The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1931, Page 2

‘This composite photo shows how the navy’s new-type stub mooring mast, which is propelled by its own power, will handle the Akron. In the background is the airship's + eH 4% # Means of Handling Huge a Airship Akron Are Unique #233 How the Akron Will Be Moored hold the ship by the ndve even in tts dock, rather than resting it on “cradles” like a surface ship in dry- Since a constant check must be kept of solid floor of | heavy four-inch armor plate and bas tel ager cl vi ‘When both side cars are detached, the ship is resting on the mast at the nose and on the huge taxi wheel at the stern. Hyde Attempting to Lead Farm Aid Move Washington, Aug. 6—()—For the second time in two years Secretary ‘Hyde has assumed leadership of gov- ernment relief for giving aid to irae farmers beset by calami- He is making @ personal survey of northwestern and central states rid- den by drought and grasshoppers, which have caused damage amount- ing to millions of dollars. Yellowstone National. park with his wife and: dat this week when he decided to visit affected areas in the northwest. He will call on gover- nors to learn of drought and grass- hopper damage 12. their states. Upon his return here about August 15 Hyde will determine the character and extent of assistance to be ren- dered from the $15,000,000 available from loan funds. When cut flowers wilt premature- ly, put a few drops of vinegar in the water; or a ittle salt is effective, or The secretary of agriculture was in an aspirin tablet. This taxi wheel is actually a huge rubber-tired caster, 58 inches high— almost five feet. The taxi wheel is removable, for great dock, or hangar. eee E water is released. : |its dock or left to rise into the air.! Mechanical Equipment Has/Mechanical equipment has been oa ii lace of mos' the Been Devised to Take Place | Runa ere bees sath This equipment consists first of a. of Human Ground Crew mobile stub mooring mast which will |move ships of far greater weight even| jthan the 120-ton Akron, in and out jof the dock; second, two side-hand-) ling cars on tracks, replacing a major | part of the crew needed to steady the) ship at the sides; third, a huge cas-| |ter-like “taxi wheel” under the stern/ jof the ship, on which the Akron will be able to swing easily about on! This is the fourth of six stor- ies on the U. 5. Navy's new Akron, mightiest of the world’s great airships, which is to be christened by Mrs. Akron, O., Aug. 8. ee % BY ISRAEL KLEIN ground. (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) | | ‘Akron, Ohio, Aug. 6—Means and Has Own Motive Powet | methods of handling the U. S, S.! The mobile stub mast is @ develop-| Akron, of getting it into and out of;ment of U. 8. naval engineers at/ its dock, of landing and releasing it|/ Lakehurst. The new type of stub! will be as unique as is the huge ves-| mast, already in use here, has its own | ‘sel’s construction. motive power and can be maneuvered For no longer will a crew of nearly much more easily. 400 men be required to “walk” the| This mast is a triangular pyramid airship in and out of its berth, to'of steel, 76 feet high and weighing | hold it steady and keep it intact/115 tons. Under each corner of this against any vagaries of wind and | pyramid is a caterpillar tractor ar- weather until the ship is securely in'rangement on which the mast moves. Hoover at Drivers of sixes The forward tractor steers the mast,|particularly the electrically operated while the two in the rear drive it. Thus every operation is electrical. 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