Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 October 1943 — Page 43
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WAR FLIER HITS | PLANE ‘EXPERTS
By MAJ. AL WILLIAMS Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—I ean't get it clear in my mind how men who didn't know an aileron from a
1 flap-before Pearl -Harbor-can—state OPTIONS GHOH WHICH types st Airs
planes must be developed and which discarded. A
} »T said types, not
Buick standing in Ma). Williams your garage today is a “model” of a type of motorcar. The models, named for the year in which they are sold, are successive developments of the original basic “types” selected for the promise of development they held. The same distinetion between types and models fits the warplane. The British selected the basic design of the Spitfire almost eight vears before the war and each year, sticking to the basic type; they refined new models of the Spitfire until they wound up with their present fighter. Duration “Experts” Insist
So it has been with every successful plane. Yet experts appointed for the duration insist upon telling the public that it is im« possible to concentrate (they like to say “freeze”) any. type of aircraft, because aerodynamics is advancing so rapidly. The dive bomber is a type of watplane peculiarly adapted to doing certain jobs. It is a prime weapon of our naval air forces, and in that fleld it has demonstrated its fit- | ness. Of course, the dive bomber has been used in Europe for tasks for which it was basically unfit, and in most such instances was thrown into the fray because it was the only aircraft available. The Nazis used their dive bombers with great suc-
3 | cess against the Polish army, poorly
equipped with anti-aircraft guns: But against the French and British in the battle of France with much less success, because they faced more anti-aircraft guns.
"FOR ME — THEY , HAVE A RICH, FULL
‘| attentions on Nanomea, 250 miles
{of the most advanced foothold in
| {war between the Jap-held Gil-
{which worked some damage but
Ellice Islands ~ Séts Progress Record.
By GEORGE WELLER ™ Oo et bal or ' FUNAFUTI, Ellice Islands, Sept. 9 (Delayed).—Unsung, bomb-pitted Funafuti, which has
line from the Aleutians to Australia,
first chance at safe breathing. As the Japs direct: their bombing
to the north, Funafuti relaxes slightly and enjoys the luxury of being the semi-advanced instead
our almost unknown atoll-to-atoll berts and the American-held Ellice
Both of these groups were and legally still are British possessions. In ‘the Ellices the British still} _ maintain their resident colonel, Vivian Fox Strangeway, and the union jack still is hoisted in the
morning and lowered at night.
“All U. 8, Munitions
But not a single British tool of war is here. On every side are U: 8. marines, navy and seabees, {clustered in the fantastic cluster of | war:on-this thin. wedding-ring soll ‘with its 12-mile diameter of green: lish ‘blue lagoon and blinding white
All" types of material that the United States has poured forth to hold the Pacific line is here. Funafuti first became known as an American air base when the | army air force released details of raids against Nauru, the phosphate. | bearing island which Australia acquired at Versailles in the agree- | ment which also gave the Carolines | and Mariannes to Japan, and] against Tarawa in the Gilberts. | Preparations for those raids,
were successful more in the sense of the courage demonstrated than in actual accomplishment—had been under way for many months before | the army bombers (B-24's) took off in late April ~The navy's eonstruction battal- | jons landed here on Oct. 2, com-
carried the: burden of being the keystone in the great arch of the Pacific offensive) .-
for 11 months, is now getting its!
Hawa ; Matine corps. unlle'are"shown here as they ook over in inilial slope. of ‘secupation of the Pacific island of Nanumea, in the Ellice group, on Sept 4. Destroyers patrol the background as landing craft disgorge guns, t tanks, tractors.
Miss Chase to Talk Oct. 7 At Books. and Authors Patriotic Rally.
Ilka Chase, who made many & Hoosier chuckle with her autoblography, “Past Imperfect” will speak at the Murat theater Thurs. day for the Books and Authors for Bonds rally. Miss Chase, known to thousands As actress and radio performer in addition to her reputation as one of the sharpest wits in the country, will have her second book, “In Bed We Ory,” published in November. Franklin P. Adams, known for his wit ‘and merrymaking on the “Information Please” radio program, also will be featured, along with Carl Van Doren, Cleo Dawson and a group of Hoosier authors, . Original coples of cunmcriphs by Felix Salten, author of “Bambi.” will be presented two Indiana coms munities for their participation in their bond selling drive. The manuscripts will be donated by Bobbs«
WPB NEEDS ANALYST |nesdauarters in Chicago,
open, the civil service commission | knowledge of engineering,
FOR CHICAGO OFFICE {rnounced today. | tion or mechanical
The
is now/ an industrial organization with
position of redistribution |
processes or | The position pays $4409 a year, ' tools. Application formas may be ob-| ticket signifying purchase of a
| Mereilt Co, Mr. Salten’s American
a/publishers, A Booth Tarkington
produc- manuscript also will be given to the
{ highest bidder. Admission to the rally will be a
'analyst for the sixth regional office for a 48-hour week, and applicants | {tained from the local civil service bond in the third war loan .cam-
of the war production board, with must have five years’ experience in| | secretary.
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<i menced.work-on. Oct: 1. and: Pres cisely 30 days later, presented energetic marine officer Maj. Gen. Frederick ‘Price with a sufficient dazzling white strip on which to nd the navy's big amphibian
No Drinking Water
construction has been bettered in the Solomons, it never has been equaled under such conditions. Drinking water on Punafuti’s tiny, thin circle of coral was non-existent. It was necessary to build filtering stations in holes next to the sea-! front extending hoses over the reef into the ocean, The coral was brick | hard. And where was there solid | filling for banking runways? Whenever the big dump trucks filled one section of runway, they| had to destroy another section of | atoll, At a depth of six feet, the | sea flooded in. In order to build up| the one section of earth on which | they stood, they had to destroy | another, Atolls are never a continuous eir- | cular ring but are actually an island | chain forming the segments of al circle. In order to bring a full] round ring some places between | islands had to be filled in. And the defenders of the Ellices worked in constant knowledge that} far superior forces of Japanese
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To Our r COstoersThe New DELIVERY Regulations
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SPORTATION
Made of Any a Small fanih to amy. Weighing Less Than 5 Lbs. or Measuring Less T
io i han 60 Inches
were in the Gilberts and might be contemplating duplicates of their] attempted invasions of Midway and the Aleutians,
“Unknown Front”
It is small wonder then that the Ellices remained the Pacific's “unknown front.” It is not extraordi-| nary either that Funafuti never be- | fore has been revealed as the place to which Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, | when rescued from his rubber boat, | was first brought by the Chicago-| born, Northwestern university graduate, pilot, Lt, William PF. Eadie, whose home is now in. Seattle. Now that the Japs are pounding Nanomea, the northernmost of the Ellices it can likewise be revealed that the islet of Nukufetau, some 75 miles north of Funafuti, was the landing place of Rickenbacker’s | lost companions.
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Deliveries will he made twice 2 week
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