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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07
Fighting Mans Friend
40 Years Old,
Wife WORKING;
Can | Enlist?
Class Al Citizen
Wants Active Service;
Would Join Navy
Fighting Mans Friend

? E @ / would like very
much 70 GET in the armed forces
but as ! am IN Class all. 40 years
OF age, I am ruled out.
Is there SIN a good chance Of
my being called up through the
draft by change in the age
limit
| an married nut have no chit
dren and my wife IS working, so
feel should be in active service,
Could enlist IN the navy
A--Sucgest you co 10 the
army recruiting and induction
center, 1885 East Jefferson. ~
they viii accept men over SO
who are physically iii and want
10 enlist in the armed forces.
To obtain Information pertain
ing 70 the navy co To the navy
recruiting office. third floor of
the Federal Building.
Draft regulations NAV he
changed in case of an emergency.
r. VI. C.: A-The foregoing
will answer your inquiry.
ENLISTMENT QUERY
W. w. p: Q-Friends say men
between the ages of Is and IS cam
not enlist in any branch of the
army. Is this true
Amen between the ages OF
IL and 80 may 20 tn their draft
boards and request 10 he in
Quoted.
MIR. F.. Q-i have been in Class
ga since the beginning Of the
draft and have just recently been
reclassified 10 2-B.
Does this mean that | shall be
called before those in Glass 3A?
Please explain what Class 2-B is.
A-Married men without chill
dren and single men essential to
the war production program are
placed I'm 2-B.
Only your draft board can tell
you when you will he called.
MILITARY WEIGHT
G. A. P. Q-Does the military
weight requirement vary accord
ing 10 height. or Is the minimum
the same regardless of height?
A--The minimum weight re-
quirement varies according 10
height.
MRS. o r.; Q-My husband
was IS years of age when he en-
listed in the navy
Is there any possible way be
could obtain release7
Ale should submit q writ
ten request for release to his
superior officer.
He also must present written
evidence that. II discharged, he
will be employed i'm m essential
industry.
WIFE ASKS STATUS
MRS. L. r.: @ My husband is
80 years old.
Last year he was classified in.
Class 3-B, as he is a war worker
and we have two children.
l have gone TO work in a de-
Tense plant.
Should / notify his draft board
and will II affect his classical
tom
A-Your husband automati-
cslly will be classified into Class
All. when his file il reviewed.
Men 80 TO IS wears OF age. are
placed in Glass All.
You should notify his draft
board of your employment, but
II will in no way affect his
classification.
FRIEND IN ARMY
J. R. Q-I have friend in the
army who was As years of age
two days before he was indicted.
Isn't that the age limit or has
II been changed?
AT the present time men
SO years and over are not be-
ing drafted.
However. when the Selective
Service Act went into effect,
and for some time after its en-
actment. men IS years of age
were indicted into the army, II
they were eligible.
Men in the army 80 and over
may request a release 10 20 into
war work. or in agriculture.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

competent workers has been felt by of the
plants The taken who trained
George Christopher president of Packard
recently said that the army had of the finest groups of
the world because the he had trained
1910 for Rolls engine work had gradually been taken into
the armed forces.
"Snce then. learned our lesson added Christopher
"We train women instead"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

Contains FIVE of the vitamins es-
sential to your well-being! Vita
minis A, B, c, d, E, in two. eolored
capsule form
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-07

What happens when you don't rotate your tires.
These four tires. made of reclaimed rubber have all had
the amount of wear, 1926 miles, and
run IS miles hour. The two the right were
used the wheels and show excessive which
could have been avoided by rotation The tests
Quoted by r. r. Goodrich Company.
Evening star., 1943-09-21

the feat probably was impossible.
Mr.. Lands persisted. RCA told him
to try and assigned their own opti-
cal experts and mathematician
under supervision of DR.. I. G. Ma
loft.
Three times Mr.. Maloff and Mr..
Lands designed special lenses. The
third attempt made it clear that
once more the impossible had been
achieved.
Lens Shaped Like Letter S.
The scientists computed and made
queer lens that takes the rays
reflected from the teacup, straight
ems them out and focuses them.
This lens is shaped like a letter S.
There are other improvements.
In the background are three light
valves, each incredible in its own
way. The valves aim to do way
with the f1uorescent screen. They
are transparent substances which
vibrate in unison with the incom-
Ing television voltages. A powerful
arc light beam shines through them,
taking its light and shadows from
the vibrations. and producing a
spot of light with plenty of bril-
lance for large screens.
One, the Skiatron Of Scophony
Ltd, passed the are light through
transparent crystals. Each vibra-
tion darkens the crystals in propor-
ton to the television voltages.
RCA has a light valve in which
graphite particles, suspended in a
transparent oil, vibrate to the tele-
vision beam.
The third valve transfers the
television voltages into liquid, as
supersounds. The inaudible sounds
compress particles of liquid accord
ing to strength of the voltages, and
again shade the beam of light. This
one differs from the others by using
a system of tiny mirrors, on fast
revolving drums, one doing 10000
revolutions a minute, to reflect the
spot to the screen. The other two
valves control the spot electronic-
ally.
There is another television eve.
Evening star., 1943-09-21
Optimistic Report
On Munitions Held Up
By War Department
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press
A War Production Board report
on increased munitions output In
August has been held up at the War
Department, 1t was learned last
night, because officers there believe
1t sounds too optimistic.
The report is said authoritatively
to show munitions gain Of I per
cent for the month and a climb Of
rs points in the munitions index,
compared with the point increases
registered in May and June when
tagging production caused officials
deep concern.
Due for issuance September Is,
the report was ready September IL
except for clearance with the Army,
Navy, Maritime Commission and
other agencies to which it is nor.
mally sent before publication.
WPB spokesmen declined to COM
ment on its nonappearance, except
to say that it might be out today.
Other Government sources, how
ever, said the War Department had
asked that certain phrasing be toned
down and language inserted to show
that production, while improved, still
is behind schedule in most categories
of arms.
The requested changes were made
and the report sent to the War De-
partment the second time. It had
not been returned last night.
Evening star., 1943-09-21
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
Associated Fl. SIS Science Writer

NEW YORK. Sept. 21.-The de.
mandS of war have so speeded the
development of electronics that
television promises to be the first
big, new postwar industry.
Prospects now are that the first
two years of peace will bring tele-
vision to full headway in this coun-
try. 1t promises to be another
billion-dollar business, and is count
ed on to cushion the change from
war to peace jobs.
Nine prewar television stations
are carrying on for the duration
with shortened programs The Fed
eral Communications Commission
has on file applications for II new
stations. There are, built or applied
for, Is portable transmitters, the
eyes by which television moves
about.
Wars aid is indirect, but tremen-
dous. There are in mass produc-
tion tubes which recently were only
dreams to television experimenters.
War has cut the cost of some tubes
from nearly 500 each to less than
$40. True, these are not television
tubes, but their principles can be
adapted.
Many Experts Trained.
War has trained large forces of
Workmen, thousands of engineers
and numerous industrial establish
ments qualified to switch to televi-
sion manufacture when peace
comes.
Television engineers talk of $50
sets, limited to small-size images,
but think the public will want some
thing better.
Many persons are asking: Shall
I have to scrap my present radio set
for television?" The answer is no.
Present sound sets \ will not be
scrapped for years, if ever. But
radio will sell two sets in one, sound
and teleyision, and perhaps three
in-one, with frequency modulation.
The accessory arts, sciences, pro-
fessions and industries which tele-
vision will build up promise to break
records. Postwar television will
bring a new art into acting, more
intimate than either stage or screen.
There will be new forms of adver-
tising.
The fact that television reception
is limited to about IS miles from q
station Is problem. The only
present way of overcoming that is by
networks. and the speed with which
these networks spread will depend
on the quality of television. The
quality recently attained and in
Evening star., 1943-09-21
1t. Branch, Reported Missing,
Is Nozi Captive, Father Hears
District Flyer
Twice Decorated
For Navigation

Second 1t. Peter w. Branch, 23.
who was reported missing in action
by the War Department last April.
is prisoner Of the Germans, his
father has learned.
Twice decorated for meritorious
achievement as the navigator on
bombing missions over France and
Germany, 1t. Branch wears the Air
Medal and the Oak Leaf Cluster.
A graduate OF Western High
School, he attended George WASH
ington University for short time
until his appointment as a deck
cadet by the Maritime Commission
In January. 1910. In May Of that
year he enlisted in the Royal Ca
madam Air Force but returned to
this country shortly before Christ
mas to join the American forces.
1t. Branch received his training
at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala,
and Muroc Air Base. Calf. He has
been overseas since October, ls42.
Two brothers are in the services
1t. Hugh Branch, with the Army
Air Forces in this country, and VIII
liam r. Branch, third ofiicer In the
Merchant Marine, who recently has
re0rned from the Mediterranean
theater,
Evening star., 1943-09-21
War Research in EIectronics
Speeds Future of TeIevision

prospect appears sufficient. The
technical improvements alone are
estimated at IS to 100 per cent over
prewar standards.
Some of the instruments are mag
ical. One brings sevenfold in
crease in pickup sensitivity, that is
in seeking a scene.
1t Is fact that on q rainy after
noon of late November this year
the last quarter of a football game
could be televised with no illumina-
tion other than the twilight. More
surprising, the person looking at
the game on tele screen could see
its details better than the spectator
in the stands. The advantage of
the new electronic eye is about
equal to giving the spectator in the
grandstand a pair of field glasses.
Instrument Like Human Eye.
The tube which gives this seven
fold greater sensitivity is RCA's
orthicon. Basically, this instrument
is like the human eye, whose retina
has about 100000, 900 light-sensitive
cells. The orthicon's retina is a
plate with 100000 bits OF light
sensitized silver.
This eye goes back about IS years.
An Englishman, A. A. Campbell
Swinton, described how it should
work at time when science lacked
the instruments. A Russian, Boris
Rosing, in the st. Petersburg of
that day, designed an electronic cir
cult with the right principle. One
OF his students was DR.. Vladimir K.
Zworykin, now of RCA. Years later,
after coming to America, Mr.. ivory
kin perfected the first electronic
eye and named it the iconoscope.
The orthicon is an improved ICON
oscope. The mechanical retina
stores voltages, one in each bit of
silver, each voltage proportional to
the light or shade of the image To-
.cused at that particular point on
the plate. A pinpoint beam OF elec-
irons brushes across the plate, push
ing out the tiny voltages from the
bits of silver, sending them in sue
cession into transmitting circuit.
The electron beam moves across
the plate, counting to and fro, 80, 1000
times = second, line at time, to
accomplish one clearing of the bits
of silver. In doing this 1t releases
about 100000 little voltages, each
.one a bit of the scene on the sensi-
tive plate.
s At the receiving end, these volt
ages are given again to pinpoint
stream of electrons, which draws
them across the screen, one line at
a time, 525 lines in all to reproduce
the original scene. The screen is
Evening star., 1943-09-21
owl Reorganization
And Custer Of Davis
Demanded by Taber
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Once Of War Information
was set up today as the target for
the first economy drive since Con-
gress returned from its summer
recess.
Their operations are a continuing
menace" said Representative Taber
of New York, ranking Republican
on the House Appropriations Com
mittee. He urged a reorganization
OF Owl and removal of its admins
traitor, Elmer Davis.
The New Yorker, who led last
summers fight which resulted in
drastic curtailment of OWI's domes-
tic service, told reporters he be-
lleved Mr.. Davis should be replaced
by "a trained executive"
Asks Business Specialist.
"Mr. Davis has neither the capacity
nor the desire to reorganize the
agency" he said. I'VE need to put
some kind of a business specialist
at work down there to get things in
order"
Mr.. Taber also criticized the owl
overseas activities, which he charged
were getting worse instead of bet
ter, and emphasized that his views
on Mr.. Davis applied also to Robert
sherwood, playwright head of the
Overseas Division.
Given approximately $50. .OOO, 900
out OF a request for ,$48, ,000, 900 last
summer. owl is understood to have
gone before the Budget Bureau al
ready for approval Of request to
Congress for additional funds.
Barry Measure Pending.
Legislation to abolish the agency
outright and transfer its functions
to the State Department is pending
before a House committee, but no
immediate action Is expected. It
was introduced by Representative
Barry Democrat OF New York;.
From Representative johnson
Democrat of Oklahoma), a mem
Der of the Appropriations Subcom-
mtttee on Deficiencies, came warn
ing that not only owl but all other
agencies not directly tied in with the
war effort face difiiculty in obtain
Ing more funds from Congress.
Mr.. johnson, whose committee
started hearings today on supple
mental funds for maternal and child
care for dependents of servicemen,
said he favored giving the Army
and Navy every dollar they need
but trimming to the bone and then
some the agencies not engaged in
handling war activities"
Evening star., 1943-09-21

fluorescent and on it the electron
beam appears as a point of light.
The beam goes SO fast that the
point is never seen, only the COM
plete picture, which is traced in
full 80 times each second. The
diameter of the spot is barely over
one-hundredth of an inch. It's
speed Is 3 miles second in drawing
12-inch picture; 225 miles for a
9-inch picture.
Good television requires larger
screens, 18 by "a inches for homes,
and Is to 20 feet in diameter for
the theater. That means for theater
use projecting the small, fiuorescent
picture through lens. The f1uores-
ent light is weak for this.
Overcoming the handicap of not
enough light for the best projection
brought another seemingly impos-
sible feat and another new instru-
ment for postwar television. To get
this, television turned to astronomy
for aid.
Working for RCA was D. o. Lam
dis, a young man, short, quiet,
serious, with two notable character
istics. He never seemed to stop
work and he had zeal for optics.
Mr.. Lands knew about a new
type OF telescope, the Schmidt re-
f1ector, set up in advance on Mount
Palomar, Calf. AS an aid to the
200-inch worlds greatest telescope.
The 200-inch telescope isn't up yet,
but the Schmidt reflector is SEN
sation.
1t uses a mirror to photograph
stars. The peculiar thing is the
shape of this mirror. 1t is spherical.
1t Is like using the whole interior
OF teacup as mirror.
Mr.. Lands thought that cup
shape mirror would be good for
projecting the fluorescent television
image. Stick the end of small
fiuorescent television tude down into
teacup-shaped mirror and you
certainly would gather most all the
light. That was about what Mr..
Lands did. The trouble was to
focus these reflected rays.
Optical experts told Mr.. Lands
Evening star., 1943-09-21
I'D. {. Marine Flyers
Play Leading Roles in
Downing 33 Planes

The SwaShbucklers, a squadron OF
marine fighter pilots in whose ex-
ploits two Washingtoniahs have
played leading roles, have destroyed
50 japanese planes in two tours of
duty, an Associated Press dispatch
from an advanced South Pacific air
base reported today.
Commander of the squadron is
Maj. John R. Burnett, 1901 Mas
sachusetts avenue NV. Leading
the group in the number of enemy
planes destroyed, with six victories
In aerial combat to his credit. is 1t.
Alvin j. Jensen, 1886 Eleventh
street NV.
According to marine public re-
lations officer, the Swashbucklers
recently made a daring attack on
the important Japanese air base at
kah1li, Bougainville Island. Swoop-
ing down on 20 enemy planes that
were circling for landing. they shot
three out of the air. Then thev
sprayed the field with machine
bullets, killing about so japanese
ground crewmen, burning five trucks
and shattering the fields control
tower.
On another occasion, according to
the Associated Press report, the
SWsshbucklers shot down 10 planes
in single fight. They also saved
a United States Navy seaplane ten
der by downing three attacking
bombers and driving off the rest.
1t. Jensen, former Government
Printing Office employe, was report
ed in The Star last Wednesday as
having destroyed eight Japanese
planes on the ground in the raid on
the Bougainville Island base, adding
these to his previous total of six
downed in aerial combat.
Maj. Burnett, whose wife, Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Burnett, is employed
by the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton, has shot down two japanese
craft on the squadron's recent mis-
sions, in addition to his "outstand-
Ing leadership" the A. P. report said.
Earlier exploits of Maj Burnett
were recounted in The Star on
April %.
Evening star., 1943-09-21
0PA Requests Lewis
To Explain Auto Trip
10 Springfield, III.
BY the Associated Press.


John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, was requested
by the Alexandria War Price and
Rationing Board today to furnish
q full and complete itinerary" of
an automobile trip he made to
Springfield. Ill.,, on August II. The
board was instructed some time ago
to investigate reports that Mr.. Lewis
violated OPA regulations in making
the trip.
A letter, signed by j. S. Douglas,
jr., chief clerk Of the board, asked
that the information be supplied
at your earliest convenience.
in order that all interested parties
may be informed and satisfied"
District OPA officials at Richmond
said II Mr.. Lewis made the trip
for the purpose Of visiting his moth
er he would be guilty of violating
part Of the non-essential driving
ban Gin effect at that time) for that
patr of the trip to the Virginia
border. If the trip was for busi-
ness purposes, no violation would be
involved.
Evening star., 1943-09-21
National Dog Week
Observance Starts

National Dog Week opened here
yesterday with an inspection of some
125 homeless dogs at the pound by
Poundmaster Frank E. Marks. Wis
itors included members of the HUI
name Education Society and the
National Society for Humane Regu-
lation of Vivisection, sponsors of the
18th annual observance stressing the
value of dogs in community.
Robert E. Acorn, 560S Western
avenue, Chevy Chase, Md, who ad-
dressed the meeting, praised the
work of Mr.. Marks as poundmaster
Mr.. Acorn, author of THE Duke" a
story of his former pet, also COM
mended the work of James P. Briggs,
president of the Humane Education
Society.
Continuance of the observance
will be marked by a meeting at 8
pm. tonight at the Landover (Md)
Kennels, at which the Proper Care
of Dogs" will be discussed.
Other dog week programs include
Aims of the Week" radio talk by
Mr.. Briggs over station VOL at 8 80
am. Wednesday, and meetings at
pm. Wednesday and Thursday in
room 227, 1410 H steet NV. George
Coulon will address the Wednesday
group on Best Dog Foods Avail
shle." On Thursday Thomas w.
eend will speak on why Dogs
Should Not Be Vivisected."
Evening star., 1943-09-21

Philo T. Farnsworth's image dis
sector, which uses the fact that
when a scene is focused on a
f1uorescent screen, electrons as well
as light are emitted by the screen.
The image dissector captures the
electrons. focuses them in the pat
tern of the scene, and then swings
this field Of electrons like a photo,
to and fro past tiny hole. The
electrons 60 through the hole, thus
dissecting the picture, and placing
the bits figuratively end to end for
electronic transmission.
Evening star., 1943-09-21
Norman Davis Returns

NEW YORK, Sept. 81 (P.-Nor-
man H. Davis, chairman of the
American Red Cross, arrived here
by plane yesterday after a months
inspection trip in England, North
Africa and Sicily.
Evening star., 1943-09-21

War bonds are just as much a
weapon as a warplane or a long
range gun; how many bonds do you
own? Back the Attack" with War
bonds.
Evening star., 1943-09-21

1t. Branch Is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Randolph Branch, 1888 Twen-
tieth street NV. His father is an
attorney with the Federal Trade
Commission.
Bradley beam., 1943-12-11
WHAT arc you fighting for?

soldiers of both life You from that will and In hold heads high 
 try called
 Others working supply with the and the in earnestly effectively contributes the asked life itself for country and
 of blood sacrifice by who their sacred honor They reached called which bavely To the defense general You will You
 From e
 by the HONORABLE HENRY L. STIMSON,
Bradley beam., 1943-12-11
The AAF So|utes theWAC

Pvates, before good the Womens Army Corps preparing and tribute members of the officially proclaimed The Air Salute WAC day and suitable scheduled at O installations where Air WACs stationed Air and their strength steadily At first glance would bit that this should single whom Americans regard gentle mild helping AAF 
 How do add to the bomb, load oo Berlin? important work directly AAF probably military effort This particularly in the training program Air WACs direct landings and takeofs give ground instruction radio
  weather and do tasks H. H. Arnold Commanding General of the AAF, and work The Air WACs the of their country
 highly of the members Arnold stated.
 Americ should be as
Bradley beam., 1943-12-11
PROMOTIONS
93d Fighter Control Squadroa

To Staff Sergeant:
 Sgts. Paul c. Henry and Paul A. Johnson.
 To Sergeant:
 Cpls. Israel J. Lappin, Murray w. Colding, Joseph J. Bindas, Harry B. Lewellen, Robet H. Linton, David w. Schlender, John w. Tribastone Howard E. Harmening, Max Sol omon, Nicholos Campriello, Robert A. Goldberg, Anthony G. Pontieri Jr., Lonnie E. Hagler, Loren R. Babcock, George w. Brandt, liar old A. Bush, and Bernard Fishkin. To Corporal:
 Pies. John L. Keimeyer, Gordon K. Sharpless, Charles L. Fitzgerald, James o. Bogie, William E. Pleins. William o. Tomlinson, George W Rugman, Milton Gold, Charles M Osman, William K. MsCammon Gordon Campbell; Pvts. Clarence P. Bailey, Frank M. Hosig and Claude A. Lee.
 To Private First Class:
 Pvts. Francis A. Bergeron, ST., Carlis R. Bingham, Thomas l.. Smith, Franklin Guildner, Irving T, Chandler, John A. Peterson, Don ato Morgigno, Morgan Powell, and James l.. Gervais.
Bradley beam., 1943-12-11

NOT AT No. Hts the U. s. C-69 Constellation" a long-range trans port plane, powered by Four radia] engines. It's fuselage is long and rounded. The low set wings are swept back on the leading edge and swept forward slightly on the trail ing edge to pointed tips. The lead ing edge of the tailplane is swept back and the trailing edge tapers slightly to rounded tips. It has tri- pie fins and rudders. Let it pass.
 Courtesy Dodd, Mead & Co.,, publi
Bradley beam., 1943-12-11

speaking of course of the much heard "dit-dit-dit-dah."
 The last number of the program will be the Lily Pons recording of Gounod's Ave Maria, one of the most widely known of Gounod's religious works.
 These are all request numbers we aim to please!