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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-04-04
D. c., April 4.

Washington, D. c., April 4. -
The humping majorities by which
the "superroad" legislation passed
both houses of the assembly do not
tell the story of a curious and COW
ert opposition from small Baltl-
more banking coterie.
1t was Charles Lord of the bank
ing firm of Baker-Watts, who led
mild opposition to the highway
bill in the assembly. But outside
the assembly, guiding hand on the
opposition tiller is that of Ben
Griswold of Alexander Brown and
Sons, an old friend of Roosevelt,
whose maneuvering in official
Washington highway circles may
scare Governor O'Conor away from
signing the bill.
At present both the U. S. Public
Roads Administration and the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission are cool toward the
supertoll road, and Griswold isn't
helping them get any warmer. This
has affected the position of Ezra
Whitman chairman of the Mary
land State Roads Commission.
None are more aware of Girls
wold's maneuvering against the
Washington Baltimore road than
the O'Conor forces of E. Brooke
Lee, Ambrose Kennedy and Howard
Bruce who have advanced ten
year dream to the point Of virtual
reality. On one point they see
eye-to-eye with Griswold and that
is on the necessity of building the
Baltimore harbor bridge to bypass
the traffic bottleneck. But they
consider the Harbor bridge as
merely the means of getting on and
off the highway expeditiously, and
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-04-04
MAMMOTH FOOD SHOW
HERE APRIL 81 TO rs
Tenth Annual Event to be
Held in Market House
Auditorium

Plans are rapidly being complet-
ed for the Cumberland Valley Re-
tail Grocers, Food Appliance and
Better Homes Exposition under
the auspices of the Triangle Groc-
ers' Association, during the week
Of April p to 26. inclusive. The
big show will be held this year in
the Market House Auditorium.
This is the Tenth Annual event,
which. heretofore, has been held
in the exposition hall on the fair
grounds. The object of the sh
is to encourage demand through
the retail grocers for all standard
Pure Food Products.
An advertisement in today's
Globe issues a special invitation to
the public to attend the event AS
usual. there will be special features
at the show, to be held five after
Moons and six nights. Thousands
have attended the show in past
years and record-breaking attend
ance is anticipated by those in
charge Of the show for this year.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-04-04
ANNUAL FISH AND GAME
BANQUET ON APRIL 10TH.

On April 10 the Conococheague
Sportsmen's Club will banquet at
Franklin Court. Governor O'Conor
and members of the Fish and Game
Commission of Maryland and repre-
sentatives of various sportsmen's
clubs of the State will attend. Last
year SIT were present and this year
it is expected the number will be
exceeded. Jack Knight, nationally
known writer and angler, and Har-
ris Breth, prominent radio COM
mentator, will be the principal
speakers. The officers of the asso-
citation are: ]. Henry Ayers. presi-
dent; Marshall E. Reed, vice-presi-
dent; Charles E. Plack, secretary;
Mark Mellor, treasurer and E. M.
Tenney, chairman of the executive
committee.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-04-04

err on F. D. RS Uncle Fred Delano
of the Park and Planning Commits
sion which controls nearly a third
of the needed right-of-way for the
eight-lane highway. In talking to
commission members, GriswOld has
expressed disapproval of an ex-
press highway but has applauded
a "meandering" parkway, excluding
all truck traffic, as the best means
of solving the Baltimore Wash
ington traffic problem. However,
there is absolutely no assurance of
funds to build this type Of road.
What it all boils down to is that
if everything is apple-pie order.
Griswold will ride along. Other
wise, Griswold has stated, the
bankers will not act.
TYDINGS OPPOSES AIR LINE
One of the hottest backstage ar
guments in the present session of
Congress was staged the other day
between Senator Tydings of Mary
land and Senator Jim Davis of
Pennsylvania, Republican, in the
secrecy of the Senate Appropria-
lions Committee. The basic ques.
ton in dispute was whether the
government should substitute an air
line across the North Atlantic
competing with Pan American Air
ways.
Senator Tydings, for reasons best
known to him, has made himself
the ardent proponent and defendant
of the Pan American Always mo
nopoly across the North Atlantic
In various Senate skirmishes last
fall and this winter, he has vigor
ously opposed the granting of 6
Continued on page 81
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-04-04
INTERESTING MEETING BH
The HAGERSTOWN W.C.T.l

At a meeting of the Hagerstown
w. c. T. u, it was decided to erect
a marker on the lawn at San Mar
in memory of the birthday of Fran
ces E. Willard. The marker will
be placed at the peony bed planted
two years ago by the w. c. T. U.
Three birthdays were observed,
viz: Mrs. Mary Heffelfinger ninety
years old; Mrs. Anna Sitter and
Mrs. Ella Coffman. The Union de-
cided to send 500 to the Chinese
Refugee Children Fund in China.
In an interesting program, Rev.
Paul B. Warrington spoke on Con
trast." The subject of the meeting
was "My Town and Youth"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-04-04
not an end in itself.

Behind banking opposition to
the highway is an old quarrel over
whether sale of bonds to banking
houses should be public or private.
AS the matter stands now bidding
for the revenue bond issue to fl
nance the road project would have
to be competitive. However, it
would be possible under an amend
ment to a 1889 law to finance the
bridge part of the project by non
competitive bidding.
#*##
CLOSED BIDDING ON BONDS
This "loophole" amendment pro-
vides that in case any project is
partly financed by federal money,
the sale of revenue bonds could be
handled on virtually non-com-
petitive basis. This would make it
possible for certain banks to enjoy
closed bidding in the case OF the
! Baltimore harbor bridge bonds but
not in the case of the highway
bonds, for the simple reason that
the U. S. Public Roads Administra-
ton now thinks so well Of the har-
Dor bridge that it is inclined to
recommend federal financial as
sistance.
, So banker Griswold has beaten a
constant path to the door of Thorn
as Macdonald of the U. S. Roads
Administration, urging toll bridge
but frowning on toll highway as
integral part of the overall pro
ject. At the same time Griswold
tells the press he would naturally
be for the toll road too if Mr.. Mac
Donald favored it.
Further to strengthen his hand
Griswold has been frequent call
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-04-04
c. g. p. DIRECTOR

Tasker G. Lowndes, president of
the Second National Bank of Cum
berland and director Of the
Lowndes Savings Bank and Trust
Co., of Clarksburg, w. Va, was
elected director the c. & P.
Telephone Co., of~Baltimore City.
He is member Of the A1fegany
County Bar. 0t.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-04-04
MOVES INTO NEW HOME

Martin M. Horst has moved into
his new house, recently erected,
in the northern section of Cearfoss.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-04-04
HANGOVERS
BY
LITTLE HEiSkEII

While everyone is asking,
"Who'lI be the Democratic nom-
inee for Congress- those in the
know are scratching their domes
and asking themselves the same
question. The answer to that
question seems to be lost some
where in Western Maryland, but
it seems to me that the boys, with
one exception, are putting on an
"After you, Alfonso" act. In
this case, however, it's "After
you, Pres"
The one exception is Mrs.
Katherine Byron. She wants to
be tagged for the nomination and
feels that she is sure bet to
win in the election. And if per
sistance means anything she'll be
in there swinging at the end. A
few weeks ago, heap of voters
were selling katherine's stock,
hereabouts, but for some reason
or other there seems to be fewer
gamblers on the market today.
Those WEc few short weeks
ago figured she would have a
good chance to succeed her hus-
band are now backing away,
pointing to the fact that this fell
low Stewart from up AIlegany
County way is gonna be a hard
nut to crack. He has, as you
know, been "cracked" before,
but he really wasn't smashed in
the process. Therefore, the
Donkey Lads still have quite
great deal of respect for his vote
corraling powers and are taking
no chances Of giving a set-up.
The Democrat who squares off
against him must be good-and
don't mean mediocre!
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-04-04

The Democrats would do we'll
not to believe that the Copies
won't stick together. We had an
example of this, last week, in
Haqerstown. Before the election
the Republicans yeIped loudly
that they wouldn't stick to their
mayoraIty candidate. But bright
and early the Elephant Lads
were clustered around the polls
and SELLING" their candidate to
the customers. He lost by about
300 coupons, which definitely in
dicates that they blossomed out
that day in a most remarkable
manner!
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-04-04

The GOPites in Maryland, and
particularly in the Western part
of the State, have finally agreed
among themselves that in order
to go places they must stick to-
gether and present united
front. And that is exactly what
they intend doing, I'm told, in
this fight for the Sixth Congress
sionaI seat. To combat this the
Democrats must, it seems to me
name a candidate who has had
previous legislative experience,
either in the State Legislature or
in Congress.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-04-04

This column is being written
on Tuesday, April I - "April
FOOLS Day" to you, and it's en-
tireIy possible that before this
tabloid reaches the street, lot
of political statements on this
particular subject will have been
history. AS you know it's time
Continued on page 81
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-04-04

A little knowledge is danger
Gus thing. In which case, most
us are entirely out of danger.
Evening star., 1941-03-30

gine has backed of to work on
another freight, perhaps the B. &
O.'s 691, which should soon be due
in from Philadelphia.
Another inspection to satisfy the
many strict I. c. c. regulations is
made of the now diSmembered
MD-13, and If all of the cars ap-
pear in good shape and couple cor
rectly, if the air brakes test. then
the various southbound trains need
only their crews and waybills to
start rolling into Dixie.
1t should now be about 7 am,
as all trains are supposed to be re-
classified within four hours.
Say the Atlanta train, bearing
cars from MD-13 and other trains
which came in from the North and
possibly the West, is first ready to
leave. A Southern Railway loco
motive is coupled on, a caboose is
hitched in back Next the con-
ductor go>S to the forwarding office
and gets his waybills.
Everything is in order now. When
the engineer gets the all-clear sig
nal and answers with a throaty
blast of the whistle, this partial re-
incarnation of MD-13 is once again
rolling along the rails. not into the
night, but now into the late dawn,
the frosty steam from the big hog"
laying back over the car tops.
Another train has come into Po-
tomac Yard and gone. The gate
way Is still open.
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Retarder Used.

The northbound hump. however, is
equipped with a device known as a
retarder. AS the cars roll down a
man in a tower operates an electro
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rangements, including the fitting of
instruments and equipment.
Changes Of structural parts of the
airplane may be found necessary be-
cause of interference with various
functions of the crew. These can
readily be corrected during the
mockup stage. If they were not
brought to light until the actual
airplane was under construction
great cost and delay would result, in
many cases.
Corps Practice.
Before the present war emergency
arose, it was Air Corps practice to
require manufacturers to submit
one finished airplane of the pro-
posed new model to Wright Field
for tests before the airplane was
ordered in quantities. To speed up
production Of new models today,
however. the Air Corps has departed
from this practice by ordering
planes right off the drafting
boards" This is possible, however,
only where the manufacturer has
built similar successful planes be-
fore and where the design has been
proved by wind tunnel tests and
other preliminary checks. In such
cases, Wright Field engineers take
delivery on the first production
plane which comes of the line and
run it through it's tests while addi-
tional planes are being turned out.
At Wright Field the structure of
each new airplane is subjected to
severe stress by various tests to de-
termine whether it can stand the
strains Of flight. If 1t passes these
tests, it is reassembled and flown
for detailed check on performance
and compliance with specification
requirements.
Under the old system, once a pro-
totype had passed its tests, an Or
der for 13 airplanes was given and
these were placed in regular tao
tical squadrons for year of "serv-
ice test" flying. Today, however,
while the first sirplane is being
tested, additional planes are rolling
off the assembly line and the first
of these are used for accelerated
service tests"
Recently the Air Corps Materiel
Division used 28 pilots picked at
random for pursuit squadrons
throughout the country to fly service
tests on seven Curtiss P-40 air
planes. In the space Of three weeks
the pilots few these planes a total
Of $50 hours each. working three
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pneumatic brake on the tracks which
slows the moving car to the desired
speed. Although called a retarder
the actual result is to speed up the
handling of cars.
Whether from the manual or the
retarder hump, this business OF
coasting the cars is a very ticklish
one and the individual brakemen
or the operator of the retarder will
have plenty of explaining to do if
a cargo is damaged or possibly de-
stroyed by failure to slow up the
car sufficiently. Many carloads of
ammunition in the past year have
gone through the yards, and a
brakeman would have a chance to
make only one mistake in handling
this type of cargo.
A yard engine now is pushing
MD-13 over the hump. Under flood
lights, a man stands on either side
of the slowly moving cars and
squirts hot oil into those journal
boxes which have been left open
by the man who has already min
istered to them in the receiving
yards. One of the oilers might very
we'll be Leonard Carter, who has
stood on the eastern side of the
hump for 10 years doing nothing
but shooting oil at the revolving
journals.
Finally the last car of the freight
has passed over the hump, been
oiled and guided to one of the sew
eral waiting trains. The yard en-
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New Apane Designs Are Best Types Adapted

1t was pointed out that the XB-1e,
now the worlds largest airplane,
with a range of 5000 miles which
would permit it to fly from the
United States to Europe and back,
nonstop, is an enlarged development
of the present largest Army bomber,
the B-15. The BIS, with a wing
span of $50 feet, which today holds
world records for load-carrying and
long-range flight, in turn, is a de-
velopment of the famous Bit
Flying Fortress" bomber now being
produced in quantities for the
United States Army and Britain.
II was explained that develop
ment of present-day high speed
pursuit airplanes has come about
from a tactical need, demonstrated
in aerial combats in Europe, for an
extremely fast, maneuverable in
terceptor plane which can climb
very rapidly to intercept an attack
ing fleet of enemy bombers. Its
mission IS to reach the altitude of
the invaders before they have time
to bomb their objectives, and turn
the fleet back, scattering it and de-
stroying as many individual planes
as possible.
New Production.
The Wright Field experimental
engineering section starts the ball
rolling toward a new airplane pro-
duction model by drawing up a
series of experimental designs about
the characteristics which have been
specified. 1t may become apparent
at once that the speed required may
be out of line with the load ex-
pected to be carried or the landing
speed required for safety, and in
this case the development of final
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specifications must be compromise
between the tactical needs and ac-
tual ability to meet these needs.
Once the specifications are COM
pleted, the Air Corps announces a
competition, inviting manufacturers
to submit their own designs based
on the specifications. The designer
then must select the engines, de-
termine how many will be used and
where they will be placed. He must
prepare weight estimate of the
aircraft. including all essentials,
such as engines, accessories, pro-
pellers, fuel, oil, tanks and piping,
crew, luggage, armament, equip
ment, tires and wheels.
The designer then must go into
problems of wing area, airfoil Sec
tion, plan-form of the wing and
angle of attack to provide the lift
he requires. With the wing shaped,
he must make an estimate of the
total weight of the airplane and
draw the actual design.
Since space is at premium in an
airplane, a main objective Of air.
craft design must be to get every
requirement into the minimum of
total space consistent with ease of
movement of the crew and ability
to operate equipment. Positions of
engines, crew and equipment must
be determined in relation to func-
tions before the fuselage plan can
be drawn and the undercarriage and
tail unit designed. All of these posi-
tions, however, must be regulated
by a balance schedule to provide q
table from which the center of bal
ance can be determined and the
wing located.
One of the most unusual of mod
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ern aircraft designs is that Of the
fast Bell P-39 Airacobra pursuit
interceptor, in which the wing is
placed far back so that the pilot can
get unusually good vision over the
leading edge. This was possible
only because the engine has been
placed behind the pilots seat, mov-
ing the center of gravity farther
back in the airplane. This, in turn,
was possible only by substituting a
liquid-cooled engine for the con-
ventional air-cooled type.
With all of these preliminary
planning details out of the way, the
designer prepares set of drawings
showing as much of the detail as
possible concerning the conStruc-
tion and dimensions Of the airplane.
From these drawings wind tunnel
model is constructed for tests, which
may prove the practicability Of the
design or which may result in its
being scrapped outright. When the
model is through its wind tunnel
tests the designers and engineers
can tell within very few miles the
top speed Of the airplane and GER
tain other performance data before
the construction of the first airplane
ever starts.
While the designer already has
placed equipment, crew and arma-
ment by drawing them into his
plans, this phase of design actually
is subjected to a further check by
construction of a full-sized mock
up or model of the airplane. This
shows the airplane's visibility char
acteristics for the pilot, the aecessi-
bility and ease of removal of en-
gines and tanks and makes possible
determination of final interior ar.
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more cars en- route. If it hasn't
stopped, the chances are it has
taken but seven hours from Green
vile to Washington.
Pulled by a swift PennSy electric
horse" it has dipped into the Wash
ington tunnel, out again, crossed the
bridge and arrived at the entrance
to Potomac Yard on the dot of
am. If it is as much as half
minute late, it will stand the chance
of losing classification precedence
to another train.
The train has now pulled into
southbound receiving track and the
conductor has gone to the adminis-
tration Office to present his way
bills-concerning the nature of the
freight, its destination and car num-
bers-to the classification clerk.
While the conductor is thus en-
gagged, the engineer of MD-13 has
moved his favorite locomotive away
from the train and into the locomo-
tive section of the yard, where it
will be creased, sanded and gen.
orally inspected before it is allowed
to go on its way again. If it were
a steam locomotive its ashes would
be emptied into a special pit and
1t would then puff into the big round
house of Potomac Yard to go to
bed" for at least the remainder of
the night, and possibly have minor
repairs made later.
South of Potomac Yard the rail-
roads are not electrified, so the work
of MD-13's engineer is through for
this trip.
Other members of the train crew
may decide TO take nap in the snug
little caboose on the end Of the long
freight, or they may 60 to the yard
bunk house to cook themselves an
early morning breakfast or chat with
their friends from other trains. The
yard maintains this house for train
crews. complete with individual
lockers, beds and cooking facilities.
Swap Stories.
If they are not in a hurry to go
indoors they may gather around one
of the familiar pot-bellied coal
burning stoves with which the yard
Is dotted, warm their hands and swap
the stories which gladden. the heart
of every railroading man.
Meanwhile the waybills have gone
to the yard agent, who checks them
for proper routing and rates and
then returns them to the classical
ton clerk through a pneumatic tube
system. The latter prepares classi-
fication guide, which will eventually
be sent out by teletype to inform the
men who are going to reassemble the
train which cars are going to which
train and on what track.
In the course of clerical operations
| the waybilis are photographed by
! special apparatus in order to save the
time of copying them and to have a
permanent record. The method, first
used at Potomac Yard, was intro
duced at the time of the Ohio River
! floods, when the Virginia junction
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By Joseph s. Edeerton.

Beyond the warplapes now in
production in American factories
for the Army and Navy and for
Great Britain are new designs,
larger, heavier aid faster than any
now in existence, which are shaping
up in the Army Air Corps labora-
tories at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio.
Despite the pressure of the pres
ent production effort, the Wright
Field experimental engineering Sec
ton has set for itself a goal in air
plane designing which will continue
three years ahead of the process
sion"
The airplanes of the future which
are being created by the Idea men"
at the Air Corps experimental CEN
ter include both Improvements on
the best existing designs and en-
tirely new designs and types. In
case of a protracted war, it is the
new designs which are in the draw
ing board stage at the beginning of
the war which ultimately may turn
the tide of aerial battle, aviation
leaders hold, in the light of expert
ence in the World War and the
present conflict.
Although the creation of new air
craft designs is to some extent the
work of "dreamers," or men with
Imagination and vision, 1t also calls
for the stabilizing background of a
vast store of technical knowledge.
The idea men" at Wright Field are
calling on such a background
created by % years Of Air Corps re-
search and experimentation.
The work of these designers never
is made public until after designs
have been adopted, experimental
work completed, and test models
built for actual flight testing, some
times two or three years after the
design was originated.
Military Secret.
Whether the Air Corps actually is
getting ready to produce bombers
even larger than the huge XB-19,
with it's 21O-foot wingspan, now
nearing completion at the Douglas
plant in Santa Monica, Calf, for
example, is a military secret. 1t is
almost certain, however, that some
such work is in progress. 1t also is
certain that designers at Wright
Field also are working on plans for
new and faster and longer-range
pursuit and interceptor airplanes to
meet the growing threat Of enemy
developments.