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Two March Letters Reach Tokyo Before eb Mail YOKOHAMA March A lot of Americans' in Japan know hat happened at home early this month but are still waiting for news about ebruary Otcr the week end they re ceived 4300 pounds of airmail esti mated at more than 200000 letters dated as late as March 8 Col A Torrens Eighth Army postal offi cer announced today However the Durham Victory which left San rancisco eb 17 vith an estimated 47000 pounds of airmail letters in addition to a large amount of parcel post which accumulated in ports during ebruary arrived It was due to dock tonight and speedy dis tribution of the mail was planned Army postal authorities said the Durham is supposed to be carry Green Eggs PETERSON Utah March 18 Glen white duck is laying green eggs She began it last Tuesday and has been doing a repeat per formance daily since Orton can't understand it un less a St Patrick's Day touch ing 331000 pounds of packages and letters including the delayed air mail? 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The Bee: Danville Va Monday March 18 1946 4 Registered Pharmacists To Serve You Better lool I i II I A i i Because of the professional atmosphere that pervades our establishment people sometimes conclude that we must be "high priced" But actually it costs no more often to have your pre scriptions compounded here because of our large volume and low overhead Why not bring your next prescription here to Pro scription Headquarters? No Unnecessary Waiting Volume of Prescriptions filled as sures you of RESH DRUGS COM PLETE STOCK and Reasonable prices ASK YOUR PHYSICIAN PATTERSON DRUG COMPANY MASONIC TEMPLE PHONES 995 996 Transport Goering Says Nazis Never Plane Output Considered Attacking 220 In 1946 Lockheed To Build 108 Constellations By JAMES STREBIG (Associated Press Aviation Editor) WASHINGTON Mar Aircraft manufacturers probably will deliver about 220 transport planes this year with more than one fourth going to foreign air lines an industry spokesman said today The estimate assumes no further delay because of strikes Largest delivery will be the Lockheed Constellation with 108 of which 24 have been sold over seas Next is the Douglas DC 4 Skymaster with a total of 53 of which 38 will go to foreign car riers The estimate includes 30 Doug las DC a development of the DC 4 28 Douglas DC 3's a pre war type still in general use over the world and three Boeing Strat ocruisers a development of the 29 Superfortress Cites Germany's Small leet And Lack Of Bombers By NOLAND NORGAARD NUERNBERG Germany March 18 (p) Hei'mann Goering testi fied before the International Mili tary Tribunal today that the Nazis never considered any offensive ac tion against the Western Hemis phere The number one defendant at the war crimes trial here taking the witness stand in his own de fense for the fifth day also assert ed that Nazi efforts to make an economic pentration in South America were unavailing in the face of competition by the United States and Britain the American con tinent was never spoken Goer ing declared adding: if Germany had com pletely dominated Europe her small fleet and lack of bombers would have forbade any aggressive ac tion against the United States" Goering's denial of the existence of any Nazi plans to attack the Western Hemisphere came during Drumsticks LEWISTON Ida March 18 George hatchery has turned out a four legged chick But he see it as a cure all for the food shortage the first one he has seen in several million chicks his hatch ery has produced democracy because it had produc ed men too weak to keep the peo ple at work and give them bread There is much truth in that state ment Democracy ruined Germany and only strong clear leadership could bring Germany Goering relaxed to smile once when Jackson tried to cut short his exhaustive reply to a question concerning the commitment of political opponents to concentra tion camps Lord Justice Sir Goef frey Lawrence of Great Britain presiding intervened to admonish Jackson that the tribunal wanted to hear a complete answer The production outlook does not include any of the twin engine types developed since the war the Martin 202 Consolidated Vul tee 240 and Douglas DC 8 but all of them should be rolling off the line early in 1947 Two of the giant size types un der development probably will be delayed at least until next year These are the Consolidated Model 37 a six engine development of the 36 and the Republic Rainbow United States Airlines have on order 554 new planes These will be added for the most part to 634 aircraft now in service or in the process of reconversion from mili tary to civil use indicating a com mercial air fleet of around 1000 planes in about two years A recent survey by American aviation publications gave an esti mated cost of $263000000 for the new planes on order and an in vestment of $71000000 in surplus military transports and parts These orders for new planes by types have been reported: Consolidated 240's American questioning by Martin Horns at torney representing Joachim von Ribbentrop who strove to show that the former foreign minister actually had been unable to guide Hitler in the determination of Ger man foreign policy To questions on prosecution charges that the Nazis conspired to gain domination of Europe Goer ing replied that may be variously the sense that it would mean men would plot secretly and in the dark about secret plans that of course never took place" he said the sense that the fuehrer had comprehensive conferences and out of them decided on cer tain things you can mention con spiracy only in that Apparently striving as in pre ceding days on the witness stand to shoulder as much responsibility as possible for the policies Goering declared that one else worked with the uehrer as close ly as I No one else had the influ ence I had Only the uehrer and myself could conspire No one else Soccer Season Is Nearing End The soccer season of both the midget and junior divisions of the Recreation Department League will be concluded this week with games scheduled each day Post season playoffs to determine the champions in both circuits will be played next week Woodrow Wilson winner of flic first half also is leading the Jun ior loop currently with eight wins against one lost with the ight ing Eleven being runner up with seven victories against 12 loses orest Hills with a 9 1 standing tops the midget class with Lee being second with an 8 2 mark Softball Meeting This Afternoon Airlines System 100 Consolidated Model 37 Pan American Airways 15 Martin Braniff Airways 18 Chicago Southern 17 Co lonial Airlines 20 Eastern Air lines 50 Pennsylvania Central Air lines 50 Martin United Airlines 35 Lockheed Constellations Amer ican Overseas Airlines 7 Eastern Airlines 20 Pan American 20 Transcontinental Western Air was He explained that he referred only to the period before his rela tions with Hitler deteriorated in the closing days of the war Counsel for Grand Admiral Erich Raeder drew from Goering the disclosure that in 1940 when he was greatly concerned over the possibility that a portion of Ger oil supply in the Balkans would be cut off he considered the establishment of secret radio stations in the vicinity of Syria The meeting of the Danville Softball Association board of di rectors postponed from last Thurs day because of the lack of a quo rum is scheduled to be held this afternoon at 5 in room 420 Municipal building Matters deal ing with rule changes opening dates signing of players and elec tion of officers are on the agenda The Continental Congress tried to raise money by a lottery in 1777 Airlines Snub Many ighter Bomber Pilots Commercial lying Takes Experience By DON HEWITT (AP Newsfeatures) MEMPHIS Tenn March So you want to be an airlines pilot Okay you've got 1200 hours in the air flown 41 missions and got a chest full of rib bons with more clusters than a grape arbor You were good enough to make the grade in Uncle Sam's league How are your chances in the com mercial league? Joe not so good The airlines today are only tak ing the tops and 1200 about average for an army navy or marine pilot wouldn't qualify you for a seat in their ready room Bledsoe Payne chief pilot for American Airlines at Memphis said the American consider ing anyone with less than 2500 hours under 25 years of age or over 32 and with less than two years of college Payne said prefer Air Transport Command and Naval Air Service pilots because their wartime operations were similar to ours he added "we're cer tainly not overlooking the fighter and bomber pilots providing they measure up to our The army navy and marine corps trained some 360000 pilots many of whom want to stay in the air So you can see the competi tion is keen Suppose you led a bomb group over Europe or maybe you led a fighter formation in the Pacific You may have been Shot himself but you still have to fly two and a half years as a co pilot before you are even eligible to skipper a plane The first thing Payne tells fledglings is: going to have to start all over again at the irst a six week course which includes a 12 hour flight check If you weather that one fly for 12 months on proba tion as a co pilot Then back to school for another course and an other flight check Now off probation but got 18 more months to fly as a co pilot At the end of two and a half years pretty sure you could fly a plane to the moon but back to school again and then the Civil Aeronautics Administration examination for your license as command pilot assistant chief pilot at Memphis Mitchell is a former air force colonel His ad 36 Douglas DC National Air lines 5 Northwest Airlines 5 Western Airlines 5 Douglas DC 6s American 50 National 6 United 35 Western 5 Boeing Stratocruisers a American 20 Republic Pan Ameri can 10 Among the airlines which have not yet committed themselves on new equipment are Continental Delta Mid Continent and North east Purchases by foreign airlines through ebruary included: Stratocruisers Sila (Sweden) 4 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