Forest Fire Rages
Dangerously On
Kenai Peninsula
ANCHORAGE. |/P> — A forest
fire shrouded in towering smoke
clouds raced today along a 25
mile front toward the Kenai pe
ninsula village of Kasilof, but
swamps and cleared land in the
fire’s path were believed sufficient
to save the settlement.
A wind shift turned the blaze
away from the neighboring town
of Kenai, to the north, where Ft.
Richardson army engineers, Alas
ka fire control service smoke-eat
ers and Alaska road commission,
crews bulldozed a protective fire
block.
Superfortress pilots who flew
over the fire yesterday said the
flames were flashing along the
tree tops with smoke reaching to
18,000 feet “literally boiling over,
reminiscent of Kobe and Tokyo
wartime fire raids.”
The Kenai peninsula fire has
been out of control more than a
month, blackening more than 250,
000 acres of prime spruce stand
and killing scores of moose. In
termittently it has subsided, but
it sprang up again this week with
increased fury.
Army authorities said that even
with favoring wind the flames
could not reach the fire block at
Kenai for 36 hours and they were
confident the block would protect
the town, its 400 inhabitants and
a nearby cannery.
Fifty additional troops were
flown to Kenai Friday to serve as
fire watchers and start a back
fire. Additional men and equip
ment were held ready to move
into the area if the danger to the i
two towns becomes acute.
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MRS. HENRY ULLRICH
RECUPERATING AT HOME -
Mrs. Henry Ullrich, who return
ed last week from the States,
where she underwent an opera-,
tion, is recuperating at home.
More Questions
HAVANA — (Soundphoto) —
Patricia Schmidt, seated, continued
answering questions concerning
various effects found aboard the
yacht “Satira." She has confessed
to the shooting of Mee, wealthy
Chicago lawyer, in self defense.
TERMITES, WHOSE FEED
ing habits are both remarkable
and complex feed one another, ac
cording to the Encyclopaedia Bri
tannica. One method, is the exud
ing of glandular products from
the skin, which are licked by
other members of the community.
ACCORDING TO THE ENCY
clopaedia Britannica 194? Book of
the Year, cattle sprayed with wa
ter-dispersable DDT gained an av
erage of 50 pounds per animal
over untreated stock during the
midsummer of last year when flies
were most troublesome.
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Boeing Strato- |
cruiser Completes '
Maiden Flight
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SEATTLE, (Special)—The Boe-j
ing stratocruiser, the world’s larg- i
est, fastest and most luxurious i
postwar airliner, successfully j
completed its maiden flight last1
week. i
The 67V£-ton airplane thrilled >
engineers, and other spectators j
when it landed to a full stop in j
1200 feet, approximately one-;
sixth the length of the 7000 foot j
runway. Using the same reversi- j
ble pitch propellors which made
this short landing possible, Boe
ing test pilot John B. Fornasero, I
then backed the huge airplane off;
the runway and taxied directly j
across the field to the parking1
strip.
“The flight was uneventful and
! highly satisfactory,” Fornasero de
1 dared.
“We are well pleased with the
airplane and will immediately
continue with the flight test pro
gram,” Wellwood E. Beall, Boeing
vice-president in charge of engin
eering and sales, announced after j
a post-flight conference with
Fornasero, co-pilot Robert T. j
Lamson and N. D. Showalter, the
company’s chief of flight test,
“This successful maiden flight
leads us to believe company tests
will proceed rapidly and should!
make possible an early start of j
! CAA certification flight tests,” J
Beall added.
Taking to the air only six days
i after it was rolled from the Boe
! ing factory, the new queen of the
i airlanes remained aloft one hour
j and twenty-four minutes. With a
gross takeoff weight of 100,000—
35,000 lbs less than its maximum
gross—the Stratocruiser used only j
1400 feet of runway before be
! coming airborne.
Using only partial power, For-'
nasero cruised the 340-mile-an
i hour Stratocruiser an average of
! 260 m.p.h., and reached an alti
; tude of 11,000 feet on its first
| flight.
Fitted with approximately a
ton of special testing equipment,
the new airliner will immediately
begin an exhaustive series of
flight tests. This equipment re
places the luxurious interior furn
ishings to be found in later Strato-:
cruisers on the world routes of
Pan American Worl<J Airways,1
Scandinavian Airlines System,.
Northwest Airlines, American
Overseas Airlines, United Air
Lines and the British Overseas i
Airways System. The second
Stratocruiser, to be completed
within the next month, will have
test equipment installed similar to
that in the ship which flew re
cently. The two airplanes will be
flown concurrently in the compre
hensive evaluation and certifica
tion program. •
When it enters commercial
service later this year, the Boeing
Stratocruiser will bring a new
standard of comfort, speed, and
operating efficiency to the air
ways. Highlights among its many
features are:
Proved design: Wing and tail
surfaces are improved versions of
those used by the famous Boeing
B-29 Superfortress; fuselage is
similar to Boeing C-97 Strato
freighter, one of which still holds,
the transcontinental transport
speed record for a six-hour, four
minute flight from Seattle to
Washington, D. C., in 1945.
Double-deck construction: Pro
vides for luxurious and comfort- J
able 80-passenger accommodations
on upper deck, plus lounge and
large oar go compartments on
lower deck. Approximately 611
cubic feet of space provided for
each passenger.
Improved altitude conditioning:
At all altitudes up to 15’,000 feet, j
air in entire airplane is maintain- j
ed at sea level atmospheric condi- ]
tions. At 25,000 feet of actual al
titude, inside conditions approxi- \
mate those found at an altitude of!
6,000 feet. Cabin “altitude is 8,000'
feet when Stratocruiser is at an
actual altitude of 30,000 feet.
Full air conditioning: Sidewall
and ceiling heating and cooling,
provides passengers with 40 cubic'
feet cf draftless heated or cooled
air per minute. Completely chang
ing every 90 seconds, this air is
humidified, cleaned and deodor
ized. Cabin may be heated to 73
degrees F. despite outside temper
atures of 60 degrees F. below zero,
and the Freon refrigeration system
enables it to be cooled to 70 de
grees despite outside temperatures
of 85 degrees.
Speed: Stratocruiser cruises at
from 300 to 350 miles an hour. In
operation on airline routes it will
fly from New York to Stockholm
in twelve and one-quarter hours;
Tokyo to Seattle in sixteen and
one-half hours; Honolulu to San
Francisco in eight hours and San
Francisco to New York in eight
and one-half hours.
Numerous safety features in
cluding thermal anti-icing of wing
and tail leading edges, reversible
propellers with electric de-icing,
large and roomy control cabin
GOP Wants Income
Tax Bill Passed
WASHINGTON, UP) — Republi
can leaders threatened Saturday
to hold the Senate in session into
the night to secure passage of their
revised income tax reduction bill.
' Though the House approved
legislation is assured if Senate
sanctions several amendments
which must first be disposed of.
Eight of them have been offered
by Sen. Wayne Morse <R.-Ore.)
who seeks to delay the proposed
Jan. date on which the cut would
become effective.
with „ many features to enable
flight crew to do its work easier
and more efficiently.
Operating economy: Boeing
“117” airfoil for wing is most ef
ficient yet designed. Engines are
equipped with General Electric
cruising turbosuper-chargers for
added fuel economy and high
cruising speed. Ease of mainten
ance will further reduce operat
ing costs.
Improved chairs and berths:
Boeing-designed at great cost, they
I provide the ultimate in comfort
| for both day and night passengers
i of all sizes.
The Stratocruiser is 110 feet,
four inches long. Its wingspan is
! 141 feet, three inches. Its vertical
i tail reaches a height of 38 feet,
three inches from the ground.
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