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Mass Plan Used For Parachutes HELENA, Nov. I army is using mass production i to jump out cf airplnnes and land the 1st Special Service Force now with both feet en the I guns blazing. i Cn an average of 300 soldiers tale cut of transport planes over Fcrt Harrison every day, most of them making their first parachute jumps. The 1st Special Service Force, I composed of selected volunteers i from both the Canadian and U. S.

armies, is the first international unit to be formed as part of the American forces. It is scheduled to receive special training encompassing winter, desert and mountain tactics as well i as the parachute curriculum. Officers explained that the parachute, for men of the 1st Special Service Force, is simply a means of transportation and little empha- isis is placed upon'the niceties of the 'chutist's trade. The men don't It-nrn how to make any trick jumps. Packers Jump Too "They just learn how to step out of the plane, how to guide themselves to where they want to land, and hew to take up the shock of landing," an cfficer explained.

Parachutes at Fen Harrison are picked by professional packers who may be required at times to pick cne of their own 'chutes at random and make a jump. Special Service men don't need much conditioning; they're well toughened up before they come here. Some of particularly the Canadians, already have seen overseas France, Egypt or the Far East. And a few of the Americans are veterans of Pearl Harbor. During the preliminary training the men are taught to fall properly by having them jump from iwo, four and heights.

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Har. 497 JOHN W. CLARK Frcm wooden "mcck-ups" for facsimile fuselages, they learn how to step out RUSSIANS STILL MARCH IN STALINGRAD-Rcd army troops march through streets of Stalingrad before a backdrop of bomb-shattered buildings as they move to another part of the besieged city lo bolster its defenses. This picture was sent by radio from Moscow to London and thence to New York by trans-Atlantic plane. Alcan Road Recalls Old Skagway (ContinveO.

from Page t) General MacArthur would be needing." Little wonder that she's mothered the whole outfit. She's keen enough to realize that times have changed. When sUc clippings," she hastened to explain. "He kept things to himself. But I had ways of finding out," The records show hcrw Dan stormed through West Point- champion champion rower, and legend-maker in football.

He made Army's team in his freshman year, and was captain in his senior year. He was Ail- American right tackle his last two years. Plane Is Downed By Icing HATBORO, Nov. A. P.

Squadron Leader Michael Lowry, 26, believes in business as usual during vacation. A veteran ol Singapore Malta i and Egypt, Lowry took an "opera- I ticnal rest" by testing dive-bombers I for the Brews ter Aircraft plant. I Lowry said that from Singapore i he want to Malta in 1941 as chief navigating officer for the much- bcmfccd island. He worked out details for all long-range flights and en his nights off he went along for the ride and to watch i British bombs drop on Italian ob' jectives. "FYom May to December, life was a bed of roses because the R.

A. P. had only to contend with he said. "Then Germans came to neutralize British opera' lions on Malta and succeeded in getting supplies through to shal Rommel. Reinforcements, however, have made Malta strong again, and I doubt that the will ever again be strong i enough to neutralize the island.

I Lcwry, whose rank corresponds to a major, has more than 200,003 miles of I'eath-dodgmg to his credit. He helpsd plan the first British assault on Madagascar, stopping Off or. his way over to gave her boys to Uncle Sam the war was on foreign soil. Now the War has come to the American continent, with soldiers pouring through even the "frozen" towns of Alaska. In the days of the Klondike gold rush 45 years ago, there between 10,000 and 20,000 persons Became A Colonel When we went into the World War, Dan Pullen proceeded to the Germans the through Navy.

At way the" door of the trans- la Skagway-no census could measure that hecdc mob. Now there And in swings simulat- a handful, with every sign, however, of a new bocm ready to begin. But an orderly one this time. Days of "Soapy" Smith The ships arriving from Seattle in 1897 dropped every kind of human being upon the beach covered with gold from the Klondike. He control themselves in the air.

of the men freely admit they are frightened before the first jump, but there are surpris- few who balk at the door when th2 time comes. Those who do are simply told to step aside young adventurers like Jack Lon- his brother Royal- was with the engineers. "And then," mother Pullen chuckles, "he made himself a colonel in the Tank Corps." But it was his feats that made him. Proudly, the aged woman shewed his medals. Among other I "items," Dan earned a Distinguished Service Cress with five citations lor different acts of bravery.

She chuckled again, and drew or. a tailored biue coat. Its lapels covered with medals and badges. Wears Medals "At" first I put on only a few when I went down to meet icur- boats," she explained. "Afid then seme of the ladies get to whisper- Severe icing conditions yesterday America.

"I missed a ride on the same lack's Stinson planes. disappointment. Carry a full load of passengers, heroe McDonald was about 40 miles from! Fairbanks, flying over the Tanana River, when ice in the carburetors) He's one engines caused the engines! Today's Stocks to slop. In the attempt to land oni the ice-covered river, the was damaged, but neither pilot nor were injured. accident occurred at p.

m. Yesterday. McDcr.nlti and his r.a.'x'r^ers walked over the ice very thin in places, and hailt'J a nearby Army t-jck, lirciiv-it them EVEN CARTOON AUTO STKIi'I'ED OF TIKES MEW YORK. N. Nov.

quotations today on the on the fol- York Exchar.se 3-05 stocks were: N. Y. Shipbuilding Etpiibllc Steel U. S. Steel U.

S. Smelting Refining Total sales today were 20 "i 14-; A3' Black 514.293 Average depth of the ocean below level is 12. 3 .50 TULSA. cartoon Roger V. i en a ccuriir Came the Nov.

accompanied' Devlin's column. "The i in the TuLa Tribune r. in a i-leek try lane. rubber and Keep Warm and Comfortable with Good Clothing Filson's Forestry Cloth in Jackets, Pants, and Breeches Gordon Ferguson Woo! Coats and Jackets Wilson Bros, and Cooper UndeiVear Pendleton Wool Shirts Woolrich Wool Clothing Fur Caps, Wool Mitts and Sox JUST RECEIVED Duffle Bags and Tarps YOU MAY AS WELL HAVE THE BEST IT WILL COST YOU NO MORE. Martin A.

Finska Dawson 1898 Fairbanks 1904 OUTFITTERS FOR MEN Successor to Sargent Pinsko are immediately sent back to their original outfit which they left to join the parachutists. Carry an Extra 'Chute Officers explain this practicethus: "If a man can't jump the first time, he may not be able to when the critical time comes. It's not a matter cf being 'yellow', some men just, aren't constituted parachute jumping." with the lust for gold. There were gangsters like Alaska's worst bad- "Soapy 5 who robbed the newcomers when they arrived. And then i-obbed them all over who Djviin's readers began to.

the editor wanting to going to start ccaserv- and let th? next man go. They are don Rex Beach and Robert Ser-, It: i never given another chance, But vlce Thcre werc greenhorns mad that Id picwd up medals, Devlin was for -VOM ThPrP were in an aUe svr tbals Cn i to the trunk and gg Dgvlin, wiv survived the of the Chil, kcot Pass and came back bulging with gold from the Klondike. 0 ran Skagway until he and Frank daughu 1O Reid ended each other in a blaze university of began pinning on medals won by my children." She had good reason to be proud. Even of the prtr-cnt generation. There was Dan's son, who was really doesn't use an auicmcbile ccllecting the humcr for his ccl'jmn, solved the situation.

The cartoon now shows the car en blocks, jacked up in a field. Devlin is riding down the graduated last year from New ci ico notary Institute; Royal's a Each man, cf course, carries an auxiliary parachute in case the of bullets. In the mass of humanity dumped first one doesn't open. He is taught to "one thousand and one, one thousand and two, one thous- ss at Skagway in '97 was Harriet and and three." when he steps out of the plane. If by the end of the "one thousand and three" the first fc- cond parachute it's time ripcord.

The 'chutist doesn't have to worry about the rip-cord! on the first umbrella. That's automatically taken care of by a long cord at-! tached inside the plane which pulls I a 37-year-old widow with dollars in her purse and four children to support. Apple pies helped do the trick. In five months, she was able to import seven horses, which she rowed came out cf the Washington with scholarships even' year. And do you know?" she pointed out.

"Dan's son and Royal's daughter were born on the same day of the same year." Has Historic Items Just then a bell rang. Some vis- precious ermine co; in here sooner or later." Shows Ermine Coat She plucked at my sleeve. "Young man, ccme with me." She led me into her bedroom and had me pull a trunk out from under her bed. She handed me a key. and I unlocked it.

Inside was a iven her by She be ff an trucking sup- itors asked permission to go through an Indian chief. from Skagway to the White the museum rooms of Mrs. Pass and Chilkoot trails worked I hotel. Here were more trophies won her way up to a restaurant, by her sens, their sabers and uni- way truck farm and a hotel. Dan An Eskimo? But her eyes really begin glow- i the 'chute cpen at the right time ing wher she comes to the year and then cuts loose.

I First jumps are made from an! went to West Point. 1906 when her oldest son, "Dan, altitude cf about 1,200 feet from a I wcnt to West Point transport plane cruising at a speed Some of cadets askcd him cf about 100 miles an hour. Later very 5erioU s-lik if he was an Es- the men will learn to jump from she He showed I lower altitudes. 'cm!" She beuan dragging out scrap- Join The Club" Now forms. Here also was a history of that first first typewriter came to the Territory, its "music box," the first tombstone put over "Soapy" Smith's grave.

a knife that had killed seven, men in the bad days, Eskimo bonnets from Point Barrow and necklaces from across Bering Strait. "But, Mrs. Pullen, have you picked these up in your travels?" She laughed. "I never travel. But Then she pirouetted, holdi: 1 id; skirt around her.

"Oh, I've so many things now." she sighed. 'It's all so different from when I landed in '9 gracious me. here I am chattering away when I should be baking pies for the soldier boys." books. "Dan didn't send, roe the everybody in Alaska seems to drift NOTICE All present ana former employees oi Lytle Green desiring to collect overtime Sue them, Sherman Noyes. For Bizerte I'CantlTivea.

irom Page 1) cnn stand long." The General said "Rommel has I strongly prepared defensive posi- tions in the El Aghelia area and i most likely will make a temporary I stand there." i The British Ministcry of Econcm- I ic Warft-ro announced today that United Nations acquired about i tons of additional merchant i s'liipping through the occupation of French North Africa. The ships were anchored in North i African ports and have been made for use by the United Na- I tions. Is ycur wife going to the U. S. O.

tea Thursday afternoon? If she is, join her there for a cup of tea or coffee and good sandwiches. If you I have no wife, go any way. Every! body will be there. From 2 to 5:30 on Thursday. KENTUCKY GHT BOURBOj! I.

W.Harperis unexcelled In taste and in in making I. W. Harper, cost is no object. NCLE scouts carnage advance during West African Frontier force near Acora, Gold British West of I.W.HARPER The Gold Medal Whiskey.