The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-19
Ohio Important To
Aircraft Industry
Two Plants Valued At SIS
Million Scheduled For
Immediate Erection

The Importance of the State of Ohio
as strategic location for plants
manufacturing aircraft and aircraft
parts, long acknowledged by the mill
tary authorities of the nation, is at
last receiving the recognition to which
this state will play an important part
in the development of an adequate
national defense program, from an in
dustrial as we'll as from a military
standpoint. During the last month
plans were made public for the con-
struction of 10 million dollar plant
for the manufacture of military air
craft at Port Columbus, Ohio, and for
Is million dollar plant for the manu-
facture of airplane engines at Lock-
land near Cincinnati. Both of these
plants will be built by the Curtiss-
Wright Corporation. The Columbus
plant alone will employ approximately
$4,000 men and will carry an annual
payroll from II million to Is million
dollars.
In addition, it is known that three
Ohio cities are among those given
serious consideration as sites for the
proposed $8,4C0,000 research labor
atory to be built with funds provided
by Congress-, for the use Of the Natl
onal Advisory Committee on Aeronau-
tics.
In recent months, the Labor Radio
Corporation, makers of radio equip
ment used in military aircraft, moved
it's plant to Dayton, Ohio, and at the
present time the executives of the firm
are preparing an expansion plan which
will necessitate the construction of
new factory building adjacent to the
present plant.
Ohio, because it is situated between
the two great mountain chains, in
section of the country reasonably free
of fog and bad weather and because
it's terrain is for the most part flat,
offers excellent advantages to COM
panies engaged in building airplanes
and airplane parts. The State of Ohio
is willing and anxious to do every
thing in its. power to encourage new
industry to come to Ohio.
The summer flight instruction being
given under the Civilian Pilot Train
ing Program of the federal govern
ment is now fully underway here in
Ohio with many students already near
ing the completion Of the course. The
ALLEGATION Of students for the summer
program was as follows: Baldwin
Wallace, Is; Bowling Green, As; Case
School, 60; Fem College, 30; Kent
State, 60; Marietta, 80; Mount Union,
45; Ohio Northern, 80; Ohio State,
60; Ohio University, As; U. of Akron,
60; U. Of Dayton, 80; U. of Toledo,
As; Wittenberg, Is; Youngstown, 80;
Capital, 80; Miami, IS; Western Re
serve, 30; Findlay, Is; Ashland, Is;
and Rio Grande, Is.
The non-college units set up, each
with Is students, were allotted to the
following municipalities: Cleveland,
Toledo, Mansfield, New Philadelphia,
Portsmouth, Cincinnati, Sandusky,
GAINESVILLE, Dayton and Canton.
For the fall and winter program
the allotment Of students to the col
leges will be stepped up over the
figures for the summer training work.
The Bureau of Aeronautics has been
advised by Horace B. Tuttle that
Tuttle Field, a private airport, located
two miles northwest of New Madison
and three and one-half miles north
west of Madison, has been closed to
air traffic. Mr.. Tuttle informs this
office that the field is overgrown with
weeds and is unsafe for use.
Crosley Airport, located at Sharon
vile, Ohio, has been closed to all air
craft other than those regularly sta
toned there, according to notice fur
nished this office by Mr.. Ed Nirmaier,
manager of the field. Aircraft in dis
tress will be permitted to land, but
the airport being privately owned is
no longer available for any type of
commercial operation.
The Director of Aeronautics in COM
pany with Jean II. Dubuque, district
airport engineer Of the Civil Aeronau-
tics Board of the U. S. Department Of
Commerce, whose Offices are located
in Columbus, addressed group of
100 business and professional men, all
civic leaders Of the City Of Lancaster,
Ohio, on Wednesday, August 2S, to
outline the requirements for the con-
struction of a municipal airport at that
city. Funds are available for use as
a sponsors contribution and it seems
probable that a WPA project will be
submitted for the construction of such
an airport. The Director and Mr.. Du-
Buque have also had similar discuss
ions with officials at East Liverpool,
Ashland and Ashtabula in the last
month.
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Cities interested in participating in
the federal airport construction pro-
gram are invited to write to the Ohio
Bureau of Aeronautics for assistance.
The Director will be happy to aid in
general promotion work and upon re-
quest will meet with municipal Off
cials or civic groups to discuss in de-