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Eighteen Services Feel Even Steel Pipes May Need Unif orms is concerned, is the assumption of responsibility for proper identification markings by Bureau of Supplies and Accounts or other government receiving agency." In registering its objection the Electric Boat firm wrote: by Douglas Larsen i The Gun Factory maintains a COnsidered that WASHINGTON disJf emical lab, tor and astrous error of installing three chemists working fullj a -atin wrong piping in the atomic TM Mistakes a i Llf. This extra opera- fcautilus now brings to light stl11 ha PP en would put an added burden up- long-frustrated attempts of the! Recently an aircraft carrier the user." Pentagon to get the big steel firms i forced to interrupt a cruise and re-i to adopt a uniform method of i turn to Norfolk, because a 1 marking alloys. jstock of steel on hand to maintain VQSSO Ironically, the Navy's Bureau of and repair the planes was not pro-! Ships, which shares responsibility perly marked, it was learned. A of the Nautilus boner with the Elec-! new stock had to be put aboard be- tric Boat firm in Groton, the ship could continue its mis- has always sided with the steel jsion. firms against the efforts-led by: These are just isolated exam- the Air Force--to get a uniform pies.

The widespread problem is marking system. also a headache to industries using And when Electric Boat was ask-i steel alloys, as revealed by their ed to approve a proposed marking support of the Pentagon's proposal system last year, it did not do so a uniform marking system the grounds it would cost too much A A I I SIDE GLANCES Ames, Iowa. Thursday, November 1. By Golbroith marking ink am Douglas Aircraft has an elabor- ate system for testing and marking Boat is paying every pound of steel it receives. Valuable to America Voice By BARMAN W.

NICHOLS WASHINGTON (UP)-The Voice of America has many voices. One of the best known outside of this country is Vasso Argyris, who is back for awhile to brush up on his English. other reasons. Now Electric several million dollars to rectify But a small batch of Vasso is the executive director the A-sub blunder, which would ordered from a sub-contractor werei of ihe Voice in the Near East. He can speak eight languages and has a nodding acquaintance with ij.win a at.iur were not have happened if there had out of the wrong steel been a uniform marking system in Douglas discovered it in time to ground a whole fleet of planes and a possible rash of acci- force.

Steel mix-ups daily plague services, annually and undoubtedly many accidents. For instance, at the Naval Gun present the dents. cost millions oi dollars An Air Force Department me causejorandum on the subject reveals: "Immediately after World War II, thousands of tons of alloy steel Factory here, a small user of steel, were sold as scrap because it was oH per impossible to make positive identi- it's estimated that $40,000 year is spent correcting such fication without resorting to the mix-ups, several week ago process of chemical and as a typical example, 200 parts for physical analysis of each piece a. feed section of 20 mm. aircraft! The Air Force, backed by'the guns were mschined out of the Army and even the Bureau of Na-- even uie Bureau oi wrong steel.

Each part only cost S4 val Ordnance, proposes the same to make. But if they had gotten into I system of continuous ink marking the aircraft serious trouble would for steel as is used on aluminum have resulted. Pentagon spokesmen now claim that steel mix-ups were behind much of the delay in the Army tank program during the Korean buildup. Thousands of different alloys are used in modern armaments. And there is a hodge-podge of marking systems such as tags', stamps and paint.

Keeping steel stocks straight requires costly stock-room procedures and elaborate records. When there is doubt about a specific piece, it costs between S2 and S3 to identify each element chemically. Total cost for one test could be $20. and other metals. If Bureau of Ships agrees it would become gen- the fine opera houses Eur eral Pentagon oolicv to Berlm and Vienna among them, six others.

Men like Vasso are invaluable to the cause of getting the message of the free world behind the Iron Curtain. "Sometimes it is not easy," Vasso told me. "The other side sometimes garbles the transmission." Shook Many Hands Vasso's approach to the language problem is interesting. "A musical ear is a big help," he said. The portly, gray-haired man is a Greek tenor of considerable renown.

He has sung in many of the fine opera houses in Europe, tf-1 OB. 19S4 by MU "I'm afraid we're going to fare worse than usual this, Year. Joe!" such markings. Objecting: to the plan, U. S.

Steel, for one example, has written to the Pentagon: "We have found r.o interest among our trade customers in the kind of continuous markings you propose. Therefore, the added "investment and operating costs, if undertaken, would fall on the military requirements only." Bureau of Ships states its objection, in part, in a memorandum: "It appears that the solution to this problem, as far as this Bureau require and has shaken the hand of many a monarch after his performances. "If you know the language of can One music," he told me, "you understand any language, language, in music or words leads to another. We do not have trouble training our 'voices' for the America programs if they have the background of music." Vasso gave a couple of interesting for-instances. If you know the Arabic language, and also its music, it is but a short hop to Tartar and Turk- estani, which are close to (Russian language.

Only Few Words Vasso is reasonably at home in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Armenian, Georgian, Aserbaijani, Tartar, and Turkestani. A man of jmany talents, he has directed dramatic shows, as well as regular programs, and has served as a news commentator and master of ceremonies for dramatic shows. Vasso has been with the Voice almost since its inception. He started out as a translator, writer and announcer. I asked him what was the fun- niest thing that ever happened to him.

he said, "we had a new announcer, who knew the language of Turkestani. He knew no English. Or only a couple of words. He went through a rather difficult script in his own tongue and with an oratorical flourish wound up his speil with 'Dat's all'." Sugar cane is grown on four- fifths of the total area of the island of Barbados. Drive Slow, Children Move Fast.

James Dunn On TV for 3rd Career By ALINE MOSBY HOLLYWOOD (UP) Ji mmy Dunn, launching his third career with a successful comeback on television, decided today he isn't unhappy about the two times he hit the bottom. Dunn, as we aging lovers oi the cinema recall, was a romantic silent picture star, the wooer of winsome Sally Eilers in "Bad "irl." His career faded but he returned to fame in a dramatic role in "A Tree Grows in Brook- yn" that won him an Oscar. After another dry spell in the and of quick-silver careers, Dunn once again has soared to the top-his time, to the surprise of his ans, as a slapstick comedian in an NBC filed TV serial, "It's A "reat Life." Although Dunn has seen the xttom drop out of his life twice, ie is not bitter about the ups and downs of show business. Knows They're Not Sincere "It's the nature of the beast," eflected the actor, who is losing a battle with his waistline and 'raying hair but still has that warm smile. "If you let things affect you too much, it hits you too hard.

The glory of the past isn't paramount. You learn to take it with a grain of salt. When you get up there, you should impersonalize yourself, like you're a bowl of clay. "Everybody falls all over you, they bore you. You know they aren't sincere.

"I have one regret," he added. "I wish I hadn't made such a hit in the beginning, that I had had more time to work He Likes Television Dunn proved to be the best off- beat casting of the year when became a quite funny slovenl. uncle with Michael O'Shea in th TV comedy. He is happy with th home medium and gets "a millio. dollars worth of laughs" whil working.

Today he sat in the sun as th. TV company informally filmed scenes on an outdoor set at Ha Roach studio. Many a TV seria is made at this studio, and Dunn waved a friendly hello as Amos Andy and the cast of "My Littl Margie" sauntered by. "Everybody is surprised I dc slapstick," said Dunn. "I onlj tried it once before, on the -stage The agency that put together this TV show called me and here i am." Dunn happily reminisced abou'.

lis early successes with Shirley Temple, "Stand Up And Cheer' and "Bright Eyes." In 1935 he found himself among the unemployed and drifted back to the stage. Ten years later came "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" but his Oscar, he said, didn't help him get more jobs. During the past few years he has lived quietly in his beach home at Malibu with his wife and their son and occasionally done summer stock and TV guest appearances. "The story of my life should be called "Three Times Up'," said Dunn. In Service Robert Lee Hahn, 20, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Harold Hahn, 1425 Clark, enlisted in the navy Monday. A graduate of Ames high school, he had been employed at Rushing's store. He has been sent to the Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, for recruit training. Winners of $300 Scholarships at ISC Announced Thomas L.

Koffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Koffman, Route 2, Albia, and Charles Manatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.

P. Manatt, Route 1, Audubon, have been named i of $300 scholarships awarded by the Federal Land Bank of Omaha. The awards were made on the basis of scholarship, character, activities and financial need. Additional weight is given if the applicant submits a written paper on the subject, "Influence of the Federal Land Bank and National Farm Lxan Associations in Improving Agriculture in My Community." Koffman is a freshman in hor- iculture at Iowa State college. He has been a member of 4-H clubs and Future Farmers of America, compiling a list of successful projects in each organization.

In high school, he was president of the local chapter of the National Honor Society, courty -H president, school yearbook chairman, chapter FFA epresentative to the national con- 'ention and a member of the local Rural Young Peoples' group. Manatt is a freshman in agricul- ural journalism at Iowa State ollege. He has been a member of club and Future Farmers of He exhibited at the Au- ubon county fair for ihree years, vinning firsts in his projects each ear. He was president of his senor class in high school, student ouncil member and president, resident of his FFA chapter, Methodist Youth Fellowship presi- ent, 4-H club president active debase. He is a pledge of Delta hi fraternity at Iowa State col- ege.

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