, Issues Specification Briefs
. For U. S. Vessels
Minimum specification briefs
for three types of radar to be used
aboard merchant vessels were to
day sent to manufacturers of elec-1
tronic equipment by the United
States Coast Guard.
Having accepted responsibility
for determining and disseminating
to manufacturers of radar equip
ment to be used on board mer
chant vessels, the Coast Guard |
called a meeting for October 29
for a discussion of specifications j
i and conideration of the manufac
turers’ viewpoint.
Manufacturers, representatives
of the Federal Communications
Commission, the American Feder
ation of Shipping, and other mar
itime interests and government
» agencies, were invited to be pres
ent.
Three sets of minimum specifi
cation brifes have been devised.
The specifications are designated
as Class “A”, “B”, “C”.
Class “A” radar will have the
best performance, will provide
both early warning of approach
ing vessels, a high resolution for
the best navigational assistance in
restricted waters and by use of
the recommended frequencies will
derive navigational assista nee
from the present racon system
and navigational aid identification
beacon now under development
by the Coast Guard.
Class “B” radar will have less
resolution and will only operate
NEATNESS IS NOISY
ROCKFORD, 111.— (/P) —Henry
G. Brown cleaned out his desk
and, in a little more time than it
takes to broadcast a police warn
ing that pistol shots had terrorized
a neighborhood, two detectives,
two traffic officers and a motor
cycle cop were at the scene. It de- j
veloped that Brown had discov- j
ered and destroyed four dusty
firecrackers.
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Pass The Meat
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FT. SHERIDAN, 111.—(/P)—Pfc.
William G. Pigg, Pvt. Ray K. •
Hamm and Pvt. James A. Shank
have been assigned to kitchen
chores in a Ft. Sheridan mess hall.
Or Else
BOGOTA, Colombia—(/P)—The
Automobile Club requested city
authorities to repair the pavement
on certain streets. But it added,
gloomily, that if this were not
done the club would be willing to
undertake the repairs at its own
expense.
with the above navigational aid
identification beacon.
Class “C” because of poor reso
lution will be of value only as an
anti-collision device.
The Coast Guard has urged in
dustry to cooperate in expediting
the program in the interest of the
over-all safety at sea program.
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LORAN GUIDED B-29s
OVER JAP HOME ISLES,
COAST GUAR REVEALS
WASHINGTON — Bomb-laden
B-29s in their missions over Japan 1
—and equally important, on their
return to home bases—were guid
ed by Loran Stations established
and maintained in the far reaches J
of the Pacific by Coast Guard
Personnel, it was revealed here
today by the Coast Guard in one
of its “now it can be told” releases.,
Also revealed was the fact that
the Coast Guard organized Con
struction Detachments composed
of specifically trained officers and i
men to erect the Loran Stations.;
These Coast Guard “CDs” like the
Navy’s “Sea Bees,” often entered
with invasion forces in order to
expedite constructions.
Loran, it is explained, stands for
LOng Range Aid Navigation and,
until recently, like radar, was
shrouded in secrecy. Working on
newly explored electronic princi
ples, Loran has made it possible
for ships and aircraft to fix their
position at distances of several
hundred miles — sometimes more
than a thousand miles—from the
ground stations.
Work was commenced on Loran
in 1941, and by the end of 1942
the' first of the ground stations
which were later to lace the world
with the electronic lines of posi
tion were operating. First stations
were set up in the North Atlantic
area by the National Defense Re
search Council, under the sponsor
i ship of the Navy and, after shake
down, were taken over complete
ly by the Coast Guard.
The North Atlantic chain was
established in mid-winter of 1942
during the Battle of the Atlantic
and in the Aleutian chain later in
the same year and in the spring of
1943. The intensity of weather and
the rough terrain made the estab
lishment of these stations a haz
ardous operation. Engineers and
electronic specialists of the Coast
Guard aided in the construction
of these early stations.
In addition to maintaining
33,000 aids to marine navigation,
the Coast Guard was then assign
ed the duty of maintaining and
operating Loran Stations estab
lished by direction of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff for guidance of
planes and ships in war opera
tions.
As one “CD” described the con
struction of Pacific Loran Sta
tions: “You lay offshore and you
wait. You wait while they bomb
the island, and when it’s what
they call ‘reasonably secure’ you
go in. Not the first wave, maybe,
but as soon thereafter as they
think you’ve got a chance of get
ting your equipment ashore.
“It’s not the men they worry
about, but you’ve got to get that
equipment on the island without
losing it, or having to fall back
and leave it behind.”
Approximately 1,000 trained
men and officers comprise the
Coast Guard’s construction de
tachment.
Also, in addition to Loran Sta
tions, the Coast Guard is manning
and constructing radar beacon
stations in outlying areas, and in
the continental limits.
In addition, the Coast Guard
has been assigned the establish
ment and operation of some 51 di
rection-finder stations forming
networks which give coverage for
ENROLLMENT CLIMBS
AT U. OF ALASKA
COLLEGE, Alaska — The Uni
versity of Alaska opened this year
with its biggest enrollment since
before^the war.
Ninety-five students enrolled
during registration days, with 42
of them entered as freshmen.
Six registered as seniors, due
to graduate in June, and six en
rolled under the GI Bill of Rights
education provision.
Students are continuing to reg
ister and with all the campus
buildings which have been under
lease to the army during the war
now returned to the University an
active year is anticipated.
Besides Alaskans, students are
registered from Minnesota, Texas.
Florida, New York, California,
Colorado, Oregon, Illinois, New
York and Tennessee.
the Western Atlantic, the Gulf of
Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and
the Western Pacific.
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Brazil Gets Theater
RIO DE JANEIRO—(/P)—Brazil
will soon have its own National
Theater Conservatory in the Uni
versity of Brazil President Vargas
created the Conservatory as “an
expression of culture and an in
strument of popular education.”
Railway Honors FDR
SAO PAULO, Brazil—<JP)—The
Central Railway of Brazil, oper
ated by the federal government,
has renamed its “North'’ station
in this city the “Roosevelt Sta
tion.”
Death Ever After
SALISBURY, England— UP) —
On the day planned for his wed
ding, Flight Officer Peter Nolan,
R A F., aged 21, was buried. He
was killed after bailing out of a
burning plane.
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