Birth of a Glider
Glider pilots must first gain their experience through “training
gliders,” which are now coming off the production line. One of the
factories engaged exclusively in manufacturing them is the Laister
Kauffman plant at St. Louis, where these pictures were taken.
The TG-4A is a two-place
glider which weighs less than
500 ffounds. Jack Laister, the
designer, and president of the
plant, is famous in amateur
glider and soaring circles.
A large part of the construc
tion work at this plant is being
harulled by women. Picture at
top shows a group of them busy
in the rib and wing assembly
section.
Right: Dressing down a piece
of wood for the glider’s wing.
The men employees of the
hig glider plant spraying u ing
dope and stenciling the army
insignia on u'ings for the first
production line model.
Skeleton of the train
ing glider. In rear is Jack
Laister.
The glider is re-assembled at the airport, and is given a final
check before taking initial flight. Inset: Insignia for glider pilots.
The first production model gliding in for a perfect landing.
FOLKS who attended the wed
ding of Perry Rowe and Nita
Goodwin predicted for the
young couple a lifetime of
happiness and serenity. The wed
ding guests, or most of them, had
been acquainted with the youthful
couple for years. No two people,
said they, were ever more fittingly
matched or better equipped for
complete matrimonial harmony.
For a time—almost a year—it
seemed that the prophecies of the
wedding guests were correct. Perry
and Nita succeeded gloriously in be
ing happy and serene. The prophets
were satisfied and smugly flattered
because of what they regarded as
their uncanny foresight.
And right at this point the wed
ding guests cease to become impor
tant characters in our tale, for as
far as they are concerned the Perry
Rpwes continued in a perfectly har
monious fashion, until their dying
days.
There was a ripple, however,
in the serenity of the Rowe’s
married life. Let it be known at
the start that Perry’s and Nita’s
personalities were not complete
ly suited to perfect harmony.
Nita, for example, was not the
world’s best housekeeper, nor
was she particularly fond of the
details which her new duties en
tailed. On the other hand Perry
had been reared in an atmos
phere of order and routine, and
order and routine had become
an accepted part of his exist
ence.
However, the young Rowes were
intelligent and because they were
very much in love, each was willing
to overlook traits in the other that,
And then suddenly she was In
his arms, and they were laughing
together.
under different circumstances, would
have proved annoying. For example,
Perry had been used to having his
dinner served at 6:30, and he saw’
no reason why it shouldn’t always
be served at 6:30. Which tact ap
peared not to disturb Nita in the
least, for she was apt to serve her
husband’s dinner at 5:30, 5:45, 6:15,
6:45, 7:00 as she was at 6:30.
And then, serving dinner at ir
regular hours was only a small part
of the dizzy things that took place
in the Rowe household. Wash day
came sometimes on Monday, some
times on Thursday or Friday or
Wednesday. And sometimes Nita
skipped a week for good measure.
There was no baking day, and clean
ing took place whenever the house
wife decided the dust was getting
too thick on the living-room table.
The variety of food served at all
meals was astounding. Nita had a
flair for making new things, experi
menting on her husband; and even
though she proved a good cook.
Perry sometimes was alarmed at
sight of a squash pie simmering
in the oven just prior to breakfast.
These things were, in reality, only
! a small part of the distorted routine
■ under which the Rowes existed. And
| for a time Perry, because this was
J all new to him, uttered no word or
suggestion. But habit and order
make a deep impression on the hu
man character. And even though
Perry so desired, it would have been
quite impossible for him to shake
off all traces of his pre-married life.
Occasionally upon arriving home
after a hard day at the office he
would say: “Good lord! Dinner not
ready yet? In heaven’s name. Nita,
can’t you serve at least one meal
a day at a designated time?” Or,
“Did it ever occur to you to flick
a dust cloth around this room? The
Allens are coming over tonight, you
i know.”
And then Nita would bounce into
the kitchen and begin rattling pots
and pans, or rush off in search of
a dust cloth. Her face would be
grave and her eyes filled with an
over-abundance of remorse, and,
watching her flitting about the room
Perry would burst forth in a roar of
laughter. Thus would family quar
rels be averted before they got un
derw'ay. There would be a t;ood
deal of billing and cooing and fun
making, and things would be har
monious and serene once more.
That’s the way things were for
quite awhile—almost a year. Then
abruptly Perry’s business took a
tumble. Things looked bad for a
time, and it was only natural that
the condition of affairs began to af
fect his disposition. He spoke more
often and more irritably about the
lack of routine in his household,
about Nita’s disorderly manner of
doing things.
And so Nita changed. Abruptly.
It wasn’t what Perry said or the
manner in which he said it that both
ered her. She wasn't the kind to
be disturbed because someone— i
even her husband—disapproved of
her methods. It was simply because
she analyzed the situation and de
cided routine—regular meals and
such—would contribute to Perry’s
peace of mind. And with business
the way it was his peace of mind
was an important factor.
And so the household of Rowe be
came orderly. Monday became
washing day; Tuesday, cleaning 1
day; Wednesday, ironing day; etc.
Meals were served at 8 a. m. and
6:30 p. m., and the food was ordi
nary and nourishing.
At first Perry didn’t seem to
notice. He was too preoccupied
with business affairs to notice
anything. But after a while it
occurred to him that there was
no longer reason to complain.
Sometimes he would come home
all set to explode because his dinner
wasn’t ready, only to discover that
his dinner was ready, and that it
was composed of dishes which he
liked.
And so, because there was noth
ing to complain about, and because
Perry had never believed women
possessed intellects capable of dis
cussing business problems, the house
of Rowe fell silent. It was a brood
ing silence—Perry brooding over his
business, and Nita brooding over
Perry.
tiis condition worried ner. And
after a while she began to wonder
whether there was not some way
she could help him . . .
It was fully a month after routine
had begun to play an important part
in the lives of the young Rowes
that Perry came home one evening
to And Nita lying on the studio couch
reading a novel. Dinner wasn’t
ready and there was dust on the
living-room table. Newspapers were
scattered over the floor and a pic
ture hung askew on the wall.
Perry flung off his hat and coat,
stood in the center of the floor and
roared. He wanted his dinner; what
was the idea of leaving the news
papers strewn all about? And just
look at that table! Nita looked at
him comically, screwed up her nose
and scampered into the kitchen.
Perry heard the rattle of pots and
pans. But he wasn’t through com
plaining, so he strode to the kitchen
door and looked in. Nita was stand
ing near the sink, a pan in one hand,
a knife in the other. She was rat
tling the two together, producing a
very homey sound and one sugges
tive of a forthcoming meal, but
otherwise quite useless.
Perry began to laugh. She
turned on him smiling. And
then suddenly she was In his
arms, and they were laughing
together. Perry’s mind was no
longer confused or troubled with
business problems. He felt sud
denly relieved and calm and
contented.
In that moment the thing that Nita
had done flashed across his mind
in startling vividness. He tilted up
her chin, looked down into her eyes
and grinned. "Darling,” he said,
"if it’s all the same to you I'd rather
have my meals less regular and see
dust on the living-room table—and
be allowed the chance to complain,
if it's all the same to you."
Nita nodded and said it was all
the same with her. She understood.
Protect Your Life and
Others’—Drive Slowly
Suppose you have a car that will
do a mile a minute, but one or more
tires on it have become well worn,
perhaps the treads even destroyed
by wear.
Don't drive that mile-a-minute
clip, under any circumstances, ad
vise tire engineers.
Take it slow and easy, and pro
tect your life, as well as others, in
addition to the tires, they warn.
The reason:
Those tires were engineered to be
safe for the high speeds developed
by the modern automobile un
less something unpredictable like a
puncture occurred.
But as the rolling miles wore them
down beyond a certain point, the
factor of safety at higher speeds de
clined. With the car driven slowly
they might still give the owners
many miles of travel. Driven at
high speeds they become a hazard,
might go flat any minute, and thus
put the car out of service.
Engineers, to illustrate the point,
tell of one of the company’s drivers
rolling along on a test mission when
a car containing two men sped past.
Hardly had the passing car straight
ened out when there was the loud
report of a blowout, the car turned
over three times, the two men were
taken to a hospital critically in
jured.
The test driver examined the
blown-out tire. It had been worn
through the breaker strip and two
fabric layers, was hardly thicker
than half a dozen pages of paper.
The driver had been racing at a
speed which was too much for the
old casing!
If that happens to a motorist to
day, his car may be laid up even
though he escapes injury, because
he cannot get another tire.
So if your tires are badly worn,
slow down!
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Passing of a Pioneer
XI/’HEN death claimed William
’ ’ Henry Jackson recently at the
age of 99, it not only ended the ca
reer of a remarkable American but
it also snapped one of the few re
maining links between the present
and the historic past—the past of the
Old Frontier. For Jackson, pioneer
photographer and painter and often
called the “first news photogra
pher,” was the first to make a pic
torial record of some of the scenic
wonders of the West, it was his
camera which recorded for future
generations the likenesses of some
of the most famous Indian chief
tains of the Plains wars, and it was
his views of the unexplored Yellow
stone, taken back in the seventies,
Young Jackson and his working
outfit along the line of the Union
Pacific in Wyoming in 1869.
which were instrumental in causing
congress to declare that region a
national park.
His life-span of nearly a century
corresponds almost exactly with the
history of photography. The son of
an amateur daguerreotypist in New
York, where he was born April 4.
1843, he experimented with that
newly discovered “art,” then did
some of his most important work
with the cumbersome wet-plate
methods of photography and ended
his career in this modern era
of candid cameras, color film and
television.
His right to the title of “first news
photographer” is based on the fact
that in 1896 he made a round-the
world trip for Harper’s Weekly and
sent back to that publication the
photographic results of his 18
months’ journey.
But it was for his activities in the
West that he was most noted in
the fields of photography and ex
ploration. After serving in the
Union army, he went west—to St.
Joseph, Mo., then the end of the
transcontinental railroad. There he
got a job as a bullwhacker, driving
ox teams to Montana. After a year
of this, Jackson decided to start up
in the business he knew best. So he
went to Omaha and there in 1868 he
and his brother set up a “photo
graphic studio.”
Omaha was then booming with
activities connected with the build
William Henry Jackson, still snap
ping pictures in 1940 at the age of 97.
ing of the Union Pacific railroad and
this gave young Jackson a chance
to satisfy his taste for adventure.
For the next year he went up and
down the line of the U P photo
graphing scenes in the wild country
along the route of the new railroad.
These pictures attracted the atten
tion of Dr. F. V Hayden, head of
the United States geological survey
of the territories, and resulted in
Jackson s being appointed official
photographer for the survey.
After finishing his work with the
geological survey Jackson settled in
Detroit. For 25 years he was con
nected with the Detroit Publishing
company and played a prominent
part in launching the souvenir post
card business, in which the 40,000
negatives assembled throughout his
40 years of activity formed the ma
jor basis of output in that industry
in 1898. These 40,000 negatives are
now in the possession of Ford Mu
seum’s Edison institute in Dearborn,
Mich.
Jackson was the first to photograph
the Grand Tetons in Wyoming, the
Mount of the Holy Cross and the
Mesa Verde cliff dwellings in Colo
rado, the Hopi villages ih Arizona
and many other scenic spots which
have since attracted millions of tour
ists West every year. Many of his
original negatives are still in the
files of the Geological Survey of the
department of the interior and some
of his views made by the old wet
plate process are considered artis
tically superior to the work of
present-day photographers using the
most modern equipment.
Potato Breeders.
Make Test Plantings
Disease-Free Potatoes
Only Control of Ring Rot
How new knowledge of plant sci
ence can lift some of the load from'
the mind of a worried farmer is
illustrated by results of test plant
tings reported by potato breeders of
the U. S. department of agriculture.
Ring rot is a serious potato dis
ease. It appeared in Canada in 1931,
in Maine in 1932, and spread rapidly
causing serious crop losses. The
only effective control is to plant
nothing but disease-free seed pota
toes. Traces of the disease in seed
stock are difficult to detect and may
lead to serious losses. Ring rot has
been reported from 37 states.
If scientific knowledge had not
advanced in the last 100 years,
says Dr. R. M. Salter, chief of
the bureau of plant industry,
the potato industry and the
country generally might well
worry over the possibility of a
potato famine such as Ireland
had in the Hungry Forties.
Potato specialists do not know of
a gold commercial variety that will
grow in spite of ring rot. But au
thors of the article report a trial of
“Come on out, guys and gals, see
what’s cookin’,’’ says this newly
hatched chick waiting for pals.
54 varieties artificially inoculated to
insure a thorough test. Nearly all
were severely diseased, but a pre
cious few came through uninjured.
Various Spuds Tested.
These include two imported varie
ties “not commercially promising"
and several seedlings. Half the hy
brids of the cross between "Presi
dent”—imported from England—
and the valuable American variety,
Katahdin, showed no infection. Sev
eral other seedlings showed signs of
resistance.
These tests indicate that resist
ance to ring rot can be inherited
by the potato. The “President” va
riety is not commercially valuable,
but from a breeding standpoint it
looks to be almost priceless. Based
on these tests and their experience
it should not be very difficult to
produce varieties resistant to rfng
rot with good commercial qualities.
•
Agriculture
in
Industry
By FLORENCE C. WEED
Alfalfa
Although alfalfa is a fairly recent
arrival in the fields of the United
States and Canada, it is one of the
oldest crops known to man and
flourished in Asia and Europe for
centuries. For the last 20 years,
our farmers have given it greal
preference and the acreage has
nearly doubled.
Being especially rich in vitamins,
it seems to offer good possibilities
for industrial uses. A pilot plant is
soon to be set up to extract pig !
ments from dried alfalfa 'eaves.
These will be used in coloring soaps
and foods and in preparing medi
cines.
Some experiments also have been
made in extracting alfalfa juice for
human consumption so it may some
time appear on our breakfast tables.
At Michigan State college, scien
tists have been working on the prob
lem on making plastics out of al
falfa in the same way that soybeans
are utilized.
At present, the chief industrial
product is alfalfa meal which is
merely hay ground into coarse par
ticles which can be fed to animals
without loss, and can be shipped
more cheaply than baled hay. It
can be used in mixed feeds for such
small animals as rabbits and poul
try. Some of the meal in refined
form has been used in breakfast
foods for humans and experiments
have been made to add carotene
extraction to tonics and candy.
Rural Briefs
Fruit should be fully grown, well
colored, but not overripe for good
storage.
• • •
Production of crimson clover seed
this year is expected to be about1
twice as large as the previous crop
record of 1941.
• « •
By taking good care of eggs on
the farm, especially during the
summer months, poultrymen will
get better returns for their product.
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No Eskimo
Mother—Jerry, you are going to
have a big cake with six candles
on your birthday.
Jerry—If it’s all the same to
you, Mom, I’d ather have six
cakes and one candle for my
birthday.
Sometimes a girl’s face is her
fortune. But sometimes it’s just
her cheek.
Lost Opportunity
Fred—What a shame that Eva wasn't
created first.
Marilyn—What difference would that
have made?
Fred—Eve could have bossed the job
of making Adam and then man would
have been perfect.
Right Place
He was dug out of his wrecked
car and carried into the doctor’s
office.
“I can’t do anything for him,”
said the doctor, “I’m a veterinary
surgeon.”
“That’s all right,” replied the
patient. “I was a jackass to think
I could do 50 on those tires.”
J. Fuller Pep
By JERRY LINK
r
Uncle Jed always used to say,
•‘Thlngs’d be a whole lot pleas
anter If folks would Just live so’s
they'd never be ashamed to sell
the family parrot to the town
gossip.”
An' speakln’ o’ parrots, reckon
I must sound like one, the way
I'm always talkin' about vitamins
an' KELLOGG'S PEP! But It'S
mighty important to get your
vitamins—all of ’em! And
KELLOGG’S PEP Is extra-strong
In the two vitamins, Bi and D,
that are most likely to be short
In ordinary meals. An', PEP'S
plumb delicious, too!
A delicious cereal that supplies per serving '
(1 of.): the full mintmum daily need of
vitamin D; 1/4 the daily need of vitamin Bu
HOUSEWIVES: ★ ★ ★
Your Waste Kitchen Fats
Are Needed for Explosives
TURN ’EM IN! ★ ★ ★
WNU—U 31—42
May Warn of Disordered
Kidney Action
Modern life with its hurry and worry,
irregular habits, improper eating and
drinking—its risk of exposure and infec
tion—throws heavy strain on the work
of the kidneys. They are apt to become
over-taxed and fail to filter excess acid
and other impurities from the life-giving
blood.
You may suffer nagging backache,
headache, dizziness, getting up nights,
leg paina, swelling—feel constantly
tired, nervous, all worn out. Other signs
5 of kidney or bladder disorder are some
times burning, scanty or too frequent
urination.
Try Doan's Pills. Doan'i help the
kidneys to pass off harmful excess body
waste. They have had more than half a
century of public approval. Are recom
mended by grateful users everywhere.
Ask your neighbor /