses. He added that “the people in this crises want the truth about hese losses.” .
Grave Danger Cited Mr. Tydings told Mr. Tobey that
. {the President “would be wrong” in
informing the Japanese of U. S. losses and said that nation probably was not certain “that even one U. 8. battleship was lost.” . points are in grave dane ger,” Mr. Tydings said, “the Pan.
importance that they (the Jap anese) not be informed.” He declared that sometimes it is “better Americanism to withhold the truth when it aids our ene-
: | mies.”
Judge John L. Childs . « first Governor of Jefferson
the narrow, treacherous Klamath
river road. Every Thursday, bearded, armed,
costumed sponsors of the 48th state campaign stop traffic on U. 8. High
way 99 to distribute copies of their |} secession manifesto to passing mo- |} torists in an effort to enlist public |g
support.
Oh, yes, the state of Jefferson |} has one highly unusual plank in its |g
governmental platform.
Possession of slot machines would |}
be classed with murder and cattls rustling. Reason:
indoor pastime of stud poker.
One feature about the new state |B that appeals to most of its citizens § is a proposal to eliminate taxes |}
sales tax, income tax and liquor tax. State finances would be raised in-
stead by & small royalty assessed |) against timber and mineral develop- |§
ments. Some of the Barriers “Only”
of the respective counties, approval of the state legislatures, signatures
of the governors, acceptance by the |§ Congress of the United States and |}
e the
signature of the President. Criticism hasn't stopped secessionists from pressing their campaign. They wrote off as sour grapes the remark of Superior Judge Coleman of neighboring Jackson County, Oregon, who said: “We must not make the mistake of laughing off this government as a silly publicity stunt. Don’t fore get that Adolf Hitler started in a small way, 00.”
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