The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29

flight, If not by the blueprlnts.
 But Arnold remained unim- pressed. He merely said, "That dcesnt prove . damn thing. Give Seversky . brO0mstlck and he'll fly anywhere"
 So Seversky tried another stunt, He gave the plane to a girl, Jac. queline Cochran, who was not ac- quainted with that type of plane. Yet she flew it from Los Angeles to Cleveland, a distance of 2,000 miles, winning the Bendix trophy.
 But the War Department reac- ton was: "Seversky is seeking cheap publicity for his firm"
 What he wanted, however, was to prove that 1t was necessary to have pursuit planes with a suffl- cient range to reach the outposts of the United Hawaii, Wake, Guam the Philippines. This was stated formally, with what now proves to be prophetic fore- sight, in letter Seversky wrote to the War Department on June 25, 1888, in which he said;
 "An important aspect of such additional range Is the problem of transports of pursuits aviation in case of war. If our theories are correct, and Ar Power be- comes supreme, we cannot dee pend upon naval protection for our war planes being transported by beats. The Navy will not be able to afford the necessary protection for our transports.
 Therefore, thought must be given to transporting alrplanes to the various possessions of the United States by air. To do that, our airplaneS must have an emergency range which would enable them, in time of war, to reach any possession of the United States under their own power"
 Tcday our pursuit planes cam not even reach Hawaii under their own power.
 DOWNED FOR CHURCHILL
 "Sllm" Treitag, nee test pilot for Howard Aircraft, is convinced he was the first private citizen in Washington to know when Prime Minister Churchill would arrive in the Capital.
 "Sllm" was putting Q new How. ard ship through It's paces at a Washington airfield for Q group of Navy officials. It was an import ant test on Q new type of plane in which the Navy Is greatly in- terested. He was flying low when suddenly he was urgently slgnalled to land. When he brought down his plane, he was told to get it off the field immediately.
 What's the trOuble?" he asked.
 'The Presidents arriving" was the reply.
 'T guessed then and there," claims slim, "that Churchill was in a plane nearby. Otherwise the President and his party
 wouldn't have been there. And ' was right!".
 TWO WINSTON CHURCHILLS
 There are now two Winston Churchills in the United States. One is in Washington, and the other is in the little town of Cor nish, N. H.
 These two men have been con- fused for the last forty years. The name is exactly the same, and the two men are exact contemporaries.
 One is an American, the novel; ist, author of Richard Carver, "The Inside of the Cup, and ''The Crisis. This Winston Churchill leads a quiet, retired life, while the other, the visiting Prime Min- lster, lives a turbulent life, in the midst of the greatest crisis the world has ever known.
 FUTURE OF eco
 Nothing got out about it, but the Senate Military Affairs Com mittee had a hot discussion over abolishing the Civilian Conserva- tion Corps.
 The proposal was made by able young COP Senator Styles Brldg- es Of New Hampshire. outspoken pEe-war supporter eE the Pres