Navy Shows Rocket Power
Photo* mod* at Patuxent. Maryland, unth cooperation of US. 'Havy.
Showing air and fire power far superior to anything any enemy
ration ever developed, the navy has lifted the veil on research which
has been carried on for years and which resulted in new uses for
rocket power. •
Rockets will replace cannon as chief armament for planes and
ships, many naval officers believe. Because they have no recoil, rockets
give small craft fire power impossible with heavy cannon. Fighter
plann may be equipped with six rockets, three under each wing.
_Demonstrating the mounting of the rockets in the top picture are
i William O'Neil, president of The General Tire & Rubber company
which makes the rockets, and Dr. Theodore von Karman, one of the
worlcfs foremost aeronautical designers, who heads the company’s
rocket research.
The huge rocket shown in the lower picture produces more power
by one-third than anything the Germans ever developed, according to
navy experts. It has a thrust of 66,000 pounds and would throw 15,000
pounds 30 or 40 miles. Closest approach of any enemy development
sms the German V2, which developed 50,000 pounds thrust. Members
of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences are shown inspecting the
locket, known to the navy as Moby Dick.
* The inset is a navy bomber being assisted in the take off by four
'sockets, each developing 350 horsepower. These rockets soon will be
used on commercial transport to enable large ships and heavy pay
loads to take off from smaller fields, according to O'Neil, whose
company makes these units.
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Shoe Prices
Advance 8 to 9 pet.
jTliis Week
; NEW YORK, July 12, _(/Pi
Prices of some shoes have advanc
ed an average of 8 to 9 per cent
this week, industry sources said.
The increase, manufacturers
said, represents an advance ap
proved by the Office of Price Ad
ministration which would have
gone into effect July 8, had that
agency continued. It includes
footwear not covered in an OPA
ceiling increase granted on low
end shoes in May.
Tanners prices have been ad
vanced 20 to 30 percent over the
OPA ceilings this week, the in
dustry sources said, due to ad
avneing raw materials costs, with
cattle hide increases put at ap
proximately 25 per cent.
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Group Builds
New Community
Near Cordova
CORDOVA, July 12, — (/?)—'The
group of white folks and Hawai
ians who left the softly swaying
palms of Honolulu in a reconver
ted LCT for the stern, dark ev
ergreens of the Alaska seacoast,
have arrived and established
themselves—and they like it.
Their LCT (Landing Craft,
Tank), which they rechristened
the Mahina Hou, or “New Moon,”
put in at Shepard Point, seven
miles north of here, at the site of
the former Shepard Point can
nery.
Louis Banta, president of the
new organization, has leased the
site for a year and has incorpor
ated under Alaska laws as the
Alaska Allied Industries. . j
“We are well pleased with the
location, which has fine deep
water adjacent to a good stand
of timber for logging, which will
be one of the main activities, at
least for the present,” Banta
said.
They brought a complete log
ging outfit with them, including
tractors and bulldozers for clear
ing land, and they currently are
Candidate For Mexican Presidency
_ __-•A ^ MwmamMK y-j.'y&si yj
MEXICO CITY. MEXICO—Offering the people of Mexico a plat
form calling for a greatly improved standard of living, closer rela
tions with the United States, and industrialization of the country,
Miguel Aleman is winding up his campaign for i e ^ : an presi
dency. Aleman is the administration candidate, i ' u\e lvgane
of Manuel Avilla Camacho he served as seci. '< > ' r and
head of the cabinet. Observers predict his ovi, . 11 ,n on
July 7. His only opponent is Ezequiel PamHn. f
tor. Aleman is shown with Senora Aleman cu * -•'*1*a*
engaged in building up their com
munity. The land, Banta says, of
fers agricultural possibilities, “at
least for our own needs.”
The company now numbers 21
persons, and includes an expert
logger, electrician, radio-man,
boat-man, cat skinners, and me
chanics.
Five more children are to come
from Seattle soon, and Banta
said he hoped that would give
his community enough children
to demand a territorial school.
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