Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-27

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MR.. PICKERING wasn't. y u
novice fliers DO freeze occasion
ally, and i'm such cases the result
is liable r. be the Same-de-
struction of two lives and, as a
comparatively lesser matter, the
loss Of an airplane.
Why doesn't somebody In au-
thority see about having these
training ships equipped with n
mechanism 10 dlsengage the
students set OF controls?
Well cOncede that freezing
happens far less often now than
II did I'm the last war. That still
doesn't mean that the danger
should be neglected.
An instructor, II he can dis
Engage the students controls.
has a chance Of landing the ship
safely. With the controls inter
locked. and the student clutch
ing them In a death grip--in
this case that isn't just figura-
tive eNpression-aI the instruc-
tor can do IL match his strength
against the students, and hope.
Perhaps some engineer might
work out n method so that all
Of the students controls can he
disconnected instantly. Even
lacking that. there II no reason
why rather simple contrivances
can't he installed, one TO olsen
gage the stick and one or two
others 10 disengage the rudder.
The cost wouldn't be great.
bur averting even one crash
would be no small saving. Purely
aside from the unreasonable
value Of human lives. the dol
lars and cents cost OF a fatal
freeze is large Somebody has
estimated that We have ST 900
invested in an instructor. Add
10 this the plane and the stu
dent.
We leave il 10 YOU 10 calcu-
late the other loSSes-Including
the loss written on the features
Of a straight. lean man whom
we saw walking, with set face,
down Washington boulevard. He
was Il. MungerS father.
J. r. HARDING called with
thi- remark, I was in the office
Of a man out az ChrySler he
said. and happened 10 see a
drawer containing maybe 40
packages f-tiekets-I- asked
what they we're. and he said
oh. tickets that We buy when
people come and ask US TO sup
port this or that
II I asked him what they did
9th them. and he said. Why
we lust throw them in this
drawer and after a while We
throw them out again
allow about sending the tick
cts down 10 the USO or some
such organization. Just In caSe7
The man at ChrySlcr said II
hadn't occurred TO him but he
thought II was good idea
Might sound like good idea 10
other people. too, mlghtn't II?
NOTES from n brief trip 10
Cleveland, our neighbor city
down the lake: They've set up a
Womanpower Center there. TO
operate as an agency supple
mental 10 the L. =. Employ
ment Service Papers have
stories about thefts Of ration
coupons.
Sam Phillips, until recently
Detroiter, may 60 into the army
as n ma lor, If he passes one or
two more physical tests
Dave Darvas, one Of the most
promising of the new group Of
pictorial photographers, is
gloomy about the camera salons
while the war Is on, hut cheerful
over word that his sister, a De-
troiter. just married an army
man.
Dawes brother. Lou, artist on
the Press and former buddy of
Jack Miner and Al Duckett Of
this paper. II la and antici-
mating induction pretty soon.
You can start an argument
any time by asking. Would YOU
rather live in Detroit or Cleve-
land ," Here are a few Of the
answers we got: "Cleveland's a
more civilized city -. There's
much more life in Detroit-they
don't even have night club
here Detroit hasn't been
Ast TO live in since in got so big.
a wouldn't live there on a bet
The trouble with Cleveland
Is that all the people are so set
in their ways that they won't
try anything new.
Some Ohio cities already have
blackout traffic lights - wide
viSors 10 shield the lights. and
the lenses reduced so that only
a small portion, shaped like a
cross. is visible =. | didn't like
II when We began the no-left-
turn-on-red-lights here. Since
going back 10 the old system.
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