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Page Two CLOUDBUSTER Friday, March 2, 1945 CLOUDBUSTER Vol. 3—No. 24 Friday, March 2, 1945 Published weekly under the supervision of the Public Relations Office at the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C., a unit of the Naval Air Primary Training Command. Contributions are welcome from all hands. The Cloudbuster receives Camp Newspaper Service ma terial. Republication of credited matter prohibited without permission of CNS, War .Department, 205 E. 42nd St., N. Y. C. Lieut. Comdr. James P. Raugh, USNR Commanding Officer Lieut. Comdr. Howard L. Hamilton, USNR Executive Officer Lieut. Leonard Eiserer, USNR Public Relations Officer Lieut, (jg) Francis Stann, USNR Editor R. D. Jackson, PhoMIc Harold Hanson, Sp(P)2c Photographers The Lighter Side... Sailor: “I’ve called to ask your consent to marry your daughter, sir.” Father: “Have you seen her mother?” Sailor: “Yeah—but that is all right. We’ll be living out of town.” ❖ ❖ * The thing women dread most about their past is its length. ^ Captain: “Seaman Jones, it gives me great pleasure to give you this stripe.” Seaman: “Why not give me two, sir, and really enjoy yourself?” * * !): A father and mother were discussing their daughter. Mother: “Do you think our daughter has a one-track mind?” Father: “Yes, and I think there is a troop train running on it.” ^ ^ As one Navy craft sailed out into the English channel on D-Day the skipper called the crew together and gave a lecture on fear. “Fear,” he said, “is a very healthy thing.” A third-class yeoman near the front spoke up. “Captain,” he said, “you are now looking at the healthiest man in the whole doggone Navy.” ^ ^ Pvt.: “Who introduced you to your wife?” Sgt.: “We just met. I don’t blame no body.” * ❖ ❖ Life is what you make it—until some body comes along and makes it worse. * * Appealing advertising: “Use Lumpo soap. It doesn’t lather, doesn’t bubble, doesn’t clean. It’s just company in the tub.” Not including the Messerschmitt-163 fast- climbing, short range rocket interceptor—a purely defensive weapon—the Nazis are re ported to have three important jet-propelled aircraft in operation against the Allies. Built along comparatively simple lines and at least partly assembled in underground factories, these craft use an easily manu factured fuel which has no relation to the Allied campaign against oil and synthetic fuel consumed by conventional aircraft. If given a few more months for production, these new jet fighters could bring plenty of trouble for the great Allied drive for final victory. Known as the Me-262 (Messerschmitt), He-280 (Heinkel), and Ar-234 (Arado), these three operational types are all pow ered by two jet propulsion turbines, or turbo jets. The only jet fighter whose operation thus far has been more than spasmodic is the Me-262, used as a fighter against our heavy bomber formations, against their fighter es cort, and against Allied reconnaissance planes. Its great speed makes its attack through a bomber formation quite effective. It remains to be seen whether the Nazis are putting all their eggs in the 262 basket, or whether they will supplement this jet plane with the Ar-234 or He-280, or both. AAF Using 78 Versions of B-24 There are now at least 78 current ver sions of the B-24 Liberator in action with the AAF, and at one time there were more than 100, according to J. H. Famme, acting chief design engineer for Consolidated- Vultee Aircraft Corp., who recently re turned from a special assignment with the Eighth Air Force in England. Most of these modifications are made in the field to meet special conditions, such as carrying any thing from ammunition to K-rations to American forces in France when the ad vance ran ahead of plans, serving as gaso line tankers, and distributing leaflets through its bomb bay over enemy-held ter ritory. New Type Jap Plane Encountered A new type Japanese fighter plane, known as a George, was shot down recently by Navy fighter pilots off the west coast of Formosa, the Navy Department announced last week. The new fighter is a streamlined, mid-wing, single-seat plane with greater speed than other Jap aircraft of this type. It is believed to be a Navy plane. Mexico Meeting (The opinions expressed in this column are those of the writer and do not neces sarily reflect the views of the Navy Depart ment. ) By Lieut, R. C. Witter Aerology Dept. Latin Americans long have been suspi cious of the designs of their powerful north ern neighbor. The Monroe Doctrine, with its frequent extensions, never has been well regarded below the Rio Grande, since this seemed to infer that the greater military and capitalistic forces of the United States might, and could, dominate the weaker southern lands of this hemisphere to further the ends of economic expansion. Examples of the exercise of this prerogative have been numerous, according to viewpoints ex pressed from more than one Caribbean and South American capital. Today at Chapultepec Castle, overlooking the historic high valley of the Aztecs and the fiats of Mexico City, a conference of foreign ministers representing 20 American states is deliberating. That this meeting is held at a time when our forces are engaged in bitter struggles across both Atlantic and Pacific is highly significant. Also note worthy is the fact that while Brazilians are fighting on the Italian front against Ger many and Mexican flyers are overseas with the Allies, no issues, European or Asiatic, have been introduced at the meeting. The questions for consideration relate to the Western Hemisphere, its future welfare, and its development after the storms of war have passed. Economic Theme There are serious problems which face the nations of South America in their rela tionships with the United States. These problems arise from differences in lan guage, heritage, cultural backgrounds, forms of government, and types of popula tion; but the most important issue is eco nomic. The greatest difficulty has been lack of understanding, since no widespread knowledge of conditions in South and Cen tral America exists in the United States. The theme of the Mexico City conference definitely is economic, an attempt being made to develop a new commercial charter in Latin American relations. Free trade, elimination of tariff barriers and discour agement of private enterprise are under consideration. More than a hundred resolu tions have been proposed, many of theri^ conflicting, but certainly proving that there is no dearth of ideas or willingness to com' promise. If Congress approves the deci sions, the way may be paved for a more enlightened policy to which even recalci trant Argentina will agree in due time. Male Call by Milton Caniff, creator of "Terry and the Pirates” LOOK,GOLDIES, I KKJOW THIS. PLACE 19 No PARADISE OF THE PACIPIC^ BUT YOU'P 3ETTES fOJ26ET THAT DOTATION 9TUFF — 3BCMSE IT MAY BE A L0N6 TIME BEFORE. THAT SOTATJON e FER /v\e! HARPLY WAITj sergeant, call IN that MAN WHO'5 VAPP/NJO ABOUT ROTATION! Whirl it all End? ME WR0W6i 90 KINDLY A MINUTE.. V 60T IF You WOULP STEP OUT HERE THAr^ WHAT r mz. TALKIN' ABO\iT.. POST THEATRE TOHIGHT H 1830 yy' (The. HlPy \
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