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ENSEMBLE — Model wears
a scarf and snood ensemble in a
new jersey of rayon tow and
wool, displayed at a New York
fashion show. It is lime with a
white stripe.
ICE-BREAKER AT WORK — The Coast Guard's new ice-breaker Ojibway clears a chan
nel through ten-inch ice in the Charles River at Boston during sub-zero weather.
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WICHITA, KANSAS — Airwise residents during the past few
months have been startled at the sight of a queer-looking airplane
with a tail that resembles the half-opened wings of a butterfly. It
flies without either horizontal or vertical tail surfaces and has a V
tail with only two elements and so was nicknamed “Butterfly” tail.
The. unique design originated at the Beech Aircraft Corporation and
their purpose in building this experimental unit is to investigate the
possibilities of simplified structure, elimination or reduction of com
pressibility effects at high speeds, simplified controls, and the effect
on control, stability and handling ease which may be offered by such
a radical departure froj» conventional construction.
The airplane is a modified AT* 10 Beechcraft plywood transitional
trainer, which has been converted to a flying test unit for various
advanced ideas. Test pilots state that the “Butterfly” tail renders ex*
cellent control and stability characteristics at all speeds.
U. S. FIGHTERS FOR RUSSI A—U. S. planes are lined up at Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska, waiting to be ferried across
Siberia by Russian pilots. Ladd is terminal field in a chain reaching from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
ANNUAL STRUGGLE — Perry Como, New York sup
per club singer, uses reference books and a slide rule to say
^ nothing of pencil and paper to help figure his 1944 income tax.
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—Soundphoto—George J. Maurer, reading clerk, is shown as h« read Prea.,
Roosevelt’s message. Vice-President Hehry Wallace andspeaker, Sam Rayburn are seated on rostrum*]