Middletown transcript., 1918-08-17

Its nature that 1t cannot properly DC
delegated to any person Of lesser rat.
ing.
"WherefOre it is requested and d.
rected that the officer in charge OF
each division of the bureau of supplies
and accounts make a careful and criti-
cal survey of his personnel, both COM
missiOned and enlisted. to the end that
the paymaster general may know how
many and which men can be spared
without seriously interfering with the
work. These reports will include not
alone reservists but regulars as well,
and it is to be distinctly understood in
this connection that applications from
individuals for sea or overseas service
will not be necessary-the one and
only object being to carry on the work
here and at the same time release the
maximum number of men for duty at
the 'front.'"
The Liberty motor. developed by the
department of military aerOnautics, is
to have special engine oil which is to
be known as the Liberty aero OIL
It was developed by the fabrication
branch while the latter was still part
of the signal corps. 1t is mineral
oil and will be used not only on the
Liberty motor but on all stationary
cylinder aircraft engines of the army
and navy.
It's development is due to the energy
and skill Of staff of men who worked
exclusively on the problem for a year.
Capt. o. ]. May, who deserves greatest
credit for its production, so exhausted
himself by his labors that he could
not recuperate from an illness and
died.
When the aircraft program was an
nounced in 1917 no one in authority
had definite idea as to the 2roper
kind of fabrication required. There
was no uniformity. For every engine
there was a specific oil. Some en-
gineers insisted on castor oil, others
mineral oil, still others castor and
mineral oils mixed. 1t was estimated
that 100000 gallons Of castor oil,
costing So per gallon, would be re-
quired and that quantity was not avail
able.
Captain May and assistants set out
to develop a suitable lubricant for the
Liberty motor at an average cost of 70
cents a gallon, and also system for
retaining oil already used. In %
days Captain May supervised the run
ming of 81 engine tests in a laboratory
where five engine tests a week would
be a complete program. These en-
gines were run with different kinds of
oils and each oil was analysed and
measured before and after tests. The
work required ceaseless vigil. Altf-
tude tests were made in an alright
building capable of having the air
within it partly exhausted.
From these tests the Liberty aero
oil developed. 1t will cost about ore
fourth the price of castor oil, saving
the government perhaps $11 100000 a
year. A system Of retaining used
oil was developed and at least so per
cent can be made fit to use again.
The national war labor board has de-
cided against establishment at this
time of minimum wage to be applied
generally throughout industry. 1t
adopts an attitude firmly opposed both
to unjust profits on the part of capital
and unreasonable demands on the part
Of labor, stating that capital should
have only such reasonable returns as
will assure its use for the worlds and
the nations cause, and that the physi-
cal wellbeing of labor and it's physical
and mental effectiveness, in comfort
reasonable in view of the exigencies OF
the war, likewise should be assured.
The board declares the war to be an
industry should turn only in the COM
mon cause and for common ends, and
neither for unjust profits on the part
of capital or unfairly Inflated wages
for labor, stressing maximum prOduc-
ton as the paramount necessity and
unselfish cooperation as the prelimi-
nary essentials to this accomplishment.
There is reaffirmatiOn by the board
Of the principle that the worker is en-
titled to q wage sufficient to sustain
himself and his family in health and
comfort, and a restatement by the
board to apply this principle in each
of the cases to come before it for de-
cisiOn.
American dietitians have made
bread by substituting as high as 20
per cent Of rice for wheat -four and
have obtained a white yeast bread of
excellent flavor.
The midwest states are turning to
larger use of motOrtrucks in the de-
livery Of hogs to the important interior
markets. This relieves railroad trans
portation conditions to considerable
extent.
The motortruck business is becOm-
ing so important that commercial or
CARNATIONS of Omaha are taking active
measures to utilize the trucks on re-
turn trips to country points for hauling
various kinds of freights. Experience
has shown that motOrtruck mark Stins
is as feasible in winter as in Other yea
sons.