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EDITORIAL
“Lest We Forget"
The shocking plight of London
largest city of the world and seat
of English civilization—convert
ed into an inf rno by renewed
over-night Nazi raids drives
home the conviction there is no
length to which the would-be in
vaders will not go in their efforts
to subjugate or exterminate the
defenders of democracy.
The world still stands aghast at
the spectacle of the great city
aflame, innumerable magnificent
structures destroyed. countless
civilians and innocents killed or
maimed, hospitals and all places
of refuge crowded with suffering
victims; and the assailants persist
ing in their assaults.
Sweeping and vicious as the
assaults may be, and emminent
“ as the promise of continued at
tacks of the kind, the spirit of
the indominablo Britons is inspir-^
ing. Nowhere out of the chaos is;
raised a voice for surrender.
The British knew full well the
dangers they faced and the likli
hood of renewed assaults with
the r turn of spring. Fighting at
a disadvantage and paying the
penalty for inadequate prepara
tion for defense, and called upon
to meet an implacable foe on
many an embattled front, they
carry on with characteristic Brit
ish bull-dog p-insistence.
The plodding British may be
slow to action, and compelled to
long endure and muddle through,
but they are far from exhausted
or dispirited. Composed and calm
they are proving they have what
it takes to mest a great crisis. As
they suffer many a shocking blow
their vast resources are being,
thrown into the fray. Observers'
predict that given a little more
time they will have marshaled
their forces and stepped up their
air armada to the point where
the tide will be turned.
But the threat of the hour is
so grave that non: may predict
with certainty what disaster may
yet intervene.
Certain it is that no nation not
in accord with totalitarian doc
trines, may, in a crisis such as
this, call itself safe or exempt
from the scourge now being visit
ed upon the British isles and
thr atoning their doom.
Britain’s inadequate prepara
tion is a lesson to the whole dem
ocratic world. The Americas may
well awaken to this fact and re
double their elforts to stay "the
holocaust.
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-1 'J C C E S S—Youngest woman
ever to be named an inspector
for the British Auxiliary Terri
torial Service recruiting is Jean
Knox, 30. She has the rank of
senior commandant.
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New Flying
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Laboratory
For The CAA
A new, twin-motored, airline
type laboratory plane was added
March 21 to the fleet of the Civil
Aeronautics Administration, Don
aid H. Connolly, Administrator,
has announced.
Th: plane, a Douglas DC-3,
powered with two 1200 h.p. en
gines, is strictly of the “work
horse” variety, with all the fam
iliar trimmings of passenger com
fort removed, and all its space
devoted to crew, observers and
test equipment. One of its prin
cipal jobs will be in keeping the
staff of GAA airline and person
nel inspectors abreast of, and, if
possible, ahead of developments
of all kinds in the rapidly ex
panding aviation field. System
atic r freshing of these inspect
ors is an essential part of the ser
vice. Administrator Connolly ex
plained, since they are required
regularly to examine and pass up
on the qualifications of airline
pilots.
“These airlin? pilots are pro
bably the be t group of pilots in
the world.” the Administrator
said, “and our inspectors have to
be good enough to test them. This
requires periodic, specialized and
concentrated training of th_ in
spectors.”
In its inspection work, the
olane will b£ a flying laboratory,
with accomodations for a crew of
three and 12 inspectors as observ
ers aboard, listening in on the
same interphone system. For
high-altitud work, each place in
the plane has an oxygen outlet
and masks are provided. Even
now, while the plane is going
through routine acceptance tests,
CAA inspectors are exploring the
usefulness of certain new naviga
tion instruments in its equip
ment.
This is the first airplane of this
size and type to be operated by
the CAA. Since it is typical of
current airline equipment, it will
be used for obj ctive flights to
obtain data for r gulatory pur
poses, to standardize test pro
cedures and give manufacturers
and airline operators opportunity
to observe and benefit by careful
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W A R BIRD WINGED —Far from its native iand is this
German Messerschmitt 110 medal fighti'a plane, downed in Eng
land and shipped to the west coast of L.S., where it was re
assembled at the Vnitre plant. It’s a two-motored job, carrying
guns in its nose. After the re . ,..eia' F :1 1 lane has been studied by
fnjin**r.v, V'v ? ' ’I !" .1 at:a:t far further analysis.
Australia
May Not
Take Bridges
SAN FRANCISCO. April—The
editor of the Australian Consol
id at d Press Service, Richard
Hughes, doubts that Australia
will take back Harry Bridges,
her native son who made good in
the United States, should his de
portation be ordered.
Deportation proceedings now
under way at San Francisco
charge that Bridges is or has
b en a member of the Commun
ist party. Hughes pointed out
that the Communist party has
been outlawed by the Australian
government. Said Hughes:
“If 'the United States proves
Bridges was a Communist, Aus
tralia will not take him back.”
Hughes left San Francisco for
a tour of the Unit d States, after
arriving by clipper plane.
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ly engine.red tests. When the ac
ceptance tests are complete, the
plane will be routed to the var
ious regions of the CAA in con
nection with the routine "flight
proficiency” t sts given all air
line pilots. This inital tour start
ed April 10, will cover most of
the 30,500 miles of airways in the
country, and will give all airline
operators opportunity to see the
tlie advanced navigating devices
installed in the plan: at their
home bases. The plane will be
based at the new CAA Standard
v.ation Center at Houston, Texas.
!)<>” Derby Named
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Fiftv-eigh* hundred dollars is
sought from the Fairbanks Dog
Derby and Ice Carnival, Incor
porated, in a suit filed in the
United States District Court for
th Fourth Division.
Proceedings were instituted by
Thomas Wright, Fairbanks sled
deg breeder, on behalf of himself
and five drivers in the 1941 All
Alaska Dog Derby.
Wright alleges $3900 is due him
as owner of th: winning team in
the race run between Fairbanks
and Livengood and return March
7 and 8. The winning team was
driven by Jacob Butler, native
masher, whose name is not men
tioned in the suit.
In further counts the plaintiff
alleges amounts of $1500, $1000.
and three amounts of $100 are
due, respectively to Bob Buzby,
Amt Skaug, Robert L. Hanson,
Bergman J. Kokrines, and Mike
Agaba as moneys “promised” for
compliance with entrance regula
tions of the denby and finishing
the race in prize-winning position
or “completing the entire dis
tance of the course in accordance
with rules and conditions made
by the defendant.”
The complaint asserts that
Wright and the fiv: drivers each
deposited a $25 entrance fee, and
alleges further that no money
has b on received by any of
them Irom the def ndant.
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