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Evening star., 1942-05-10
Are You Putting Your Car Away!

An important point about the care Of
the engine Is to drain OF the gas tank
and let the engine run until all gas has
been used up in the fuel pump, fuel lines
and carburetor. This prevents gums
from settling out of the fuel. Now push
the car into the garage and drain of
the oil. Take out the spark plugs and
inject half ounce of lard oil into each
cylinder. Have the plugs cleaned,
wrapped In paper and put away In a
dry place. Close the plug openings with
large corks.
Don't drain of the water until the
engine is cold. This will serve to pre-
vent sweating inside the cylinder jackets
and the radiator core. The rust in
h1bitor used in the pre-draining period
will protect the cooling system with q
light coating Of oil.
Next take out the battery. Sell 1t II
the storage period is to be extensive
or indefinite because . battery should
be charged every month to six weeks
In order to be kept In prime condition.
The car should be lacked OF the
floor, using wooden horses" for the per-
manent jacking. Metal racks can also
be had for this purpose. They should
be placed under the frame at the front
$50 as not to strain the knee action)
and under the axle housing at the rear.
Evening star., 1942-05-10

The prospective Army Air Corps me-
chanic is not given a monkey-wrench
and put to work Immediately. First he
is placed with a recruit detachment at
an air field, where he is instructed for
month or six weeks in the rudiments
of Army life.
After this initial period Of learning
close order drill and the manual of
arms, he reviews simple principles of
mathematics and then is given a shop
mathematics test and an aptitude test.
If he passes he is admitted to a
mechanics school.
There he is put through rigorous
courses. Six days a week, attending
movies and lectures and studying models.
After the student has gained work.
ing knowledge of planes. he puts it to
use on them. Planes are torn down
and rebuilt SO frequently the mechanics
could almost do it blindfolded.
Instructors present faulty parts of
motors to students, who must diagnose
the trouble and apply the remedy.
All this consumes four to six months,
after which time the graduated me-
chanic is assigned to duty at an air
field.
On par with the aviation mechanics
as the publics forgotten men of the
armed forces are the maintenance crews,
responsible for conditioning the runways
and roadways Of the air fields so that
the accelerated training program will
not lag.
Evening star., 1942-05-10
By Frederick C.. Russell.

BY Frederick c. Russell.
Like the little boy who promptly gets
into mischief when he's left all alone so
does an automobile get into trouble when
it is allowed to remain idle This is the
problem faced by those who. for one
reason or another, feel that they must
put their cars up temporarily or for the
duration.
A point not appreciated by those who
are taking their cars out of circulation Is
that, in the interests of public welfare,
these cars must be kept in such condition
that they can be pressed into service
when the occasion demands 1t would be
sheer waste of materials and transporta-
ton facilities to allow stored cars to
disintegrate. They would then be useless
in any emergency demanding their
services. Yet dead storage In the usual
sense comes dangerously close to being
dead waste.
We can learn much about safe storage
from car dealers who are putting away
large investments In new models which
have been frozen by Government order.
But the motorist must go q step farther
in his efforts to forestar depreciation be-
cause he is dealing with q used product,
a car that has been subjected to both
external and internal sources of injury.
Before he can even think Of storing the
Evening star., 1942-05-10

car he must make every effort to drive
away and otherwise eliminate as much
accumulated damage as possible. Having
q car serviced before putting 1t away does
not occur to the average motorist as
logical step, yet 1t Is an important safe
guard.
This divides dead storage into three
major parts:
1. Pre-storage care and adjustment.
2. The actual storage safeguards.
3. Special care Of the car during
storage.
When the car cannot be used because
Of lack Of tires or the owner is in ac-
tivities which give him too little oppor-
tunity for car use the first step is to put
a pint OF rust inhibitor (emulsifying
OLD into the cooling system. This can
be bought at most filling stations, auto
stores or garages. The better brands OF
anti-freeze contain such inhibitor, but
an extra dose Is advisable as q safe
guard against internal rusting. Keep
this In the cooling system while having
the car washed, very thoroughly creased,
polished and waxed. Don't change the
engine oil until ready to drive into the
storage space, and not until the engine
Is hot. This allows more complete
draining. Refill with high-grade light
oil or any non-corrosive oil recommend
ed by the car dealer.
Evening star., 1942-05-10
By William T. Rives,
Wide World News.

BROOKS FIELD, Tex.-Combat avia-
ton has its forgotten men--the me-
chanics; forgotten. that is, except by
the flyers whose exploits form new and
stirring chapters of Americas military
history.
The average citizen may never see
In his minds eye such prosaic parts
of war as those played by the OIL
stained men in the hangers and on the
runways.
He may visualize only a grim-faced
young pilot twisting and diving his plane
into position while a companion twines
an itching finger over machine-gun
trigger.
But the men whose lives depend on
the efficiency of their flying machines
and shooting equipment, as well as their
own ingenuity and daring. recognize the
importance Of the grease monkey" and
bless him every day.
One slip by q mechanic in the care
Of a motor may mean the failure of
that motor in crucial moment.
The Army Air Corps, therefore, trains
its mechanics methodically, thoroughly.
It goes further than that, fostering
q spirit OF pride in the men who keep
the planes aloft.
Competition by mechanics teams Is
encouraged, Recently Brooks Field
crew Of foul. competing against Kelly
Field team. broke what was modestly
Evening star., 1942-05-10
War on Crime Taught in School

flngerprint file, the JOY Of the newly es-
tabished Identification division, which
realizes that organization and efficiency
are needed to beat our internal enemies
as well as the Axis nations.
This Is typical Of the work done by the
N. p. A. in raising the standard OF law
enforcement in local communities. Over
six hundred graduates have left the acad-
emy and done well for themselves and
their colleagues.
Since 1889 the r. B. I. has been given
full responsibility in handling cases Of
sabotage. espionage and the like, and
promptly realized that the only way to
get results was to establish even closer
cooperation with local authorities. II
for no other reason than to eliminate
an appalling amount of time that might
be wasted on wild goose chases.
The F. B. I. investigates every COM
plant, no matter how trivial, that bears
on national security. When a report
comes In that Fritz Muller of Detroit
Is suspected Of pro-Axis activities. the
Detroit field office inquiries first of the
police In Muller's precinct, to get back
ground on him. They may find that the
only thing against Muller is his Teutonic
name, and can then write the case of.
On the other hand, they may find that
he consorts with other more sinister
characters and frequents dubious resorts.
, In which case the investigation is pushed
with the help of local authorities-until
positive evidence is uncovered justifying
Muller's arrest
To get the necessary cooperation with
police departments, quarterly conferences
are held simultaneously in 800 KEY cities
in the 56 field districts OF the F. B. l..
where new developments and methods
learned IN the last three months are
discussed. Last year alone over 1000
law enforcement agencies were involved,
and 30,272 officers attended 1854 quar-
terly conferences.
These are closed sessions-closed, that
Is. to all except duly appointed officers.
They have to be closed. for now that we
are at war the proceedings must be
secret to avoid tipping of Axis agents.
AT the meetings complaints Of anti
American activities are aired, and each
case given to competent authorities espe-
cially trained for their investigation.
One good result of the war is this
splendid cooperation and efficiency in
tracking down our enemies here and
abroad. 1t will remain to constitute q
Nationwide organization that will be
the finest the world has ever seen. The
war will never be over for criminals
not with the r. B. I. ON the job-but IL
has become Just as Improbable for them
Is It win be for criminal nations.
Evening star., 1942-05-10
By Basil Gordon.

John Edgar Hoover Is known to prac-
tically every child as "the boss Oman,
and highly respected as such. No doubt
it would come as fearful shock to them
to learn that as part Of his job he is
engaged in another far less glamorous
and hallowed trade, even an odiols-
sounding one-that Of teacher. BM 1t
Is true He is principal" Of the F. B. rs
N P. A., the National Police Academy.
Long before the academy was estab-
lished, Mr.. Hoover dreamed Of 1t. Here
in the Nations Capital was assembled q
great wealth Of ideas on law enforce
ment and crime prosecution and pre-
vention, and men carefully trained to
apply the most powerful means of coping
with offenses against the Government.
A regular treasury of lore, this, but in
accessible for use elsewhere, though
needed there as badly as in Washington.
It was just as important, he thought, to
punish or prevent crime In local COM
munities which, added together produce
the Nation, as to punish or prevent
crime in the Capital Of the Nation. And
vet, obviously, 1t would not be possible
for each of thousands of police head
quarters all over the country to develop,
independently, the knowledge so patient
ly built up by Uncle Sans F. B. I. The
thing to do was impart that knowledge.
Informally, the bureau has been doing
that for many years; formally, only since
July %, 1885, when the first session OF
the National Police Academy opened
Here is how it works-in an ideal case.
The chief of police or Mayor of Snake
Hollow, Mich-the name being fictitious
selects a bright young member Of the
police force to attend the next class in
Washington. The F. B. I. Is requested
to take him, in letter signed by the
Mayor or chief. A personal history card
is made out, and sent in with photo
graph of the applicant. The F. B. l.,
using these data, makes an investigation
of the candidates merit, finds nothing
wrong, and notifies his department that
he is eligible for the next session, begin
ming on such and such a date. The
young mans department then gives him
leave with pay, for IL weeks, plus travel
ing time from Snake Hollow to Wash
ington, his fare, and expense money
besides, from the municipal treasury.
Not all cases are ideal. Sometimes no
municipal funds are available. Some
times the politicians In control of them
will not loosen up. Neither of these
factors necessarily represents failure.
Once the F. B. I. has extended an invita-
ton, 1t is good, even If the applicant has
to hitch-hike. There are many instances
where applicants have had to use their
Evening star., 1942-05-10

own private FUNDS, but have come any.
how.
One in particular was outstanding
The student actually mortgaged his
home, out of the transaction getting
barely enough to attend the sessions, pay
for his room and have IS cents q day
left over for meals. At the conclu-
sion Of the course, he admitted this, and
said: TN spite Of the fact that I have
made these sacrifices in spite of the fact
that my home is now mortgaged, feel
that have been repaid hundredfold in
being permitted to attend the academy.
I know that my later compensation will
be increased in proportion to my ef-
ficiency for having been here and will
be repaid financially as well as by the
personal satisfaction I have in knowing
that I am better officer"
And he and his confreres are better Of
ficers for the attendance. Not only that;
upon their return, they impart their re-
Gently acquired knowledge to their fellow
workers at home and make better officers
Of them. That is the main idea-to
start waves that ripple into every back
water, each wave generating others until
police efficiency and modern methods
have covered the country.
How badly in need of efficiency many
departments were is illustrated by the
case of a graduate from Southern State.
Even after his return, his department
was too apathetic to take advantage of
what he tried to tell them. They re-
fused to keep fingerprint file.
Nothing daunted, the graduate OBJ
tanned old and current copies of the F. B.
I. Law Enforcement Bulletin, clipped out
the flngerprints and other data. and
filed them in an old cigar box. When
ever prisoners were brought In, he took
their prints and laboriously compared
them with those In his crude file.
Finally one day q prisoner was brought
In for suspicious action in running away
from a store which 1t was thought he
had attempted to burglarize. AS he
would admit nothing, and there was no
real proof against him, he was about to
be turned loose-until the N. P. A. grad
uate proudly identified him, from the
cigar box, as prisoner escaped from The
North Carolina State Penitentiary,
where he had been sentenced to 10 years
for burglary Not satisfied with this coup,
the young police followed another bit of
technique he had learned at the F. B.I.,
and kept questioning the prisoner, until
he got confessions and broke four hither-
to unsolved cases that had been black
marks against his community.
The story has happy ending. The
feature Of his department, shown with
pride to visitors, u . modern complete
Evening star., 1942-05-10
Seattle Has an Overcrowding Problem, Too

But it's not going to ask for the steel TO
build 1t. Instead, the town Is recondi-
tioning two old ferries, and building two
ferry slips on the far side. The workers
will be picked up, brought down the
channel and dumped right at their jobs.
There's one road into Bremerton which
takes $4,000 autos a day. 1t can't take
any more. So the Bremerton Housing
Authority, which has the green light to
build 5000 more war workers homes, is
going to do the unorthodox. Instead Of
building them all on a new subdivision
outside Of town-as is the rule generally
the houses will be scattered through
town. The Authority will condemn all
available open space In the town for the
houses 1t will mean that the workers
can walk to the job.
There's q gully In town that accom-
modates l43 trailers. It's one Of many,
but it's the towns eye-sore. There are
some wash tubs in the field. But that's
all the necessities there are
Bremertons banks are so rushed that
the beer parlors are pinch-hitting for
them. Up and down the main streets
you see little booths outside each beer
parlor They each have a sign saying,
"pay checks cashed here"
Thousands of Bremerton workers have
to live in Seattle-an hour and Is
minutes across Puget Sound by ferry.
That's done something to the famous
sound ferries over which tourists have
grown lyrical for years.
Those ferries now are ploving the
water on grim. rushed business. There
are four. each accommodating 2500
people. For 10 hours day they never
stop, back and forth
The boats are jammed. It's hard to
keep them clean. Men who must be at
work at am, fall sleepily onto the
ferries around $50 am. They line up
four deep around the long breakfast
counter, get some coffee, and then curl
up on benches to grab last nap.
The H. o. l.. c. has offered free advice
to any property owner who will modify
his house to accommodate more roomers.
H. o. L. c. was promptly swamped with
200 phone calls from people who were
willing.
But then came the w. P. B. order
stopping all non-defense building, except
repairs under $780, That sent a shudder
through Seattle. They can't house the
people they have. And $4,000 more COM
Ing by midsummer
Evening star., 1942-05-10
Glenn l..
Martin

equals the population of Norfolk. Va. or
Albany, N. Y. :. IF the Martin plants
were spread out on single-story level
they would blanket that part of New
York City from Thirty fourth to Forty
second streets, Seventh to Park ave-
nues."
Martins First Factory"
Thirty-four years ago Glenn Martin
worked in his first factory" an aban-
doned Southern Methodist Church he
rented for s12 a month. Even in those
days Martins plant was blacked out.
He had to paint the windows to protect
his own sanity In the eyes of acqualrlt-
ances. Although the Wright brothers
had risen into the air, flying in 1903
was for the crackpot only.
Martin, bachelor, still has letter
written to his parents in 19l0-when
he was 24-by the family physician, ap-
parently so excited he threw his book
learning out of the window. For
Heavens Sake" it began, all three words
underlined, IF you have any influence
with that wiled-eyed, Hallucinated,
Visionary young man, call him OF be-
fore he is killed. Have him devote his
energies to Substantial, feasible and
profitable persuits, leaving Dreaming to
the Professional Dreamers."
Mrs. Arninta Martin, his mother, gave
the letter to Glenn. The good, we'll
meaning doctor didn't know 1t, but Mrs.
80, H., kprnSpnp 1qnn
for her boy while he worked IN the
church on his first plane, a snazzy box
kite affair that took him something
over a year to complete. 15-horse-
power Ford engine powered it.
Martin actually ran before he learned
to walk. His first planes few before he
knew how to fly them. 1t wasn't a
question then of going to the nearest
airport and taking lessons. If you had
a plane you either taught yourself how
to fly or fed it, piece by piece, to the
stove. Martin taught himself to fly.
More, he exploited himself. He tossed
baseballs from a plane. He delivered
newspapers by air participated In races,
flew the first airmail from Dominguez
to Compton, Calf; made an air-express
fight from Fresno to Madero. Calf,
and made the first extended over-ocean
fight from Newport Bay, Calf, to Cata-
lima Island and return.
He was no movie-style daredevil.
From the beginning he was a young
man with dream. Promoting the plane
was means to an end-gaining recog-
milton for the idea and the industry that
would follow AS an aviator he had no
ambitions, other than to keep aloft. To
prove this in part, he hasn't flown more
than a dozen times in the last Is years.
But transforming in the old days
brought attention and money. And
Evening star., 1942-05-10
They Are the Forgotten Men, of Aviation

At the end of 25 flying hours, the plane
is checked even more thoroughly At
the end of so, it is washed and over
hauled.
The procedure is repeated until the
motor has hummed through the air for
500 hours. Then 1t is taken from the
plane for rebuilding, and another engine
is substituted.
Evening star., 1942-05-10

described as the world record by chang
ing the engine of an Army plane in
! hour % minutes.
1t is up to the mechanics to see that
the planes are in perfect condition each
time they take off. When ship hits
the runway after fight, the ground
crew swarms over it, checking its parts
minutely.
Evening star., 1942-05-10
Building
The Medium
Bomber for
Uncle Sam
Bv Francis E. Stan,
Star Stan Correspondent.


MIDDLE RIVER, Md.-In 1918 Glenn
Martin tried to do his part when Uncle
Sam began to roll up his sleeves and give
some thought to taking the Hun to the
woodshed. He built for the Army the old.
Justly famous model TT training plane.
The next year the Army gave him
staggering order for four warplanes, In
1915 he had dozen sea planes for the
Navy.
But in those years also Martin tramped
the streets Of Washington with plans
OF the plane he really wanted to manu-
facture for the Allies-the Martin
Bomber-in his pocket. The War De-
partment was busy. the "aeroplane" had
not proved itself as weapon of i'm
portance, and Martin, himself. wasn't
anxious to risk q budding reputation
by turning out hurried job.
This was. perhaps the only time Glenn
Luther Martin really was disappointed
Not until August of 1918. near the end
Of the First World War, did the first of
his biplane bombers appear. Disappointed
he may have been, but not discouraged
Another war seemed a long time of.
Some people were saying there never
would be another war But this man
who even in his days as transformer
looked like a flying dude resolved to
be ready, when and If.
His Bombers Were WAITING.
That's why this huge. awesome plane
plant here on the outskirts of Baltimore
Is one of the best antidotes for war blues.
Martin was ready this time with bomb
ers. When there was no overtaxing de-
mand for warplanes he digressed to build
the famed Hawaii, China and Philip
pine Clippers but he never stopped i'm
proving his bomber and when the NaZi
machine began to roll Martin was roll
ing, too.
Even when the Army demanded B-26's,
the Navy PMB's and the r. A. F. the
"Baltimores" in such quantities as to
swamp q lesser factory, Martin was pre-
pared. He added a No. plant to what
he had and it was thrown up, steel and
concrete, so breathlessly fast that even
the 56-year old pioneer, accustomed to
did" he says, "was build plant around
an assembly line" Ships were coming
OF the line while the building still was
going up.
Those who can tour the Martin COM
pany branch at Middle River and those
who work in it probably are the only
ones able to grasp It's size and appre-
ciate the efficiency within. Since the
United States formally went to war the
number Of employees is kept secret al
though before December it was noted
In the public prints that at least $4,000
would be turning out the Army's flying
torpedo" and the Nays patrol boats
"by spring"
It is permissible to make it fuzzy"
.. "the number of people dependent
upon earnings from the Martin company
Evening star., 1942-05-10

Glen Martin, 80 years ago. needed both.
He admits to being the worst movie
actor ever to ham up the screen. For
$700 day he was hired to play the vii
lain in 1915 Mary Pickford picture
called "The Girl of Yesterday" Mr..
Martin thinks the S700 was mostly for
use of his plane, but still retains, pos
sibly to amuse his friends and keep de-
jected actors from jumping off high
buildings, several stills" from the pic
ture. One of the Stills" shows him
sternly standing in a pasture. presum-
ably a landing field despite a 12-inch
growth of vegetation, with his arms
crossed and the expression (as wooden
as his plane propeller), of one who has
delivered an ultimatum to a fair lady
in distress.
Miss Pickford, extremely buxom, now
that one looks back, is helping to ham it
up by looking In another direction,
puckering her mouth and brow as If
somebody had just dropped cube Of
ice down her back. Another ham,
anonymous in the caption, is dressed in
something that seems to be a cross be-
tween the Coast Guard, Capitol Theater
ushers and white wings uniforms and
is grasping Mr.. Martins arm in (choice
Of one) anger, congratulation, sorrow,
1t was hard to tell before sound tracks,
wasn't It?
"I needed the money the movies
brought" explains Mr.. Martin, a little
apologetically, because I wanted to
turn it back into the manufacture Of
airplaneS.
A Great Manufacturer.
He did turn all money, aside from bare
expenses, back into planes. A bad
actor" he became a great prophet and
a great builder of bombers and other
whether he is better as a prophet or as
manufacturer, but any controversy is
of no consequence. Glenn Martin is un-
canny at both and he's on our side.
AS a prophet he said, in 1914: THE
aeroplane will practically decide the war
in Europe. Veritable flying death will
smash armies, wreck mammoth battle
ships and bring the whole world to a
vivid realization Of the awful possibili-
ties of few men and few swift aerial
demons"
Sometimes he merely prophesied by
deed. Twenty-nine years ago he dropped
the first bombs from an airship In an
official Army test. Long before such
things were considered reasonable, he
experimental with the dive bomber, tor
pedo-carrying, all-metal mono and sea
planes. Back to prophetic words, he
predicted last year that by July or
August of 1912 the Allies would rake
Europe with bombs because they would
have, at long last, supremacy of the air.
In 1943. he predicted two years ago, the
Allies would win the war, although this
was before Pearl Harbor
AS prophet Glenn Martin is hard to
beat. But as a bomber builder he can't
be beaten. You should see B-26!