Propellor Trouble
May Have Caused
Last N. J. Crash
ELIZABETH, N.J., (/P)— The
C’vil Aeronautics Board Thurs
day indicated that trouble in the
right propellers caused the crash
of the National Airlines plane
here Monday that took 32 lives.
The announcement was made
at an extraordinary news confer
ence called by the CAB which
usually does not make public any
findings until its investigation is
concluded.
Joseph O. Fluet, chief investi
gator, Region I, CAB,’ said the
stricken plane “suffered loss of
power on the right side which
could have caused a yaw to the
right and loss of flying speed.”
Fluet said the propeller blades
on the right inboard engine of
the four-engine plane were in full
reverse position; on the right out
board engine the blades were
feathered.
He explained that propellers
normally are reversed only to cre
ate a breaking action in the land
ing roll of a plane on a runway.
It is never used in flight.
Feathering means the blades of
the propeller are turned edge-on
to the slipstream to present the
least air resistance.
Such action usually is taken by
a crew member in an emergency
to stop an engine. It is done to
reduce drag on the plane when
something goes wrong with an
engine.
This examination of the pro
pellor assemblies led to the con
clusion the plane had lost power
from both right engines, Fluet
said.
Erwin J. Kershaw, vice presi
dent in charge of operations for
National Airlines, said that as a
precautionary measure the airline
has temporarily disengaged the
reversing feature of the propel
lors on all its DC-6’s.
SEALS FIGHT OVER FEMALES
LOS ANGELES, (/P)—Alaska’s
furs seals may not know it, but
their private lives are being made
public in a Study by a University
of California zoology professor.
Dr. George A. Bartholomew Jr.,
who spent several months on an
island north of the Aleutian
group, reports that the seals have
a harem arrangement with a dom
inant bull keeping anywhere from
two to fifty females—and their
pups. The harem is maintained
by fighting off the challenge of
other bulls.
Each summer the bull must
start all over again and line up
a new harem because during the
other seasons the seals live on the
high seas—females coming as far
south as Southern California, Dr.
Bartholomew said. When bulls
get interested in fighting over fe
males they will sometimes go
without food or drink for six to
eight weeks.
Although the average wind vel
ocity in Miami, Fla., is 10 miles
per hour, it has reached 132 miles
an hour.
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Biggest Army Summer
Encampment Will Train
190,000 Officers and Men
WASHINGTON, (IP) — The
Army announced Wednesday it
will conduct this year their big
gest summer-camp training pro
gram for its reserves in the na
tion’s history.
The department said in a news
release that 160,000 reserve of
ficers and enlisted men will be
called for 15 days of active duty,
for training on a “mandatory”
basis. Volunteers and other cate
gories will bring the training to
tal up to about 190,000.
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BEDFORD, Pa., (>qp)—'There’s a
barber in the nearby western
Pennsylvania community of
Woodbury who doesn’t know the
meaning of at least one word un
der the I’s in the dictionary.
He’s Daniel N. Byers and the
word is i-n-f-l-a-t-i-o-n. Now 83,
Byers still plys the trade he began
09 years ago. And, he still gets
the same pay he did then—ten
cents per hair cut.
“Just never saw any reason to
charge more,” is the way Byers
explains.
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That’s the jubilant news that comes from Flint
to every Buick dealer—and here we pass the
thrilling story on to you. It sure is true for ’52
that better automobiles are being built — and
Buick is building them. Read the good word
and you’ll agree.
r’s pare this down to plain statements of
fact and let them speak for themselves:
The dynamic darling pictured here is the 1952
Roadmaster.
It has the mightiest engine in Buick history.
It has the biggest brakes of any postwar Buick.
It is the quietest car that Buick ever built.
It has the richest fabrics and smartest tailoring
that ever graced a Buick’s interior.
It has the greatest trunk space since spare tires
moved off the front fenders.
It has the most superb ride in Buick history.
It has the finest carburetor that Buick research
has ever devised.
And with all its new power, it delivers more
miles per gallon.
But that is not all.
For those who wish it, there is a brand-new
version of power steering that works like a
helping hand—gives you the same sure feel of
control, you have always known in straight
away driving—yet takes less than one-fifth the
effort needed to turn the ordinary wheel stand
ing at curbside.
Sure, we’re putting our best foot forward when
we talk about Roadmaster.
But you’ll find a host of notable features in
Supers and Specials too —plenty to make
them, as always, the standout buys in their
fields—for ride, for comfort, for style, for room,
and for power.
Come in—look tills triumphant trio over—and
you’ll know why every Buick dealer from coast
to coast is going around with a smile on his face.
Equipment, accessories, trim and
models art subject to change without notice,
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