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Let's Face Facts Policy Being Developed For Bringing Air Service To Many Small Towns By BARROW LYONS I WNl> Staff Correspondent Policies that will determine which j of America's 6.331 towns with popu- j lations between 1,000 and 5.000 will receive some type of airplane serv- j ice after the war i * • Civ Aeronautics | fNjf town I is iike.y to re f ffiuu ceive will be de- Barrow Lyons ' c would be a good idea to tell four congressman t.-> keep his eye 1 on tins devt ptr.cr.t. *;i:ch so inti- ! aiato v coixcrns vour ti un and your business. Of ly lack cf planes and pilots is ao!dir..s{ l>a . a tremendous expan lion of a:r traffic, both commercial j and private, whieh vv.ll ri.ich every lorn.er of t • country w en facilities ; and perst '. beei ire available, fhe rapidity with wh ch pressure tor ; {his expansion has developed within :he last year is revealed by the lumber of applications to establish new a.r serv. ■ .- By tie erui ef lpst August. 233 sue!, at - - \ .itit ns had . eon filed with CAR. By January 15. the number Tad incr sod to 4,.). ,ir.: by the end ?r February there wire 677 propos- j lis before tl-.t beard fer new ard additional .vr services O; tl'i 577 t ire vu re 4C"!> which related to d •• i -tic services lnvolv» 'jig about 500.000 route miles, com- ' pared with 45. f r> ute n iles now aui. ori/od O.itstar .mg certificates si |.uli . n«VfS.*:tv ai d convenience now designate 283 cities and towns 1 Which may receive a.r service, but . only 2M are towns of less than 5.U00 j populate n It is e ,-r t! it t e applications i before CAB wi'i open a :-ew chaj ter in air trar- >p rtati >n, i ne that is full :f knotty tr •: n.oal ard policy prob lems. Various Carriers Interested For instan.e some of t:.i existing ' airlines f el t! at with tH ir experi ence and equipment they should be i permitted t-> extend services t«» | cover ir. -t of the now ur.sorviced towns. But surface carriers, the bus lints ana railroads, feel that i they should bo permitted to proteot , themselves against probable heavy i loss of passengers and freight to air ' transpi rt by establishing lines of tluir kivn. Ar.d there are hundreds of small, new companies which de sire to service towns too small to be attractive to the larger companies, , but which feel they are entitled to ' assure their existence by entering some of the larger terminals. Already CAB Examiners William : J. Madden and Albert E. Beitel have j made an investigation of the need | for local-feeder and piek-up air serv- 1 ices. Oral arguments on this re- ■ port were heard beginning on April 5 It has been urged that these j should be followed by hearings in regit nal up .h throughout the United States at which loco! problems could be aired. When the board digests Die evidence and gives considera tion to establishing an over-all na tional policy, it will make its rec ommendations for local standards. If congress is satisfied with the polioies ard procedure established by the CAB. no further legislation, except to implement the plan of the CAB with funds, will be required. But in a new field like this, with '•irge and ct n.licting intt rests deep ly concerned, it would be rather surprising if congress did not take a part in developing policy. It is virtually certain, however, that as soon as the war ends "straw be rrv trains'" of the air will be car rying fresh fruits and vegetables l r.g distances across our land, and that as tie traffic grows more and more of tie products from farms and orchards will move in this fash ion, beating the fast freight and express trans by many hours. One of the organizations giving most thought to this development is the Airlii es Committee for United States rtu Policy, organized to pro tect the interests of existing air car riers. A subeornmittee on air trans port of the Railroad Committee for the Study of Transportation, Asso ciation of American Railroads, is an other body deeply concerned. The Airlines Committee plans all cargo services, in addition to haul ing passengers. Aircraft manufac turers are designing refrigerator planes—flying freight cars to carry tremendous loads great distances. A plane flying only 100 miles an hour could carry fresh pork from lowa to the Pacific coast in 15 hours, as against the present time of near ly two weeks. • « • Pick-up mail services by which a plane without stopping collects mail at small stations along local passen ger routes, is a type of air service receiving consideration. Recently two CAB examiners recommended that passenger air service could well be supplemented by this type of operation. Only one carrier, All- American Aviation, now flies a pick up mail service, using small, single motored planes that swoop low over a maiibag rigged between two poles, and with a patented pick-up line hook the bag. Coiffures for Combat and Comfort Comfort and the exigencies of combat, rather than convention, dic tate the hair styles of our lighting men. Dazzling and sometimes dally are some of the examples of tonsorial work encountered in fighting zones. Above are a few. photographed aboard a coastguard-manned assault transport in the South Pacific. War Ballot Commission Meets The United States war ballot commission, authorized by congress to take administrative action under the new federal servicemen's voting law. meets in the oflice of the secretary of war for the purpose of formal organization. Left to right, Secretary of Navy Frank Knox; Secretary ol War Henry L. Stimson, and Adm. lOmory S. Land, administrator of the War Shipping board. One of the First to Fall at Bougainville Wounded in the initial invasion at Empress Augusta Bay, Rougain ville, this American is hoisted aboard a coastguard-manned transport off shore. He was among the marines and coastguardsmen to leave the ship earlier in the morning, to begin the attack. Small Quarters for a Man ■ fS * '.' "~4 -•• ■" • ~RW '■ i *:' .yT^- ; •' ' '' wr. I-',*. • . ' . ■.!' • -■. ♦ > •■¥ v . p-v. :'• / v.-.. *MtEkp&. *. "■ '■ ■ ',• ' —'*:**** ~ J—~"~ "! ■ l ' It was late, and Donald Nelson, head of WPB, was sleepy, but the bonk assigned to him aboard an LCT (landing craft tank) was so small, apparently never intended (or a man of Nelson's heft. He spent the ni?ht aboard the LCT going from Solomons Island, Md. t to Little Creek, Va., with • labor warty inspecting East Coast amphibious bases. THE DANBITRY REPORTER. DANBI 7 RY. N. C.. THI'RSI)AY. APRIL 20. 19U Salute to Signalmen arr?* «*J m ■vi>yvTV"M ■ — "-two.'/- ' r~T , ' Loneliest soldiers in the British army arc the men of the Koval Sig nals who construct and maintain the longest military telephone system on earth—the 5.000 miles from Algiers to Teheran. Persia. Here two Sinai police greet two signalmen. No Race Tracks Here 'i i ffl§» Millionaire sportsman Alfred G. Vanderbilt. riglit. aboard l'T boat in New Guinea area, with I.ieut. • (jg) James Costigan, center back ground, and Lieut, (jg) Hester Den man. They have sunk four Jap barges and a cargo ship. A 'Long Story' k M| jjgmf Vjj^- |P ,f ■ mme This 36-foot letter is the answer to a Gl's dream. Sent to Pfc. Wil liam Paultz, East Orange, N. J., it , is made up of cartoons, stories, mes i sages from friends, photos and oth er items—enough to keep him busy for hours. Fuel from Salvage Dr. Ernest Berl, chemist at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., who has a postwar plan for producing gasoline and coal from farm crop waste, forests and seaweed. * Springtime in Manhattan Streets coated with glistening rain while puddles are polka-dotted with raindrops . . . Baseball gab invad ing war dialogues . . . The well sharpened notes of warbling birds giving happiness a sound track . . . Islands of defeat scattered around town where sunshine only magnifies its poverty ... A gray-eyed sky clearing the thunder in its throat and displaying its white-fanged lightning . . . Playful breezes juggling the an cient weathervane atop St. Paul's Cathedral . . The shy rustle of balmy winns caressing faces with Invisible baby fingers. The Hudson River cobwebbed with streaks of gleaming sunlight . . . fviop windows glowing with Spring lincry composing visual poetry of vivid hues . ■ Sunrise lighting a fiery dawn on the stub of a warm night . Busk winds brushing the list few dead leaves from trees as r.ature weaves its annual green gown around them . . Relaxed humans anchored to park benches allowing contentment to find a home in their spirits A soldier stroll ing with his girl Workers eagerly sipping lungs full of anti septic air before plunging into sub way dungeons . The everlasting beauty of twilight balanced on the fingertips of a departing day. The Magic Lanterns: "See Here, Private Hargrove'' is loaded with familiar comedy gags, but it's gut so doggone much good feeling that you skip the stencils. Besides, it's got a pair of likable lads—Robert Walker and Keenan Wynn—as the rookies, and Donna Reed as the loek'.e . "The Fighting Seabees." j means to he a back-slap for thai i useful arm of tie military, but some times the praise pets gibbery. The thing is too Hollywood-flavored to look like war . • "The Heavenly Body" does not refer to Hedy La marr, who's in it The title comes from Win. Powell's monkeying with the stars. Sometimes the going gets funny, but too often you can almost hear Powell's suspenders give from the strain of carrying the frail tale . . "Tunisian Victory," action shots by the USA and British cam eras, records some lovely shots of the Rats on the run, than which there is nothing more entertaining. It's simple to spot a debater on a railio forum who has lost the argu ment . . . He's the first to lose his temper . . . Have a nifty innova tion: The recordings of Dorothy Parker's witty monologs— by stage stars . . . Some critics objected to a fine film, "The Purple Heart," be cause, they complained, it made us hate Japs ... All right, doctor. I'll go quietly . . Add invitations to murder: Swingstors who mangle the gay "Oklauoma" lilts . . . The war film, "Tunisian Victory," is the best yet. Keeps you sitting on the edge of your suspense . . . Variety reports that Movieburg is losing in terest in bandleaders "because they lack acting ability" . . . Sure took H'wood a long time to find it out ... If the film biz depended on act ing ability—Hollywood would have only one actor—Spencer T. Good to see Fred Allen climbing in the popularity surveys . . . He's one radio jester who makes an hon est stab at trying something original . . . Gamblers about ir.idtown are wagering the war'll be over in Yur rop by July 4th . . . Might be a good way to win the bet—by getting into the fracas and helping fight it . . . Here's a repeat boost for Ben Hecht's exciting book: "A Guide for the Bedevilled" . . . Don't miss it —it'll make you a better American . . . The jokes that helped kill vaudeville are now making rad.o writers wealthy and famous. Flastic fingers of sunlight reach ing into shadowy skyscraper can yons . . . Children bubbling with happiness—finding thrilling adven tures in the fairyland of youth . . . Fresh air fiends draped across park lawns getting a kick out of breathing . . . Romancers driving out fears of insecuritv around them with a personal fortress of blue skies and rainbows . . . The conl kindness of Spring mornings that drain the ache from people's souls and inspire them to attack problems of the day like a conquering hero . . . Spring busily nursing the trees and flowers that patiently waited for her during the bitter Winter months . . . The for est fire of noise that blazes along the Main Stem, destroying the silky calm the season brings . . . Lovely stenogs discussing their sweethearts during lunch hour, putting a period at the end of each sentence with a dimple. The natural snob near the East River: A private park where chil dren aren't allowed . . . Skyscraper peaks holding tiny pools of sunshine . . . Harlem's elegant boulevard lined with well-manicured dainty trees, but flanked by miserable dwellings . . . Pasty-faced Main Stemmers blinking in the afternooi ,un as if it was a stranger the\ .vanted to avoid . . . Silence flood ng the park after midnight when ?ach little Lush holds a mystery ol its own . . . The farm inside a big •lity—on upper Tenth Ave. Muffins yourfamty will lw!^g| ♦Prime or Wk Bacon All BRAN Muffins | t tnbWooni % * }'*, g shortening 1 , a | t ' I'Sf.Kellow'. buUrsg liowd* Alllirao . Blend *hort»rln« end Slir outthly. A l*l f " unti | In All-Bran *", l milk. U J » • most of moisture n tnki i 1 flour with -.alt "»'» ,mlv ui* 3" Y..U: # lar*« v prunes to dry i np t . j i' cup AND remember, too, KEU.OCG'S ALY.-BR/ y by itself Is a rich, natural sourtv oi vlf'i* grail) riot ctive" fojil elements ilic 15 vitar uuis, phosphorus, calcium unci Iron! ALL-BRAN Mohammedan's Handle The lone lock of hair on the bark of a Mohammedan's head is left there when he shaves his pate as a handle by which he can be pulled to heaven. -OIAPEI' Soothe, pool, rclieea I*l MM 11 dialler raali -often |>re- II W l_* 11 vent it. with Metsuna. nil rill Uu ' ""iriuirent me.lirated I Inll 11 tmwiler. Out Ucum Trigger Fish The trigger iish has a trick fin that can be locked into place to prevent dislndgment when the fish wedges itself in a rocky crevice. SNAPPY FACTS f «v ABOUT u) RUBBER The importance of the tiro conservation program, effect ed in 1942, will be appreci ated when it i» known that tha number of passenger car tire* rationed and those sold an new cart in 1942 only equalled t.S per cent of the passenger car tirei shipped for all pur poses in 1941. Neglected small tire tread cuts and bruises can become serious rubber wasters. A small cut, even though it does not go entirely through the fabric, lets In dirt, water and foreign matter. Constant flexing Increases the size of the cut until the tire Is beyond repair. Prompt repair Is a patriotic duty these days. AT FIRST RN 666 666 TABLETS. SALVE. HOSE DROPS Housefathers Among the aborigines of Aus tralia it is common for fathers to Wik after the children while their *uves work. stop ■ ORG® Hi 111 taaeiy jk- wrpr iturißf THURSDAY NIGHTS 10:30 P.M. E.W.T. on the entire BLUE network - CONSULT YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER MCKESSON T BOBBINS, INC. CAIOX TOOTH POWDER KXEL VITAMIN B COMPLEX CAFIUTES
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