Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1942, Page 4

A-2 X Conversion Program Being Mapped Here By Auto Makers Labor-Industry Group Reconvenes Following - Knudsen-Hillman Talks ‘Members of the 10-man commit- tee appointed to plan the mass con- version of the Nation's automobile rlndustry to total war preduction {conferred with Government pro- ductior officials today. Indications iwere that a definite conveision pro- ! gram would be mapped by late aft- iernoon. i William S. Knudsen and Sidney 1 Hillman, co-directors of the Office yingithen ‘of Production Management, ex- Y ] {plained in further detail what the | Jeflerson Junior High School has icountry's armed forces will require | already collected 3,500 pounds of Iof a revamped automobile industry, | PAPer, cartons and magazines, for {The session adjourned at hoon to|Which the Jefferson Parent-Teacher ‘allow Mr. Knudsen and Mr. Hillman | Association will receive $21.87. »:in gtt_r mrlr:hp Capitol for the Presi- | a::"gj::“":::fl“}‘: '_;?fl: ::'led :g‘_‘o‘;’l ent’s address. Co = W = The committee was to refonvene | :Il;?:t]o?-% "c‘a::;"?:m:t Salv:ge x:':f @t 2 pm. : 3 . $ponsor = + Members of the Manufacturers’ | ;\l‘onally by the Office of Production fh e GG % e baeia oflihia coleotionthe :r'nlc:' .:lt‘;xlj:rirrl:i‘stractg? Ex!.!:o(:s I:En | straws have already been ordered. Wderson to discuss additional de-|In addition. Principal Hugh Smith {tails of the car rationing plan which and Mrs. Johr Allison, president of will go into effect January 15 to | the Jeflerson P.-T. A, are urging Profits to Go Back Into Paper; 50,000 Straws for Milk Jefferson Junior High School chil- dren lead the city in waste paper collection and they propose to put the proceeds of their collection right back into paper—50,000 paper straws through which to drink free milk. Nearly 700 children at Jefferson yesterday began receiving a half pint of milk a day, free, through co- operation of the school authorities and the Surplus Marketing Adminis- | tration. But milk requires more than 3,000 straws a week, and no one took the responsibility of sup- THE EVENING Jefferson Junior High Pupils Lead City in Paper Collection Paper Collection For Tomorrow The following is the schedule Jor The Bvening Star-P.-T. A. Salvage for Vic paper collec- tion program Washington schools, together with the flve leadis schools in the district and 1 poundage so far col- lected: " Distriet Ne. 3, Roosevelt High School Barnard Ooolidge Bruce Keene Raymond Takoms Monroe Bhepherd Mott Paul Junior Gage Military Road Central Brightwood Banneker Dennison Hubbard West Powell Junior Macfarland Bancroft W. B. Powell H. Wilson Petworth Adams Rudolph Sumner-Magruder their children on to greater collec- tion efforts. fguide the marketing of the last new | odels to roll from the assembly dines until after the war emergency. He’shey Says WOmen Must Take Jobs to Free Men for War iCivilian production in the industry will be halted by the first of next month. ithat passenger car makers would be permiited to turn out 204848 cars ithis month, a figure one-half that of January, 1941, but double the qquota tentatively set shortly a!rer’ " o ¢ | S. Will Mobilize Army original quota set October 15, and 5 it was restored to allow the mdustryi Enough to Win, to use up already fabricated parts. I Drcft Chief Asse"s the war broke out. This was the ¢ The O. P. M. announced last night In announcing the revised quota, officials made it clear that the new cars would be rationed by the Gov- ernment and held for the most es- sential users. Members of Committee. | Appointed on the conversion com= mittee were the following representa- tives of management within the in- | in stores and offices wherever they dustry: can take the place of men who are Edsel Ford of the Ford Motor Co., | fit for the Army or Navy in gradual Dearborn, Mich.; C. C. Carlton of | mobilization of the Nations fight- the Motor Wheel Corp. Lansing, |ing and production power for total Mich; Paul G. Hoffman of the war. Studebaker Corp., South Bend, Ind.; | Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, di- R. F. Black of the White Motor Co.. | rector of selective service, outlined Cleveland. Ohio, and C. E. Wilson of | this broad objective in an address General Motors, Detroit. « in the National Radio Forum last Four representatives of the Con- nightand added that only one thing gress of Industrial Organizations | would determine the eventual size and one from the American Federa- | of the Army—“it must be large tion of Labor were included in the enough to win this war.” The forum, labor delegation on the committee. | arranged by The Star is broadcast They were: |by N. B. C. Walter P. Reuther, director of the “The selective service system will General Motors _division of the|expect industry and agriculture to United Automobile Workers (C. I.| use to the maximum individuals who 0.); George F. Addes, secretary- do not possess the capacities for treasurer of the U. AL W. (C. 1. O.); | service in the armed forces,” Gen. Richard Frankensteen, director of | Hershey said. “The selective service the aviation division of the U. A.‘system will expect a gradual but W. (C. 1. 0.); Richard Reisinger, | constant substitution of women for member of the International Board | men who are fit to fight.” of the U. A. W. (C. 1. 0., and Earl| Qen. Hershey also said that Melton, international representative ' although tration of previously of the International Association of | unregistered men between the ages Machinists (A. F. of L.). | of 20 and 44 has been set for The over-all conversion program | February 16, enrollment would be .embodies many of the general fea- { permitted earlier—possibly the pre- tures of the so-called Reuther plan, f ceding Saturday or Sunday—to avoid a proposal drawn up by Mr. Reuther | interference with produetion. more than a year ago, setting forth Declaring that the -size of the the manner in which his union felt | Nation's Army ®n be measured by the automobile industry could be re- | only 6ne yardstick—"it must be large vamped to produced 500 planes a enough to win 'this war’—QGen. (Text of Gen. Hershey's Address on Page B-6.) By the Associated Press. The Government expects women to work in factories, on farms and month. | Hershey announced that local boards Would Pool Facilities. would scrutinize more closely the His plan, generally speaking, | actual dependency of a wife. Berste | Married men with dependents will ::x]kd for conversion of the indus Heontisne totte dete rediuntiltiine the pooling of facilities for | ineed for men becomes “much quick mass production of planes and | greater” than at present, he said, the creation of a Government- management-labor board to super- | Dut added there will be closer at- vise the program. | tention “to the manner in which the Asked at a joint press conference | 10M® Was established—and when it during intermission of the session | " . ¢ vesterday whether the program be- | ‘Selective servlcp will continue to | defet those individuals industry ing initiated was to be compared | with the Reuther plan. Mr. Knud- | MUSt have to produce the materials A 7 : _ | necessary to equip our forces— :zra.nd Hillman declined direct an. | ground, sea and air,” Gen. Hershey | explained. “That was before Pearl Harbor,” | said Mr. Knudsen. | “You can draw your own com- 1 i parisons,” Mr. Hillman 1nwrceded“Tru‘:k Driver Fined He added that the point now is| $220 on Nine Counts ;:callmi::' clt;‘n‘mnkfi‘;us.e‘rsl nlrfli t.‘.“:w William A. Yarboro, 21, colored, is up t,}; S Eenilto I5oa khn’w qu‘ck]y}{vm block of Willard street N.W. they can turn over to war produc- | g:'"d”b wr:!-l“"w';':'; uby .s:)dge tion.” ‘t orgg . Neilson of Police urt 5 |to pay a total of $220 in fines or Mr. Knudsen indicated that a large | serve an equal number of days in portion of the $5.000,000.000 com- l jail on a total of nine traffic charges. mitted to the industry by the Army |~ The sentences included a $15 and Navy for conversion would be | fine or 15 days in jail for speeding, used in construction of new plants | $35 or 35 days in jail on each of to turn out related war materials. | four charges of passing a red light, He said that “if by July or August” | $20 or 20 days on each of three the industry finds it needs “two or | charges of passing a stop sign and three more billions” to accomplish | $5 or five days for failing to have this purpose, it, will get it. all lights burning while operating “Staggering” Work Figure. | the vehicle, a light delivery truck. In a report on the proceedings of | Testimony in the case was given the closed conference, the O, P. M. | by Policeman W. B. Hopkins of the said Mr. Knudsen made it clear to Traffic Division, who told of trailing the conference that the program |the truck and witnessing the viola- would be far-reaching from the | tions. standpoint of time as well as output. | “You don't need to worry about being shut down after 1942,” Mr. Knudsen told the conference. “There | is more work coming—the figure is ! Senate: staggering. | Congress convenes in joint session Mr. Hillman urged a 24-hour day, to hear President’s message. continuous swing shift operation of | Senate Interstate Commerce Com- war production machinery. “We | mittee considers bill to give President | can not afford to have a single power to take over communications. | worker idle,” he declared. | House Naval Committee considers | William H.. Harrison, director of | increase in shipbuilding and enlisted | the production division of the O. P.|strength. M, described the new war program | House Military Committee con- advanced for the industry as the |siders civillan defense legislation. “stiffest challenge that the Govern- | ment, management or labor ever | faced.” pared with January, 1941. produc- tion: Congress in Brief TODAY. Opinion Differs. In fact, there was a difference of opinion on the ability of the in- dustry to do the job within the time | General Moters. Allotments Produetion Pet. dan. 42" Jan. 41." Dec. Cheyrolet 56.6 uick limit. Mr. Wilson told reporters Buick o after the conference that while Gen- | oldsmobite - ”!’l eral Motors could start production Cadillac - 2 of the new orders “within a few | Total G. Mtrs 55.1 weeks,” he doubted whether the in- |, = = O dustry could achieve $5,000.000,000 | Dodze Communiques Corregidor Is Bombed; Jap Battleship Hit The text of War Depariment communique No. 47, issued this morning, reporting activities in the Philippine theater as of 9:30 a.m., follows: The fortifications of Manila Bay, including Corregidor Island and Mariveles, again were heavily bombed by enemy planes yester- day. The bombardment con- tinued for four hours with 50 planes participating. Material damage and casualties were light. At least seven enemy planes were hit by our anti-aircraft fire, While ground activity was con- siderably less than on the pre- vious day, enemy pressure is con- tinuing on all American and Philippine outposts. ‘There is nothing to report from other areas. The tert of War Department communique No. 46, issued last night and dased on reports re- ceived up ta 5 pm. (E. S. T) yesterday, follows: 1. Philippine theater: A formation of heavy Ameri- can Army bombers attacked en- emy naval vessels off Davao on the Island of Mindanao, scoring three direct hits on a Japanese battleship and sinking an enemy destroyer. Other hits were made on other enemy vessels with un- determined damage. All of our planes returned to their base un- injured. 2. There is nothing to report from other areas. The Navy Department issued communique No. 24 on the naval situation, based on reports re- ceived up to moon (K. S. T.) to- day: Far East: The U. 8. S. Heron, a small sea- plane tender, while engaged in action with enemy planes over a period of seven hours sustained one direct bomb hit and three very near misses. The Heron was attacked by a total of ten four- engined flying boats and five twin-engined land plane bomb- ers. 100 46-pound bombs were dropped by the enemy planes and three torpedoes were launch- ed at her sides. Due to very skill- full handling, the ship was most courageously fought against over- whelming odds, and destroyed one four-engined flying boat, badly damaged at least one other and probably more. The ship though recelving damage from one bomb that found its mark managed to reach port safely. The commander in chief of the Asiatic Fleet, Thomas 8. Hart, in accordance with an order of the Secretary of the Navy has award- ed the Navy Cross to the Com- manding Officer, Lieut. William Leverette Kabler and recom- mended that he be advanced im- mediately to the rank of lieu- tenant commander. Further recommendations regarding other personnel will be made at & later date. It has been ascertained from 1ate information that the patients and staff at the Naval Hospital, Canacao, near Cavite, were evac« uated to Manila prior to the oe- cupation of that ecity by the enemy. Atlantic Area: The merchant ship Marconi flying the Panamanian flag, but reported to be of Italian owner- ship, was captured and brought into Cristobal, Canal Zone, and turned over to the courts for adjudication. The submarine situation in the Atlantic Area and off the West Coast of the United States re- mains unchanged. The Hawaiian area was quiet. Mayland Income Taxes Climb to $7,358,000 By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 6—State income tax receipts have hit the $7,358,000 mark—$858,000 over the goal—as the result of fourth-quar- ter installment payments due last December 15, State Controller J. Millard Tawes said today. Not all fourth-quarter returns have been tabulated, he reported. ‘When this work is completed, the | yield is expected to total approxi- | mately $7,421,000. Returns tabulated to date pro- duced $601,468. Mr. Tawes expects additional returns to yield approxi- mately $63,000 more. Notice to Merchants ‘The Police Department again makes the request that all merchants discontinue the unnecessary use of neon signs and brilliantly lighted show windows. The captains of the various precincts have in- structed their men to report the names of any merchants who fail or refuse to comply to the Metropolitan -Police in war production in the 12 months. | ghrigler He predicted it would take General | & Motors until the end of the year to| Total Chrygler 107304 b0.0 complete its retooling. | zora e 0.7 £33 It was understood, moreover, that | peretsy. b Mr. Wilson proposed in the closed oo oot = session that passenger car produc- | ol ao Ll tion be continued beyond Jazuary 31 grmur and to avold severe dislocation in the in- o T s Lbeiem dustry. Mr. Henderson was reported | studebaker - Rag 1486 180 considering asking the Supply Prior- | Hudson pars o1t 34 fties and Allocations Board to permit | Backara 390 13% .0k some producers to continue manu- | Will :;0""“‘- 335 I SIS facturing cars for a short time in i February so they can complete their | Total other omney o January quotas. Grand Toal - 200808 18380 18 *Increase. n t in- List of Revied Quotas. | S0 iy gt gragien S Following are the Tevised quOIAS | Bitl, e 833 b T abudty) for January, by makes of cars, com- | 1531, "4 Been Delow no 8 £ ¥, s headquarters, STAR, WASHINGTON, Pockets in Rear 0f Libyan Front Flow of Axis Prisoners Continues; Engagement Fought Near Agedabia BY the Associated Press. perial forces in Libya kept up their ters far to the rear, British head- quarters in Cairo announced today. Another blow to the remaining forces of the Germans and Italians in the Agedabia area, about 90 miles south of Bengasi, was indicated by the Cairo communique, but it gave no details. 5 “Our mobile columns and air forces again were active in the Agedabia area, where concentrations of enemy mechanical equipment were successfully engaged,” it said. Evidently determined to clear the rear of isolated Axis holdout garri- sons and release British forces for a further westward push, the Royal Alr Force was sald to have con- tinued intensive attacks on the Hal- faya garrison. 7,988 Taken at Bardia. Enemy strength there and at Salum are estimated as about equal that of Bardia, the frontier post which fell Priday, and from which the British so have taken 7,982 prisoners, including 1804 Germans. Nine hundred of the captives were wounded. British sources in Cairo said the patrols operating west of the Age- dabia area so far were only raiding the Axis lines of communications with Tripolitania and were not strong enough to face the enemy: main forces. Thus, they said, they have been unable to close the coastal highway and cut off the Axis' sup- plies. Weather conditions in the Ageda bia sector have been “absoiutely frightful” in recent davs, a British military spokesman in London said. He declared that during January the weather in Libya usually is the worst of the year, with constant rains which generally ease up in February. Artillery Duels - Violent artillery duels raged all day yesterday in the Salum area on }the Libyan-Egyptian frontier, where isolated Axis forces are still hold- ing out, and in the Agedabia zone, Rome. made no mention of ground opera- uonl in either sector, but reported that Axis planes had set many British troop concentrations. Axis air formations also continued where German forces shot down four British planes, the communique said. | Boy Starts Life With a Bang GENEVA, Ohio (#).—The son of State Highway Patrolman and Mrs. William Timberlake recently was christened Timothy Nelson Timber- lake. His father is predicting great things from T. N. T. Roosevelt Note Ribs Rayburn, 60 Today,on Age | By the Associated Press. | President Roosevelt sent this longhand note to Speaker Ray- burn, who was 60 years old to- day: “Dear Sam: Ever s0 many happy returns of the day. It must be awful to be so old. I don't get there for 23 days. “F.D.R. ‘The word “awful” was heavily underscored. More Axis prisoners flowed back to British prison camps as the im- pressure both in the forward part of their westward push and in the mopping up of Axis resistance cen- The daily war bulletin in Rome their repeated attacks on Malta, | D. C, British Mopping Up |New War Labor Board,| Chairmanship Likbly To Be Rofated - Plan P}oposed to Relieve Individual Chief From Too Much Criticism B5 the Associaed Press. A proposal for rotating the chair- manship of the new War Labor Board among four '$10,000-A-year public members was understood today to be under consideration by thosé drafting the machinery under which the board will function. President Roosevelt s expected to name the board this week after issuing an executive order creating it. Present plans call for & 12-mem- ber group consisting of four men each from labor and industry and | four representatives of the public. Differs From Board. 8hould the rotation and full-time salary recommendations be adopted by the President, the board will differ considerably from the De- fense Mediation Board which it will supersede. The latter board is headed by a single chairman—Wil- liam H. Davis—and he and the other public members are paid on & per diem basis. By rotating the chairmanship no individual would be subject to so much criticism by those disagreeing | with board declsions, it was said. | Mr. Davis, who is among those be- | ing mentioned for a publis post on | | the new board, bore the brunt of | | much of the criticism of the Me- | diation Board's decisions. New Yorker Is Considered. | Thomas Murray, a New York in- | dustrial engineer and former re- | | cetver for the Interborough Rapid | Transit Co., was said today to be receiving serious consideration as a | public representative. He recently was named as an arbitrator in a C. I. O. dispute at the Ball Air- | craft Co., Buffalo, N. Y. This case | was settled before it went to arbi- | ration, but Mr. Murray's prelimi- nary efforts were understood to ave won the praise of Secretary of Labor Perkins. | Miss Perkins is expected to sub- mit a list of names to Mr. Roosevelt | from which the 12 members will be | selected. | Among others said to be under ! | consideration for the public posts are James M. Landis, dean of Har- vard Law Bchool; Lloyd Garrison, dean of law of the University of Wisconsin, and James A. Farley, former Postmaster General. | the Italian high command said in | Reuther and Col. Gil;sburgh | To Resume Tour of Plants | armored cars afire in attacks on | Walter P. Reuther, official of the C. 1. 0. United Automobile Workers, ‘nnd Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh | will resume a tour of defense plants | to study possible uses of machine tools now idle in automobile fac- | tories. Mr. Reuther, director of the U. A. iw.. General Motors division, is in | Washington attending the confer- ence of representatives of the auto industry and defense agencies. With { Col. Ginsburgh he already has in- { spected the Chrysler tank plant at | | Detroit. The tour is being made at | | the invitation of Under Secretary of War Patterson, it was announced. Mr. Patterson explained that the | War Department is seeking the ac- | tive co-operation of all persons who | could increase war production and | that Mr. Reuther, because of his de- tailed knowledge of the automobile industry’s machine tool capacity. would be able to suggest uses for| machines now idle in auto plants.| Mr. Reuther submitted a plan for| | production of 500 planes a day in | automobile plants, which the Office of Production Management rejected !last year. TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, -1942. DETROIT.—HELD BY F. B. 1L.—Glenn C. Kline, 31 (left), stenog- rapher in a local railroad ticket office, in custody of United States Deputy Marshal Adam Niecekowski, after he was arrested by F. B. 1. agents. He is charged with failure to register under the Selective Service Act. John F. B. 1. office, sald evidence o placed before a grand jury. Kline, a native of Swartz Creek, Mich., was active in the Silver ization, according to Mr. Gugas. Rooseveli's Address Draws Long Cheers 0f Crowded Chamber President Delivers * Message in Firm And Serious Tones By GOULD LINCOLN. President Roosevelt, appearing in person before Congress for the sec- ond time in four weeks, was cheered loudly this afternoon as he deliv- | ered his annual message on the state of the Union. The last time the | President appeared at the Capitol | was on December 8, when he asked | for a declaration of war against | Japan. Today's address—while dealing | mainly with the conduct of the war | —also was an accounting of Mr. | Roosevelt's stewardship of the Na- tion during the past year, Members of the Senate and the House, of the cabinet and other hizh officials of the Government oc= cupied the floor of the House cham- ber. In the galleries were the spe- cial guests of Congress, each com- ipel:ed to show a special card of admission. This was the first joint session of the two Houses since Con= gress formally declared war—first on Japen and then with Germany | and Ttaly, except for that held 10 days ago in the Senate chamber | when Prime Minister of Great Brit- ain, Winston Churchill, delivered | & historic address. Hull and Ickes Absent. Members of the cabinet sat di- Bugas,’in charge of the Detroit f subversive activity would be Shirts, an anti-Semitic organ- | —A. P. Wirephoto. | Sireet Renaming Hinges | ‘On Mode of Balbo’s Death By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 6—The City Council Committee on Streets and Alleys wants the real lowdown on the death of Italo Balbo, the Italian air marshal. Marshal Balbo made a big hit with Chicago in 1833 when he led a squadron of airplanes across the Atlantic to the World's Fair. So the city named a street after him. Now one Alderman wants it changed to Oaribaldi drive, contending the air officer was a founder of Fascism and fought against the democracies. Another Alderman, however, in- sisted nothing be done without in- vestigating stories that Marshal Balbo, killed over Tobruk. Libya, June 28, 1940, had been murdered | because Mussolini was jealous of him, and that Italian anti-aircraft guns deliberately shot down his plane, | D. C. Applications Open For Annapolis Tests Geoffrey M. Thornett, secretary to the Commissioners, announced yes- terday applications are still being | received for the District's four ap- pointments to the Naval Academy. Applications are available at his office at the District Building. Ex- aminations are held January 13-16. | rectly in front of the Speaker's | restrum. Only Secretary of State | Hull #nd Secretary of the Interior Ryan Pay Confroversy | rui raa secreiar Grows Serious' C. I. 0. s'ys Se?m'mmmm“ representing the e and the House escorted the By the Associated Press President into the chamber. Mem- SAN DIEGO, Calif. Jan. 6— bers of the committee were Senator Glass of Virginia, Barkley of Ken= C. I. O. United Automobile Workers ' ¢ .vv Democrats, and McNary, Re= Union officials said today that men ' publican, of Oregon; Representa« were quitting work in large numbers "v'hMc?om)?ACk'(‘me}!{cr”filfd an:-r sachusetts; Martin, Republican. of at the Ryan Aeronautical Co. plant Maseachusetts, and Doughton, Dem- because of delay in settling & wage ...+ of North Carolina dispute. | The assembly rose as the Presi- Postponement of a conciliation dent entered and the applause panel meeting in Washington from swelled to a burst of cheers January 7 to January 12 has created | The President’s address was a serious situation in the plant, punctuated frequently by applause, R. J. Morkowski, U. A. W. local | particularly those portions in which secretary, wired Government offi- he asserted that the Axis powers cials. must be defeated—and would be de- “Immédiate settlement will bring feated. about uninterrupted co-operation in Cheers rolled out when he de- this vital defense industry,” he clared that the Japanese would be added. swept out of Wake Island, Guam A company spokesman said the and the Philippines. firm had experienced a normal _ The members also applauded the turnover in employes, the same as President’s announcement of the other aircraft firms, but that no Signing by 26 nations of the agree- serious situation existed. ment not to make separate peace | with the enemv but to continue to | fight until the Axis should be beaten. Address Firmly Delivered. The President’s address was lis- tened to intently. He delivered it in firm tones, emphasizing and driving Staunton Postal Revenue Up STAUNTON, Va., Jan. 6 (Special). —Receipts at the Staunton post office during 1941 showed an in- home his points e B tronctes oS T2S | " When he started to outline the Fifer disclose. Recelpts last year Nation’s new production program, pared applause greeted his emunerations, :i';,uz‘_g‘}:?iub_ i With (hd & low whistle arose from the | floor when he spoke of 45,000 tanks Weather Report (Purnished by the United this year. | The President diverted from his prepared text to say of the arm- ament program: States Weather Bureau.) “I hope that all these figures I District of Columbia and vicinity—Fair and continued cold tonight have given will become common | with lowest temperature from 10 to 15 degrees; moderate winds. Revort for Last .. | Temperature. Yesterday— Degrees. | 4 om. 33 20 21 ‘ - 1B - 3 17 Records for Last 24 Mours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Hi 36 at 3:15 pm. vesterday. Year 28, L,, A L todey. Yesr ago, 21 Weather in Various Citles. ~Tempersture—Precip- High. Low. itation. at § am. has been made commander of the squadron group. Valuable for Ability to Hover. Establishment of the patrol was regarded as & victory for that por- tion of the Navy command that al- ways has advocated use of this type of airship anid has strongly main- tained that non-rigid ships had an important place in patrol work. Their ability $6 hover makes them effective in locating submarines and gives them accuracy in dropping depth bombs. Other officers and men for the new units have been drawn not only from & group of the Navy's veterans of blimp and large airship expe- rience, but also from recent classes | at Lakehurst. 'The Navy said it is | expbeted that Lt. Comdr. George F. Watson, who is widely known as | the public relations officer at Lake- | hurst, will become commander of another airship squadron. With attachment of Comdr. Mills to the airship group, Comdr. Fred C. Sachse, préviously the executive officer at Lakehurst, becomes station commander. Interest Lagged After Disasters. The Navy’s interest in all types of airships, including the small ones, has lagged during recent years fol- lowing the tragedies of the dirigibles Navy have maintained consistently that the small, non-rigid ships were highly veluable for escort and gen- eral coastal .nglml work against irst Airship Patrol Squadron i % . i Baltimore. Md. 13 Established for Atlantic Coast |3 § * .2 stablished for Atlantic Coas g Al 56 3 Lt. Comdr. R. F. Tyler to Head ettt o - w3 e % P eveland. Ohio = Initial Unit of Non-Rigid Craft | Solumbis, Soi o Derver, Colo. 25 X The Navy has formally acknowl- La.. and has had wide experience | f,.&f:"::&n""' u} it edged the patrol value of the non- | with lighter-than-air craft. He was | E| faso, Tex, BNl rigid airship with annolincement of | en observer on many trips of the Dal (] = establishment of the first of 4 num- | German dirigible Graf Zeppelin and | jecisonville, R ber of airship patrol squadrons to was tactical officer of the Unned‘;uns‘n Clnlv. B fl be used in naval coastal defense. States airship Macon when it | Couisville K. L The first squadron, which will | crashed off the coast of Cnllfamhm';ll;‘_’mfllh“i e 9 patrol the Atlantic Coast, was placed | in 1935. He was rescued by the | New Orieans. % in commission Friday at the Lake- | U. 8. S. Richmond. I - B hurst (N. J) Naval Air Station by | Lt. Comdr. Tyler is a former pilot | Oklahom; g Ok 28 1 Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews,|of Navy balloons in the Gordon Smihe; Nerr- o= B commander of the North Atlantic | Bennett belloon races. His home is | Bhoenix Arz, 5 3 Naval Coastal Frontier. Moderate | at Middlebury, Conn.Comdr. Sachse, | borilang, Me - t1 sized, non-rigid airships will be used | who now heads the air station, was | fi‘:’i 'Norc"' i B in the squadron, which is to be|a former observer for the U. 8. Navy | s:. Louis. Mo. =% ifi commanded by Lt. Comdr. Raymond | on the German airship Hindenburg, | SaIt Lake city, Ulah - - 30 23 F. Tyler, one of the Navy's most [as was also Lt. Comdr. Watson.|8an Diego. Calif 50 experienced officers in handling | Comdr. Sachse is from Alhambra, | S Frangleco. Calit. r!n lighter-than-air craft. Cealif., and Lt. Comdr. Watson is|Spokane Wash. = i Comdr. George H. Mills, command- | from Shellman, Ga. WASING TON. D 13 ing officer of the Lakehurst station, | UNITED Serves the Key Centers of Defense CHICAGO . . . 4% hrs. DENVER. . . . 12 bhn. SAN FRANCISCO- 10S ANGELES Visit both at no extra cost PORTLAND-SEATTLE The only sleepers. 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