The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-08

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 No announcement has been made about 1t, but today there Is another competing airline across the Atalntic. It Is operated by the U. s. Army Air Corps. and was eS- tablisiaed because of PAn.ASn,s inability to meet the war-noosn- ing demand for transatlantic serv. ice.
 Using four-xnotor heavy bomb CTS, the planes carry only officials and official pouches 10 ard from England. Ambassador Wina1at re- turned to London by this means.
 The American 'tposte eR this new airline is the AEnayse great air base at Boiling E1AI6, Va. The service is under the. direoI tion of Colonel Robert Olda, acc Air Corps e@annsAMdee, who was recently put in chAxea ee feEEYs ing L.enAsLeas0 bemsbeRs '9F0nA the WcSG C0A@ AirpsaMe paAmts
 to Britain. The new aaRlino operates a pert sf that service.
 At present two boenbers are in use, and more gre expected to be added. The planes are manned by Air Corps crews and. operate on closely guarded schedules and over . secret route.
 HIS MAJESTY's SHIPn
 Serious.miIaded Lord .RAlifax, British Ambassador, has his light. CT moments. The other day he entertained friends at the State Department with this story: @-
 A sailor from . vtsitang British warship was wandering around Boston. A woman stopped him and asked the meaning of tfe,let. ters I'll. M. 6" on his hat. :, .
 He replsed, s'MT NGns4nS Say"
 NOTEtH. M. s. stAnAs for His AEAjesty's 6hip.
 DEFENSE RAIL BOSS
 OPM chiefs aren't admitting it, but they want the President to Ye. place Ralph Budd. Burlington Railroad execative as Defense Rasl Director. s,5 ..%
 Number 1 choice as his. success. sor Is Joseph B. BastSnan, veteran chairman of the interstate Com. lnerce Commission and one of the greatest transportation experts in the countSy.
 Budd has been under fire in De- fense circles because of alleged failure to get the railroads to un. dertake . big freight car and lO- conceive program last year. when steel was plentiful However, Ye1 men vigorously contend that Hudd has done 6 good jsb of cooedln- ating, deny there Wali be . ear shortage this year.
 Indirectly they admit there may be one next year. by, saying that what happens depends on whether they can get deliveries Of the thousands of new ears they have ordered. This years freight Te. quirements are estimated at 46.. 100000 cars, next year ak 4eyO00s. OOO and 043. 60OO0. 600 cara!
 Eastman and the President ere old friends. Tn the carly years of the New Deal. when railroad con. SolidatiOn was much in the cir. Roosevelt gave Eastman the jcD oe working out plan. He submitted a comprehensive program. but nothing came Of t because og powerful rail and wan Street op- position.
 LOST DAYLIGHT SAvng09
 A few days ago the Federal Power Commission. backed by OpM Directors K1audsen and Hill- man, called on the people in the Southeastern states to cat down their use Of electricity co. as t0 provide mcre power for urgent de- 1ense needs.
 Ardently patriotic. the people oe this section llnquestionAhly VIII respond. But the incident iilus- trates the lack of coordination tn the vast defense program.
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