Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-10-17
PLANES WILL Be
READY IN TIME
RUMoRS OF DELAY IN TURNING
OUT AMERICAS AIRCRAFT
ARE UNFoUNDED.
ENOUGH SPRUCE IN SIGHT
Machines Can Be Built In Many Fac
tories and VIII Be Done in Time for
the Wonderful Liberty Motors to Be
Installed.
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.

BY EDWARD q. CLAIM.
Washington.-W Washington for day
or two has been troubled with rumors
TO the effect that while the United
States will have the best flying ma
chine engines ever built, and these In
quick order, the whir of their machin-
cry will not be heard over the heads
of the Germans until twice twelve
month has gone by.
There is delay enough in score OF
branches of the government depart
ments in all that pertains to war work
but the people probably can reassure
themselves on the flying machine mat
ter. We will have battle planes and
plenty of them flying in Europe with
their fast dropping cargOes of high ex-
plosives before the next crop of blood
red coquelicots springs in the fields
of France.
Secretary of War Baker came pretty
close to putting himself in the class
of the exuberant when he issued his
1900 word statement about the new
aircraft motor, but inquiry makes 1t
appear that while the eXuherance of
the secretary may not have been in
keeping with the ordinary conventions
of secretarial life. it perhaps was JUS
titled from the human nature point OF
view.
Battle Planes viii BE Ready.
After Mr.. Baker had told the coun-
| try that the greatest thing that ever
! happened in the way of motor had
been purchased, there came the story
| that the motors were all very we'll.
but that there would be precious little
| use for them because there would be
no airplanes in which to install them
until many weary month had gone
into times discard.
| Congress and those members of the
| administration who are not intimately
in on things" looked bluer for a day
than the unprotected face of any avia-
tor after a nipping ride in the upper
! air. Now it can be said that as soon
as the motors are turned out, which
| will not be long, there will be battle
| planes to carry them and 10 be pro-
| PEELED be them. All of which is ex-
| ceedinglv cheerful news to a capital
| which has been hearing that only a
half dozen submarine chasers have
been turned out. that none of the new
destroyers will be ready for eighteen
months that bad ammunition Is being
made at the arsenals, and that nei'
Their steel nor wooden ships for com
merce bearing VIII be ready until the
waters Of earth have several season
able chances to freeze.
Some time ago in these dispatches II
was said that the government was ex
periencing difficulty in securing sup
ply of proper spruce from which tC
make the framework of the airplanes
Friends of the enemy have been busy
in spiking some of the spruce trees ant
in doing damage to timber already cut
but of course not even enemy aliens
inspired with the hate of all things
American can ruin the entire spruce
crop of the United States overnight.
Plenty Of Spruce.
: Now II is said that the spruce is II
, sight and to this cheerful bit of in
I formation is added word that 1t doe
( not take long to build an airplane ant
E that they can be built not only in au
/ tomobile factories, of which we hav'
n perhaps some scores of hundreds, bu
! In furniture factories and even in tn
carpenter shops Of every day city an,
country acquaintance.
So today il seems to come down to
situation which promises a plentiful
| supply of airplanes within fairly shor
J order with motors to run them an
with fair prospect that khey ca
make themselves felt from their var
tage points above the head of the er
y envy before the next cold season ha
been melted by the breath of genla
Z spring.
Many Wish To Be Avlators.
At army headquarters In Washing
ton there have been from time to tim
expressions of surprise, pleased SUI
prise, at the great numbers of youn
y Americans who have expressed viii
ingness to enter the aviation service.
II requires the possession of &c
tain temperament to make a success
full aviator and the army examiner
are determined that only the men WI
are fit shall enter the service, and
IS this can be found one reason WI
there is qualification because of Il
large numbers of young men who al
showing a desire to become bait
IS plane fiiers and fighters.
Within a day or two there has be'
j. received from France an account
IN the first experience in battle of
Of American aviator Charles J. Trinkar
at Permission to publish the account
n this young Americans first encount
a in the air with the German enemy WI
or given by the censor and even the nan
ne of the town near which the encount
IT, took place was allowed to be printe
1t is probable that from the alrea'
widely printed story of the initial COZ
bat of this young tlier other Americi
IL avlatOrs, men to be sent later
Mt France to meet the enemy will get
T., tailed knowledge of wha, they are
ng expect. the feeling shat man h
n when first fighting Thousands OF te
ri ABOVE the earth and an inspirau