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Texas Claims MacArthur As Own
-Navy's Inferior Planes In Alaska
WASHINGTON — Gen. Douglas MacArthur soon
will receive a unique gift from his friend Maury Mav
erick. two-fisted chief of the WPB’s State and Local Re
quirements Division. It’s a solid silver pill box.
Made by a San Antonio silversmith, the lid of
the pill box is an Australian crown featuring four gold
stars, designating the rank of general. Below is a silver
peso, engraved with the title. “Military Adivser to the
President of the Philippine Commonwealth.”
Ins ae the box is an engraving of the famous
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Alamo, where 187 heroes lost their lives in defense of
Texas libery, March 6, 1836, trying to head off an :n
vasion of Texas by Santa Ana and 6,000 Mexicans.
Directly below is the Alamo’s imortal slogan. “Vic
tory or Death," and MacArthur’s battlecry “We shall
win or die."
Despite popular conviction, no one can tell the
blunt-talking Maverick that MacArthur is an Arkan
san. "I’ll admit he was born in Arkansas*,” says Mav
erick, "but the connection ends right there. Mac Ar
thur is a Texan and we Texans don’t recognize the
claims of any other State to him. Why, he spent his
boyhood years playing in the shadow of the A! mo
Shrine in San Antonio. Arkansas—bah!”
“What kind of pills will Gen. Mac Artc *
this -elegant box, Maury?" he was asked
“Why, vitamin pills. I guess,” s.-id the Tex .1.
“Vitamins for Victory.”
Alaska Report
The Truman Committee's recent :ep- or. A - a
has some bright pages regarding the estabkshnv: t
new air bases; but also, it has some dark p ges r .Ward
ing the eft: ctiveness of planes being used een-*
Japs.
Plain-talking Senator Mon Wallgren of ‘V7.sk
ton. of the committee that made the inspection
hinted at this when he told the Senate recent:
U. S. fighting planes were inferior to Jap Zee . fighters.
However, what Wallgren did not re eal vv. s that
certain types of U. S. bombers being used in Ah s ;a
also leave much to be desired.
* Waflgren’s subcommittee learned to its amaze
ment that the Navy was depending almost entirely t
PBY patrol-observation ships for bombing expeditions
on Jap beachheads in the Aleutians. These ships have
such a slow speed that they are easy targets for ark -
aircraft lire at low altitudes.
As one pilot interview by Truman investigators
put it, when a PBY encounters a Jap Zero fighter "It’s
like a goose being chased by a hawk." Result is that
Navy bombers must soar to an altitude of 20.000 feet
in raids on the Japs at Kiska, too high for effective
bombing.
The PBY is perfectly all right for observation duty
and we would have no complaint if the Navy used
them only ior that purpose,” a member of the Truman
subcommittee reported. “But it is totally unfit for
embat perations."
The Navy has bombers far superior to those of
the Japs, but for some reason they are not beins? used
in Alaska, the subcommittee reported.
On the other hand, the Truman investlgatoi*;
were enthusiastic about the Army bombers they saw
in action, with one exception—the B-26. This plane
has been in a number of crackups because of its high
landing speed.—The Washintgon Merry-Go-Round,
landing speed.
Merry-Go-Round
Vice President Henry Wallace has twice bandaged
his left eyebrow, which he twice slashed with a fast
left-handed tennis serve . . At least one Washington
bus driver keeps a sense of humor in handling crowds.
To persuade passengers o move back in the bus, he
cries out, “Ice cream and soft drinks served in the
rear” . . . The top ranking diplomats in each Embassy
or Legation in Washington get gasoline rationing of
100 galons a month, while others, holding “B" books,
get 37 gallons a month. Their 37 gallons is about twice
the "A” ration . . . American Army and Navy offic
ers flying to England by commercial planes are oblig
ed to discard uniforms for the flight, and don civilian
clothes instead. Reason: Landing at Foynes, Ireland,
they would otherwise be seized and interned by the
neutral Irish ... A newsman who covers WPB is com
plaining these days that, after persuading Donald Nel
son to have dinner with him, he got no news out of
him. “Oh, he talked enough — gave a dozen good
stories—-but then he gave me so much to drink that I
can’t remember a one of them!" — The Washington
Merry-Go-Round by Drew Pearson.
New Plastic Material For Planes Is
Stronger hut Lighter Than Aluminum
WASHINGTON — One war plant in which the
: President was particularly interested on his recent
1 tour of the country was the Higgins shipyard in New ,
Orleans, which turns out the famous landing boats
used by the U. S. Marines in the Solomon Islands.
Higgins’ proposed yard for building big freight
ers was stopped by the Maritime Commission. But his
yard for building small boats has continued in full
swing, and the President expressed amazement and '
pleasure as he drove between rows of machines.
Beside him sa famous Andrew Jackson Higgins,
pioneer small boat builder. On the other side sat Rear
Admiral Frank T. Leighton, commander of the 8th
Naval District.
As they drove through the yard, a superintendent
handed Higgins a strange tube made of wood, a vard
long and six inches in diameter. Handing it to Roose
velt, Higgins said;
“This is what the airplanes of the future will be
made of, Mr. President.”
Roosevelt examined it curiously. It was made of:
t.Tin strips of wood, almost reeds, woven together and
covered wi;h a plastic substance which gives it extra
ordinary strength.
“It’s must stronger than aluminum,” Higgins ex
plained, "but doesn’t weigh as much.”
T v President expressed amazement, handed the
tube over to Admiral Leighton, who examined it skep
tically. “Humph!” he grunted, “1 don’t think much
<? • i jy
of it.
"V u wouldn't.” jibed the President, “you’re the'
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Navy.
Plastic Planes
Since then Higgins has explained to the Army Air
Corps hew giant airplanes can be made of this new sub •
st.mce, part wood, part plastic. With this new plastic,,
cevei >ped by Harry Atwood, it is possible to turn ex
cels:: shavings or seaweed into a hard, firm, but'
: y" . eight, substance.
H.ggins contends that even if there were no scar
civ. .*£ aluminum, this wood-plastic is better for cargo*
planes.
“Two hundred women could weave a plane to
gether •“ a couple of months,” Higgins has told Army
aviators, id demonstrated how.
S far, Army brass-hats remain skeptical, have
giver Higgms the run-around. However, Gen. “Hap",
Arnold, head of the Air Corps has indicated that he
! may give the idea a trial.
NOTE;- Scientific changes come slowly. P’ or five :
! year" jfer [development of the automobile, its design
er- pu: a wh:p-holder on the dashboard. It took sev
er T ye a: ' also for anyone to drop the chassis of an
i auv lower than the point prevalent for horse-drawn i
vebi v.'s.—The Washington Merry-Go-Hound.
I
Nut!'- • of Sale of Property
No. 659
!• ?: >ba*y Court In and For,
|T Cap No.vo Precinct, Second!
T9 ' 'sioc Territory of Alaska j
T" Matt: ? of the Estat« of
! HARRY CREMIDAS. Deceased. 1
l NOTICE is hereby given that
i p j ..ant t. an order of the Ab-:
■ntitl->d Probate Court dated
jO. tr. - 30. 1942. Gust Cremidas, i
A in strator of the estate of i
i Har v Cremidas, deceased, will
|sell t public auction (subject to'
th ■ mfi.*n ttion of Ihe Court) to
< i:gtn*st bidder, on Saturday,
! V "nbor 20. 1912. ut the hour,
.'■f 10 o'clock A. M., at the office
' ' above name ! Court n the
F-.u. Building, at Name, Al- t
-t-'ka, ul t!ie right, title .and in-j
. ■ ■ ' if II; rry Cremidas deceas- 1
j ed, til the t1 Ri- • >f liis death and,
; of the aid estate at the time of j
| the .-.ale, in and to the follow-,
' ing described property:
; P ' -sonal clothing, including J
.Mackinaw coat, woolen breeches,
j books, shoepaks, all having been
j used.
“DISCOVERY.” “NO. 1 BE
| LOW DISCOVERY” and an un- j
di% .dod one-half interest in “NO. ,
2 BELOW DISCOVERY” placer |
mining claims on Igloo Creek,
tributary ol' the Right Fork of j
the Bluestone River, Cape Nome I
i Precinct, said claims being sub
ject to a lease ot June 16, 1941, ,
'and an amendment thereof of!
September 25. 1941, granted to'
| N. B. Tweet & Sons, a copartner- ,
ship of Teller, Alaska, to mine
the claims, term of lease being
for period necessary to extract
mineral values from the claims.
Terms of sale shall be as fol- j
t lows: 10% of any purchase price
to be paid on date of sale. On ■
’date of confirmation of sale by,
the Court and delivery of con- j
veyanco to the purchaser up to !
$2000 of any purchase price;
shall be paid. 90 days after con
; firmation of sale by the Court
th it poi t on of the purchase ;
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Notice of Executor Rendering
Final Account ami Report and
Petition For Final Order of I>is
trihution
No. 627 |
In the Probate Court In and
For the Cape Nome Precinct,
Territory of Alaska
In the Matter of the Estate of
IRA M. RANK, Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Kenneth McVeigh Rank. Exec
utor of the estate of Ira M. Rank
deceased, has rendered for final
settlement and tiled in the above
Court his second and final ac
count and report and petition for
settlement and for final order of
distribution, and that Thursday,
January 7, 1943. at JO o'clock A.
M., at the office and court room
of the above Court in Nome Al- |
aska, has been set as the time
and place for the settlement of (
the account and report and for
hearing objections thereto, if any j
there be, and for a hearing on
the petition, and all persons in
terested in the estate are hereby ■
notified then and there to appear I
and show cause, if any they 1
have, why the account and re- ,
port should not b settled and i
allowed and why distribution of:
the estate’ should not thereupon 1
be immediately made to the per- |
sons entitled thereto without fur
ther notice or proceedings. At
the hearing the Court will adjudi
cate and decree who are the j
heirs and distributees of the do- 1
ceased and estate. Reference is
hereby made to the account, re-1
port and petition for further pur-1
tioulars.
Nome, Alaska. November 6. 1942 •
KENNETH McVElGH RANK, i
Executor J
Publish Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27, 1942'
: ~ ' ~~ — |
j price in excess of $2000 shall be
paid.
I Datixl October 30, 1942.
GUST C.REMIDAS. |
Aniinistratof i
Publish Oct. ‘30, Nov. 6, 13, 20
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