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TuesHoy, March 15,1949 fflfc of U.S. Tfcft folio-win? article by Captafn Eddie Ribkenbacker, the first of devoted to a. discussion of the problems and progress of aviation In this period "between -war and peace. Bickenhacker, famed "World War I ace and executive of Eastern Airlines, cays Congress and "certain" military leaders must again ''airakened to dangers cf complacency." He also charses the government "coddles inefficiency" in the airlines. In articles to.

follow. Donald W. Douglas, renowned transport plane builder, and Mundy f. Peale. president of Bcpublic trill discusa transport-carso and combat aviation, respectively.

By CAPTAIN EDDIE BICKENBACKEB NEW air'lines of the United States demonstrated real progress last year in the improvement of their safety records and took long strides toward the goal of 100 per cent on-time operation, two problems which must be solved before air transportation can get Its share of the 61,000,000,000 miles of passenger travel estimated for 1949. airports now are equipped with Instrument Landing System (I.L.S.) and 6G more Install it in 1949. This has resulted in lower landing and take-off minimums in some of the nation's greatest traffic centers. Other navigational aids, using radar and new traffic control systems developed during and after the war are in prospect for the near future. The day ol all-weather flying is on a not too-distant horizon.

The major problems facing the Industry today are not necessarily technical in nature. As a matter of fact, air lines must guard against dangers threatening almost, all industries and the democratic system of free enterprise, itself. The fundamentals of sound careful planning and hard work, are just as essential to success today as they were a century ago. Substituting any "isms" for these principles will result in nothing but chaos. Commercial aviation is only about 20 years old and has gone through a more rapid acceleration of growth than any business in history.

Now it is showing definite signs of ma- tutity and is shedding its "growing pajns;" Many men and women came into the industry either because they thought it glamorous or because they thought it an unlimited bonanza which would never cease its golden flow. People with these ideas have been disillusioned. They either have left to chase other will-of-the-wisps or have buckled down with determination to make aviation pay along conventional lines. It is imperative that the industry as a whole become substantially self-supporting. No single company can long remain healthy profitwise if the majority continues to sustain annual losses.

Government, coddling of ciency through subsidization and awarding new routes to the lines shotving the heaviest losses, is not solving the problem. On the contrary, it is rendering it more difficult for an efficient line to show profits. Much could be done towards helping the scheduled air lines out of their financial difficulties by intelligent government regulation, not 'government control. The overburdened, under-financed Civil Aeronautics Board has been struggling under great handicaps for years. Larger appropriations for salaries and staffing would go a long way toward alleviating the board's problems.

Furthermore, aviation regulation should be under one bureau only. Broblems are too technical and specialized to permit grouping under an agency inter-state surface transportation. Other federal legislation lifting the burden of state, city and county at least making these regulations accomplish much for the air lines. The nation's security and its air power are practically synonymous. The air lines will always be a reser- Toir of personnel, material and know-how for the air force.

Unfortunately it is again necessary to awaken the American people; their Congress and certain military leaders to the dangers of complacency. Expenditure of a billion dollars on air power would have prevented Hitler starting World War II. This country and the world would have been spared its terrific burden of debt, broken homes and grief. Adequate pay for flying air mail is essential. However, a recent suggestion in Congress that the C.A.B.

specify what portion of federal payment is mail pay, and how much is outright subsidization, is sound. The industry will continue to need government assistance in developing new planes. Pioneer jet- powered airplanes may cost as much as No aircraft company nor air line can finance such a project, yet these must be buiit to insure up-to-date air power. Once again we are standing at a crossroads. We can turn our backs on the threat of aggression and wait until we are involved in World War III before attempting to with- sland its horrors.

Or we can prepare now by creating a strong, alert air force capable of decisive thrusts against any danger. There is only one way to make the men in the Kremlin forget about another war. That is to demonstrate to them unequivocally that they could not win a war. MOTHBALLS FOR the New York skyline forming a dramatic backdrop, the aircraft carrier Tarawa passes under the Brooklyn Bridge on her way to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for inactivation. A veteran of World War II, the huge carrier will then be laid up in the expanding mothball fleet.

Red Cross Aids in Mercy Trips record of 1248 trips were chalked up in 1948 by the motor corps of the West Side Oilfield chapter, American Red Cross, operating as a service to West Side residents, Chairman -Amy Boyer said. Trips included transportation for production and home service volunteers, for calls to the home of clients, for general administrative calls necessary for the proper functioning of the chapter, and for transportation for veterans, children and others to hospitals and clinics in both Taft and Bakersfield. Requests for transportation may be made at the Red Cross office, 423 Center street, or by calling 891, Mrs. Boyer stated. DAIS OF YOKE RECALLED SANTA documents showing election procedure when California was under the Mexican flag have been uncovered at Santa Barbara College.

One passage 'tells of a deputy selected in 1830 to attend Congress at Monterey who was too inebriated to occupy his congressional seat. name assures quality. World's largest seller at lOc. ST.JDSEPH ASPIRIN fQR CHILDREN Easy to give right dosage. So easy tor child to take.

Orange flavored. 50 tablets, 35c. One Men's Opinion By WALTER KIERNAN Distributed by Internatiunal News Service Same old story American delegation walks out of a meeting and the Soviet claims it invented that, too. But this, one it can prove. Nothing much has been heard of Gromyko.

With those boys you never know whether they've left the government or the world. But it was good news that we've been able to fly a lot of cigars into Berlin. If they're go- ing to have an iron curtain we can have a smoke screen. And besides, there's nothing that appeals more to hungry people than a good cigar. Logistics evidently is still in the hands of the people who managed to get 5,000,000 cigarette lighters to the front when Eisenhower was begging for guns.

Fortunately, the German advance was stopped before anybody needed a light. PATRONAGE APPRECIATED HINGHAM, Mass. Miss Katherine Hennessy celebrated her forty-first anniversary as a news- dealer by giving away, free copies'of her'buyers' favorite'papers. Sale.s which averaged fewer than 50 papers a day when she opened the newsstand with her father now are past the 1000 mark. DrJdwffinls'Dffers COMPmtROIEF the clogging, TRANSIENT kind! Whenever undigested food clogs the intestines and causes constipation.

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Visit Sears today for savings. Under Nctionol Poultry Improvement Plan Farm Store 1812 Sfreef Phone 4-6501 WINE TAX HIT state senate resolution today protested proposals by four states to raise taxes -against California grape and wine products. The resolution, by George J. Hatfield (R-Newman), was directed.to the governors and legislatures of Washington, Arkansas, 'Georgia and Michigan. If Little Vittles Candy Bomber Plans Marriage BO.DLDER CITY, Xev.

(INS) Lieutenant Gail S. Halvorsen, 26, the candy bar bomber of "Operation Little Vittles," drew his sights today on a new target for the as? honeymoon. The famed pilot who won the undying affection of German youngsters by dripping candy in handkerchief parachutes disclosed that he and Alta Joltey. 25. of Boulder City, will marry A-prii 1C.

The couple met in 1942 at ttah State Agricultural College, but had actually been together only a half- dozen times. Lieutenant Halyorsen. who left the campus for the air force in 1943, carried on most of his long-distance courtship by mail. Halverson gained the title of "Uncle Wiggly Wings" after he began dropping his candy ration to the kids near Frankfurt, Germany. At first, he had only planned to drop the candy once, but when the crowd of eager youngsters grew larger each clay.

Ms fellow "airlift'" pilots pitched in to help The humanitarian "Operation Little Vittles" soon expanded into daily routine and his home base in Alabama shipped 1000 handkerchiefs and 400 pounds of candy. One of Halvorsen's most prized possessions now is a little teddy bear which a Berlin tot sent liiui in appreciation. FUNERAL HELP SAX was held today for Charles T. Nelson, Philippines and San Francisco mining man. Nelson died Saturday in San Mateo, AIRLIFT BEATS spite of Berlin's heaviest snow-fall of the year, the.

airlift continues its operations uninterrupted. Here, a "flying boxcar" has just unloaded a cargo of tires at Templehof airfield for the blockaded city. Parents to Give Dinner to Scouts Scouts of Troop 26 will participate in a parent-sponsored potluck March 23 instead of Wednesday, as had previously been planned, Scoutmaster Joe Miller announced today. The dinner will be served at 7 p.m. in the Scout barracks at Fourth aud Calvin.

D. M. Smith, formerly an assistant scoutmaster in Troop 1 at Bakersfield, has joined forces with Troop in a like capacity, Miller said, in reporting that Smith had accompanied them on a patrol hike Sat- nrdHv. Mojave Dentist to Aid Student generosity of Dr. H.

H. Keene, dentist of Mojave will provide an education for 12-year- old Shao-Chen, a Chinese girl whose exceptional intelligence has inspired the dentist to help with her educa- The girl's parents are so impoverished that she could not continue her schooling. The family lives in Nanking, China. Doctor Keene heard about through the Cultural Relations office of the Chinese National Government and he has made arrangements through that agency to help the girl. Shao-Chen will receive her educa- tion in the United States and will then return to Nanking.

She will make her home with friends there, while she is finishing her studies until she has obtained a college degree. Toft Drams Students to Give Comedy in May Fred Flits Br." has been chosen by Miss Dorothy Weisand. play director at Taft Union High School, for presentation by the senior class, May 5-6. Ths dramatization is from a short story of the same name by P. G.

Wode- liouse. THE UNDERSIGNED BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS FDR BAKERSFIELD AND KERN COUNTY, ARE HAPPY AND PROUD TO HAVE HAD A LEADING SHARE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RADIO APPLIANCE COMPANY 1801 Nineteenth Street General Contractor VI 2540 Avenida Escuefa Phone 3-5585 Sub Con tractors ROOFING by Howard Verrell 16 East Fourth Phone 2-4263 CONCRETE WORK by Don M. Kitchen 609 Street Phone 2-3511 SHEET METAL WORK by Foster Morrison 120 Kentucky Phone 2-5993 FLOORING by The Dawn Company 731 East. 21st Street Phone 9-9894 FORGERON PLUMBING by Forjjeron "Forgeron" Plumbing Fixtures 20 Kentucky Street Phone 5-5995 ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS by McBride Electric 2117 Edison Highway Phone 9-9581 MODERN STORE FRONT by Bakersfleld Glass Co. 1715 Nineteenth Street Phone 2-7320 STRUCTURAL and REINFORCING STEEL by Griffin Steel 1Const.

Co. 1134 Thirty-third Street Phone 2-2371.