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The Nome nugget., 1944-07-03

We've heord that they are smashing At our foe sparing neither steel nor sweat nor blood in one final, furious assault that marks the supreme mili- tary effort of this War!
 And wl,of news do Eisenhower uncB Mn men expect from Us?
 Men and women of America what the Invasion IS to our fighting men, the 9th War Loan IS to us at home!
 For us, as well as for them, this IS the crisis-the time for tremendous, overwhelming effort! Make no mis- take! The 9th War Loan will undoubt- edlybe the biggest, most vitally impor-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
Big Mat Crowds,
Holds Two Shows

Fairview Gardens will become
a two-night per week wrestling
club this week, promoters Harry
Light and Jack Giroux having
obtained permission from Com
missioner John J. Hettche to try
out this plan in view Of the turn
away crowds they have been
entertaining almost weekly this
indoor season.
The first show this week Is
on Tuesday with double Bit,
Tiger Jack Moore, newest popu-
larity boy from Tucson, Ariz., VS..
Paul BoZZell, the bad man, and
a bearded miner from Denver,
Red Dawson, VS.. Rene LaBelle,
French grappler. Both are one
hour time limit. One-fall matches
are Nick Billings VS., Dale Wayne
and Jackie Nichols VS.. Irish Nc
Gee.
The second card, Saturday, will
be headlined by an Australian tag
bout, the principals to be an
nounced later.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
Table Tennis
WindUp Sunday

With the entry list featured by
Servicemen and Selectees, the state
open table tennis tourney con-
cludes this Sunday afternoon and
night at Fairview Gardens.
Chuck Burns of Detroit. third
ranking player nationally and de-
Tending champ, heads the list
while awaiting his army call. Pfc.
Cliff Bisher, former fourth rank
ing player in the state and Lee
Webb of the navy are his main
threats.
Womens contenders are Mrs.
Koolery Wilson, defend
ing champion; Mrs. Marie Van
Loon Nash, former city title win
ner, and Jean Smith, Is, of Ann
Arbor, runner-up last year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
Strict Rules Fail
To Daunt Cadets,
CAP Finds No Drop
in Procurement

Tightening of Army Air Corps
requirements has served only to
challenge further the youth of
Michigan. according to Capt. Don
Dawson, state procurement officer
fer the Michigan wing, and Capt.
Carl T. Olsen of the AAF cadet
examining board, with whom Da-
viSon co-operates.
Speaking from Grand Rapids
Saturday after a weeks tour of
outstate squadrons. Capt. Dawson
said cadet procurement had not
dropped anywhere in spite of re-
viSed and stringent physical re-
quirements."
Capt Olsen confirmed this re-
port He said the air corps still
is seeking quantity ito get quality
and we are getting both" al
though eye tests have gone back
fFef4a- 229-3e-te- 2e-2e,- tiraftces TO
longer may be processed and
transfers from enlisted personnel
no longer are permitted.
Capt. Olsen pointed out that
weight and height requirements
for the air corps remain the same.
Eligible weights are from los 70
200 pounds, depending on height.
Height is from 5 feet 4 inches to
6 feet 6 inches.
Capt. Mel Holderness, in charge
of instrument flight instruction on
the ground as we'll as in the air,
has begun Monday and Friday
night classes for applicants seek
ing TO take their CAA written ex-
aminations. They are held from
8 to 10 p. m. at Detroit City Air
port. Heldef'ness also has been
giving air lessons in instrument
flying for the last three weeks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
American AirIines
Planes Fly Alaska

Planes may not have nine lives,
but many of them have at least
two, as current operations by the
A | a ska Airlines prove. When
American Airlines standardized
its equipment in 1886. it disposed
of the planes which il had been
using on various routes through
out the system. Some of them
went to Alaska and there they are
still flying, with everything from
L. s, mail and mining equipment
to chickens and COWS as cargo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
Fighters WiHStake
Records Monday
MandelI and Lswer
Clash at Arcadia

Jimmy Haudcii, Buffalo middle
weight. and Johnny Lawer. Cieve-
land middleweight protege of
Johnny RiSko, viii wind up train
TuE- TINS Sunday IN Monroe 4. G..
for their l0-round battle on the
Arcadia fight card Monday night
Both fighters will enter the
ring with substantial victories
under their belts. Mandells de-
ciSive win over Howell King two
weeks ago should make him a
slight tavorite However, Lawers
victory last week over Sam
Hughes was also in good taste, be-
cause Hughes had chalked up three
straight knoCkouts before meeting
LaWer.
Matchmaker John Scotty"
Stfaehan announced hts complete
supporting card today. II features
Harold WILD AAii-aif442
lightheaYy, against Gene Simmons
OF indianapolis, in the siX-round
SimiWindup.
ReiSS is unbeaten as pro. Sim
mons gave Eddie Taylor a tough
battle here two weeks ago.
.i'he=EiX-FeH4d= main pHeiim has
Johnny Montreal Buffalo light
weight, squaring off against Eddie
Carson of Chicago.
Four FOUNDERS are: Monte Klein,
University of Michigan. vs.. Johnny
NarSey Detroit al lao pounds;
Bill Daniels, Detroit, vs. Count De
MaffeW- Bahamas, at Ice pounds.
and Irish Red Duffy. Detroit, vs.
Bill Macarthur, Detroit, at l36
pounds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
Softbd|| Body
Plans Big Year

DetUit Softball Association ac-
tivities for 1874 Will be on a
larger scale than AZ any time
since its organization.
The league this year will op-
crate with three divisions and al
ready y Of the needed "a teams
have been awarded franchises
while q half dozen others have APP
Piled in the mems division seven
teams have qualified: Hudson
IA, Briggs Bombers, Defour
Builders, Stt-.Giair Shores. Frue-
hauf Johnson and Local -154
Transfers, VirgeS and Local Z
have applied for the other fran
ChiSpS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
Talks on Normandie

One of the biggest salvage jobs
of the war, the righting of the
former S. S. Normandie, now the
u. S. S. Lafayette, was described
in detail to members of the En-
gineering Society of Detroit by A.
c. w. Siecke. consulting engineer
with the ritt-Chapman &
Scott Corp.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
Service SIS in Semis

Scmiinals in the Servicemen's
Basketball tFarue playoffs pair
Coast Guard against Detroit Coast
Guard az 7%0>and Naval Auuory
against Military Police at S 80
p. m, wednesday, az St Clair
EATn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
GDBA Cage PIayoffs
To Continue Sunday

Third round games in the
Greater Detroit Basketball ASSo-
citation playoffs will be held this
RiRht- ai-4Iat-iectt-f 'Ieiri=
house. Two games, participants
decided IN Saturdays second
round encounters. are scheduled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
SuHrin g Holds Tryouts

Suffrin baseball team, managed
by "Cincy' Sachs and coached by
Tony Dugray IN The DEF, holds
first uyout and drill al Kronk next
Sunday, 10 a. m. 70 II noon. and
Hackett Field House March %,
$40 D. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
lntercity CAGE Meet

Wums, Class BIB champ. and
San Francisco, Class b winner.
represent Detroit in The intercity
tourney starting Monday in Hack
EFT Field House and high schooI
and continuing until March -.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
So MILLION VEHICLES

The current capacity in the au-
tomotive industry for producing
wartime horsepower traces 10
the constant expansion and i'm
provement of manufacturing ia
cilities in the last 30 years. In
1914, the year of the outbreak of
World War I. the industry turned
out a haff milton cars and trucks.
Just two years later annual out
put was boosted to a million We
hicies.
The two million milestone was
passed in 1920; the four million in
1923, and the all-time high of
nearly five and one-half million
in 1929 In 194l, the last full year
of car production, the industry
turned out 4.S3S,561 cars and
trucks. Since 1900, more than sc
million vehicles have rolled from
automotive assembly lines, so per
cent of the worlds total.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
BAILEY IN CHARGE

Officials Of the tournament this
year are William s. Bailey. chief
executive officer; Ernest p. BTouS-
seau, chief range officer: John s.
Spraguer chief statistical officer.
Charles Bottoms. chief reCistra-
ton officer: Ted Hannaford. chief
awards officer: Phyllis Brown.
chief OF women's and girls events:
jerry Splitter. chief sqUadding
officer; Frank Kahrs. chief an
nounced.
The following is the program Of
events. and competitors are ad-
v1sed 90 clip and save for future
reference:
OPEN B-MAN TEAM
-Four positions 10 shots each position
any sights Competitors IN this event MOI
eligible 20 tire In any other event, except
ciNlisn defense hve-nan team
OPEN B-woMAN TEAM
Twenty shots. prone any sights Com
peutors IN this event eligible 20 IRE IN the
~omen's open Individual
oPEN INDIVIDUAL
-Four positions, 10 shots Arh position
any sights -Four dixlsiaHt.- pefie,,.
boys and girls. Members Of mems open
fvs-mAn team not eligible.
JUNIOR TEAM MATCHES
Twenty shots. prone, i've competitor
teams, iron sights. two divisions boys
Anc girls. Open 20 all juniors under 10
shooters IN this event not eligible % enter
novice individual matches,
NOVICE INDIVIDUAL MATCHES
twenty shots, prone, any sights four
divisions. men, women BOYS aud girls
AAy competitor wfro has evrr won rrtze
or medal In any shoot including Hearst.
Times. not eligible
RIFLE SCHOOL GRADUATES
Individual matches. four divisions four
positions IN shots eHeh position open to-
graduates of small arms firing schools
since June I, 1919 Entry must be made
BY Instructor Of rife school where com
pe,itor graduated. Basic training rules 20
govern
OPEN b-MAN TEAM CIVILIAN
DEFENSE
-Four positions. 10 Snots each position
any sights. open 10 members Of Michigan
State Troops, auxiliary police and sheriff
units Not shot concurrently with any
other event but competitors eligible 10
nre in open events.
MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR
TEAM MATCHES
For state interScholaStic title Four com.
pttiior teams tboys and gris), positions.
10 shots prone. hneelinC and standing
iron sights. Must be enrolled IN schools
which they represent. Competitors IN this
event eligible for other junior matches
Must be hred Saturday June 8
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
LIST Program
For Hedrst-Ti
Rifle Tourney
Ry Don GnLIEs
Rife Club News


Eight officials Of the Hearst
Times Rife Tournament met last
week and drew up rules and the
program for the forthcoming
shoot set for Olympia. June 3-4
Among important changes viii
be the return 10 a 2o-Shot prone
match in the womens open team
event. However. members OF
women'S teams Will be permitted
10 fire in the open individual.
s0-Shot four position match for
which prizes Will be provided for
top women shooters.
The open individual this year
viii be divided into four divisions
with prizes for men, women, boys
snS-gi Fis.-9t4fr- shooters not
eligible are competitors on mems
open teams.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
Industry Meets
War sChdIIenqe
On Horsepower
20, 900 Plane Engines
Produced So Far
Turn Out 297, $50, 900

Reviewing the role of horse
power in the war, the Automotive
Council for War Production
pointed out Saturday that millions
Of engines have rolled from assem-
bly, lines since hoStlities began,
and among them 10000 aircraft
engines, which alone represent
297 10000 man-made horsepower.
Although the total horsepower
produced by the industry for war
is not available because
of the large number at weapons
still on secret lists, the aircraft
* ff;stif2---tt44t-f4t-ccf1parrS 70 ttr1e-cUr1=
blned generating capacity of 81
Boulder dams and So Grand Cou-
lee dams or % nearly 80 horse
power for every man in the armed
forces.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
ENCEED STEAM POMER

OF interest, too is the fact that
Diesel type internal combustion
engines now exceed steam power
in the United States navy. AS an
example OF this. all four major
type landing craft now figuring
prominently IN current battlefront
dispatches we're powered ny Die
sells, II per cent of which are pro-
duced by a single automotive
company.
Illustrative of the extent with
which mechanical power has been
adapted 10 the demands of mill
tary science. the council dis
closes that the armys foot sol
dierS have 100000 horsepower per
division al their disposal. This
represents an 1000 per cent in
crease over the 5000 horsepower
of the World War ] infantry di-
vision.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19
MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL. JUNIOR
TEAM MATCHES

For state inierschoastic title Four com.
petiior teams tboys and giris), 3 positions
10 shots, prone, hneelinC and standing
iron sights. Must be enrolled IN schools
which they represent Competitors IN this
event eligible for other junior matches
Must be hred Saturday, June g.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19

-Four positions. 10 Snots each position.
any sights. open 10 members OF Michigan
state Troops, auxiliary police and sheriff
units Not shot concurrently with any
other event but competitors eligible 70
fire IN open events
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-19

ADVERTISEMENT
Evening star., 1944-12-17

| eretta, works for chamber music
groups, piano, voice and violin and
| is proficient on several musical in
Istruments.
Stravinsky's -Four Norwegian
Moods" will be given a local pre-
miere by the orchestra on the We'd
nesday evening, $3.50 O'Clock, all
subscription concert. Other num-
bers to be played by the orchestra
will be Johann Christian Bach's
"Sinfonia in B Flat" and DR.. Kin
dler's arrangement of Liszt's Sixth
Hungarian Rhapsody which was
we'll received here two weeks ago.
Mr.. Francescatti chose Beethoven s
I'D Major Concerto" Heard here
last season with the Philadelphia
Orchestra, Mr.. Francescatti created
a ftrore with his performance of
IPaganiniS ID Major Concerto" re-
peal ting the success of his American
debut in 1899 with the New York
philharmonic. He inherited his tai
ent for the violin from his father,
his first teacher and a former pupil
of Sivori. The latter had the dis
tlnction OF having been identified
with Paganini as his best-known
student. Wednesday nights concert
will mark Mr.. Francescatti's first
appearance with the National SYM
ebony
Evening star., 1944-12-17
Two Celebrated Violinists
To Play With Orchestra

Efrem Zimbalist and Zinc Fran
cescatti, famous violinists, will be
heard with the National Symphony
Orchestra in Constitution Hall this
week. Mr.. zimbalist, soloist this
afternoon, 4 o'clock, will play the
IGlazounov Concerto in D Major
with which he made his American
debut exactly SO years ago with the
Boston Symphony. He will introduce
his own fantasy on Rimsky- -Korsa-
kov's LIE Cog dor" played by him
here some time ago, however, with
piano accompaniment. AS novelty
for orchestra, DR.. Hans Kindler will
present William Bergsma's Music
on Quiet Theme" to be played
first time anywhere Beethoven s
Symphony No. 2, in D Ma jor" and
Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos.
2 and s. will complete the program.
A former student of Leopold Auer,
Mr.. Zimbalist graduated from the
Russian Imperial Conservatory with
high honors at the age of II and
made since two world tours, playing
IN recital and with the greatest Or
Ichestras in the world. His connection
with the Curtis Institute of Phila-
|delphia, as head of the violin de-
|partment, did not interfere with his
public appearance and he is
frequently heard In concerts and
over the radio AS a composer the
noted violinist contributed to va
rious field He has written an op-
Evening star., 1944-12-17
OES ActiDities
In Local Chapters
Meetings scheduled are .

Meetings scheduled are:
Loyalty Chapter, Wednesday, re-
ception to new officers and party.
Mizpah Chapter, Tuesday, party.
Trinity Chapter, Thursday, initia-
ton, Tuesday. $50 pm, rehearsal
for officers.
Joppa Lodge Chapter, Wednesday
party. Each bring 25-cent gift.
Ruth Chapter. Monday, initiation
and party,
1885 Matrons and Patrons Associa-
tion,. this evening, party, home oi
Mrs. Marie Deal.
1885 Matrons and Patrons Associa-
ton elected: Vera Morris, president;
Earl Spencer, vice president; Anne
Potter. secretary; pr. Charles Cuth-
bertson, treasurer; Ralph Bonnette
Mildred Erickson, James Tuttle
Marie Landers and Violet Dowrick
Executive Committee.
Joseph H. Milans, Thursday, party
Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Clut
with Mrs. Rose Gentner. Monday
Night Club with Mrs. Mildred Haste
Chevy Chase Chapters Tuesday
Evening Gard Club, home of Mrs
Margaret Patterson. Thursday Aft.
ernoon Card Club, home of Mrs
Genevieye Meese.
Takoma Chapter, Friday, initia
ton and party.
Martha Chapters Home Board
Tuesday, home OF Miss Ethel Towne
and Mrs. Stella Towner.
st. Johns Chapter, Monday, party
Acacia Chapter, Tuesday, 8 pm.
Areme Chapter, Wednesday
Christmas program.
Evening star., 1944-12-17
Concert Schedule
Today.

1odaS.
National symphony Orchestra, DR..
Hans Kinder; conductor: Efrem
stitution Hall, pm
Flavia Marsh. piano recital. Pan
American Union, pm
Concerts recorded music. Public Lii
oharles. rh Georgia avenue and Up
teenth and Lamont streets NV,
pm.
Lewis Atwater. organ recital. John
Gard. baritone, soloist, All Souls
csndlelight Carol Service. Theodore
Presbyterian Church, s. pm.
Ruth Geiser, piano recital National
Gallery of Art, pm.
The Messiah" Christmas portion,
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church. 8 pm.
The Messiah" First Baptist Church,
The Messiah" Washington Mis-
sonar siGnary College college, orsserio se Chorus,
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, S pm.
Tomorrow.
Budapest String Quartet. Milton
Katims, viola; Bensr Heifetz, cello,
sssistins; Library Of Congress.
$50 pm.
Madrigal Singers. Mrs. John Sylvester,
director, Phillips Gallery. $50 pm.
Concert Recorded Music, Public
li5r lLa5rary. Eighth and x streets NV,
Washinston Alumnae Chapter Mu
PHI Epsilon meeting. program,
Royal Air Force Band, Wing Com
mander R. P. o'Donnell, leader,
Tuesday.
Budapest String Quartet, Milton
Katirns, viola: Benar Heifets. cello.
assisting: Library of Congress, $50
Marine Band. Marine Barracks. 1890
Royal Air Force Band, Wing Com
mander R. p. O'Donnell, leader,
Constitution Hall, $50 pm.
Wednesday.
National symphony Orchestra, DR..
Hans Kinder, conductor. Zinc
Francescatti.. yiolinist soloist, Con-
stitution Hall, $3.50 pm.
Kenneth Dcuse, saxophone. soioists,
Marine Barracks. S:15 pm.
Concert Recorded Music, Public
Library. Sixteenth street and Good
Hope road Sc, a:30 pm.
Chevy Chase. ciotey.Kirk's "childs
Jesus" Louis Potter. director; club
house, pm.
THURSDAY.
Washinston Cathedral Choral Society.
Conrad Bernier,. director, Wash
ington Cathedral, 3 nm.
Friday.
George Waxhington Uniyersity Glee
Clubs, DR.. Robert II. Harmon. d.
rector, Lfsner Auditorium, e:16,
Marine Band, Marine Barracks,
1880 Pm.
Evening star., 1944-12-17
Pianist in Local Debut
In the Art Gallery

The National Gallery of Art will
present this evening at 8 o'clock a
young Viennese pianist, Ruth Gel
ger, who before coming to the
United States made two appear
ances with the Vienna Concert Or
chestra as a child prodigy. At the
age of is, after a year of private
study with Josef Lhevinne, Miss Gel
ger won a fellowship at the JUL
lard Graduate School and since
then has given highly successful
solo recitals over the radio and
elsewhere.
Her program tonight will consist
of Bach's italian Concerto" Bee
thoven's Sonata in A Flat Major
Op, no." Chopin's "Scherzo in E
Major" Debussy's Pour lie Piano
(prelude, Sarabande and Toccata)
Shostakovichs Five Preludes" and
Prokofieff's Sonata No. S in C
Major"
Evening star., 1944-12-17
Music
Notes

The Pan-American Union will
present Flavia Marsh, pianist, this
afternoon at o'clock in the Hall
of the Americas. Miss Marsh will
play program OF Latin n-American
music consisting OF four numbers
by vil1a-Lobos, Lecuona's "Anda-
lucia" Fabini's "Triste No. g." Guar
nieri's "Toada Triste" and Ponee's
"Deux Etudes."
A program of songs appropriate
to the season will be given by the
Catholic University Mems Glee Club,
the university choir and the Wom-
EMS Glee Club of the School Of
Nursing Education this evening at
$3.50 O'Clock in the gymnasium on
the campus, under the direction
of DR.. Leo A. Behrendt and with
Conrad Bernier, the university or
ganist, at the piano.
The Madrigal Singers, directed by
Mrs. John Milton Sylvester. will give
a Christmas program at the Phil
lips Gallery tomorrow, at $3.50 pm.
Traditional carols from English,
French and German sources and
from early America, will be sung,
interspersed with 10th century
madrigals and other period music.
The program will be presented while
seated about candle Lighted table,
thus carrying on the Elizabethan
custom of madrigal singers.
The George Washington Univer-
sity Glee Clubs will feature Haw-
lays cantata The Christ Child" at
their concert of Christmas music
Evening star., 1944-12-17
Chemical Warfare
Continued From Page C-5D

Marines used them the first time in
Pacific fighting. One Of these ar
mored blowtorches killed 1872 Japs in
a single cave on Saipan. Flame
thrower tanks also helped repel Ger
man counterattacks during the Sieg-
fried Line fighting. Others have
been used in Italy.
The flame tank consists of a fame
thrower mounted on either light or
medium tank, which throws q cone
Of fire in all directions like a spray
hose. Range and other details are
secret.
Smoke clouds and aerial arson are
two other forms of chemical warfare
which plague the enemy.
The smoke screen, an example OF
how the chemics can turn good
weather into bad, has been especially
helpful in the European fighting.
Units of the Sd Army on the west
coast Of the Moselle River in Eastern
France awoke the morning of Sum-
day, September 10, a clear and
beautiful dawn, unhealthy weather
for war. On that Sunday, American
combat teams were to strike across
the Moselle and establish a bridge
head on the east bank. Along the
far bank, running south of Metz, the
Germans held fortified ridge whose
commanding positions gave them
unimpeded observation over the
river valley on this clear day. When
an American soldier moved toward
the stream, he was greeted by ma
chine-gun and rifle fire.
Suddenly small clouds of dense
white smoke appeared along the
American-held bank of the river.
They merged into a vast smoke
screen which, blending with the nat
ural morning mist rising from the
meadows of Lorraine and propelled
by gentle westerly wind, drifted
across the river toward the German
positions.
Under cover Of the smoke, infan-
try forded the river and dug in
under the high, wooded hills on the
far side. Confronted with shortages
OF ammunition, the Germans could
not afford to fire aimlessly into the
fog. Their observation posts were
blinded.
AS the mounting tempo of the
Allied air offensive swings from
Europe to the Far East. incendiary
bombs supplied by Chemical Warfare
Service are paying of in ever
| increasing dividends.
Many of Germany's great war
plants lie in ashes as the result of
destructive fires left In the wake of
these bombs. American B-29 Super
Fortresses are now dumping incen-
diaries on vital industrial targets in
Tokyo and other Japanese centers.
It was on Gen. Jimmy Doolittles
spectacular air raid against Tokyo
in 1912 that fire bombs gave the first
dramatic evidence Of their effective
ness.
The increase in aerial arson is the
result of battle experience. The
aerial fire bomb has proved more de-
structive in power and pays greater
dividends per pound of weight car
ried in bomb racks than does its
high-explosive rival Early in the
war they accounted for about 5 per
cent of our bomb loads. Now they
account for go per cent.
Seven different types OF such
bombs have devastated German
and japanese military installations.
They comprise magnesium, thermate
phosphorus and oil varieties. In size
they range from 2-pound "firesticks"
to 1000 pound block burners.
As an example Of how incendiary
bombs pay dividends, 4S per cent OF
all bomb loads dropped on war
plants near Berlin during March
were Of these kinds.