European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 05, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The army s Pough feet take to the air continued from Page 5 does t react favourably he is set Back marked for further ground training or washed out. If washed out he returns to his former infantry division. The fifth and last week of the school sees the students stepping off sidewalk curbs with Knees slightly Bent hands folded across their chests and counting one thousand two thousand three  that. Is called thejumpstage.". Five actual jumps follow the final four with full combat equipment with reorganization on the ground following officers Point out that reorganization Ofa Parachute squad after Landing must be successful if the squad is to functions a team. Sometimes companies battalions and regiments Are dropped. The the reorganization becomes More com plex. Smoke sounds and flags Are used to assemble at Given  of the five jumps brings wings to the proud paratrooper. He reports to a Parent unit and begins jumping As a member of a combat team a squad company or battalion. He is one of America s 82nd airborne Divi Sion headquartered at. Fort Bragg North  with full equipment in a packet the paratrooper has a specified routine. As he stands with his buddies ready for the jump he holds in his lefthand a Static line snap Fastener. This he Hooks Over the plane s Static line a Cable running the length of the  he jumps this line pulls out the Small Pilot Chute above his Chute  opens his Chute after he has cleared the  jump master in charge of each stick As the line of eight men jumping together is called knows that the air Craft must be going Between 100 and120 Miles per hour air Speed. He knows that the signal to go must not be give Nat altitudes less than 1000-feet, except under specific orders and under certain conditions. And he knows that pumps Are not to be ordered in winds of More than 15 Miles an hour. Last month in the skies around amp Campbell hundreds of newly trained paratroopers were getting their first real baptism of simulated warfare on a Large scale jumping shoulder to shoulder with the 82nd airborne s veterans. New rookies they Felt like veterans by May 28 when  As Sembly ended. H however it takes More than Man Power to build an airborne striking Force. It takes equipment specialized equipment. Will it fit in a plane is one question. Another is will this plane carry it a third is can it be dropped by Parachute and so it i that the air Force and army Are Mak ing Over both Field equipment and planes to perform the necessary Job of getting there first with the most. Air transportability i what they Call it at fort Bragg near Fayetteville North Carolina. During world War ii they used what they had at  c47s, the pcs twin engined Type of Airliner transport and the cur Tiss c46 transport carried troops munitions and equipment. It required nine c47s and five c46s to transport a com Pany of infantrymen. Huge gliders dropped from the sky with jeeps men guns nurses doctors Field hospitals and about everything imaginable. Top efficiency had to go out of the window. Air Force and army had not been prepared for this development. They got Busy however while the Warwas on. And with that beginning air transportability became a major part of the planning for any future  a result some of army s larger Field guns and vehicles Are being re designed to make them smaller or lighter. About 200 flying boxcars especially designed by Fairchild already have been delivered to the air  c82 packets Caa carry. 10,00i pounds rated capacity and l?.,000.pounds operational capacity. Three carrying one platoon each can trans port a combat company. The planned consolidated Vultee c99 will transport about 400 troops More than two companies or 335 litter patients or .100,000 pounds of equipment including a Light  twin decked c97, transport ver Sion of the Boeing Strat Cruiser has flown with two 2 i ton trucks plus a 155-mm howitzer. With parachutes Itcan drop a 26,000-Pound cargo in 12 seconds. The new c74 Globe master now being tested by the army can carry15 jeeps and will lift 49,000 pounds. It will carry 125 fully equipped troops or 109 litter patients with five attend ants. Another plane of 25-ton capacity is being developed to land on Sod runways in combat areas and will carry Light tanks up to and including the m24. But that is not All. General Jacob , commanding general of the army ground forces says that today army ground forces planning embraces airhead operations involving an entire Field army and it becomes increasingly evident that in line with our other developments we must find some Means of increasing the troop and Materiel carrying efficiency of ?." enter therefore thepod." it is to the cargo plane what the huge Highway trailer is to the truck tractor. You Load the pod up and along comes the plane. The plane s Long Landing gear straddles the pod which then becomes just another fuselage. The plane takes off with its Load leaves it at the advanced air base and returns for another trailer like pod a ribbon Parachute developed bythe germans has proved itself for heavy military cargo. In its first test army officers watched a 75-mm howitzer weighing 2240 pounds shoot out from the rear of a cargo plane High in the air. 11 had been pulled out by a Small Parachute. As if dropped a Pilot cute opened and then two tremendous ribbon parachutes opened one at each end of the howitzer. The heavy Load floated to the ground and landed  Standard infantry division today is completely air transportable except for its tanks and heavy engineering equipment. This Means that the Divi Sion can be carried in the Standard troop and cargo transport the c82. Transports in Prospect will take car of the heavy equipment. An important feature of the air army movements is the glider. Under development by the u. S. Air Force the glider will have a capacity of eight tons in a compartment 420 inches Long 104 inches wide and 95 inches High. A second glider with a four ton capacity is being developed for the airborne divisions. The general impression is with Airpower becoming the most potent offensive and defensive weapon in War that Man to Man combat Between ground forces is rapidly becoming Athing of the past. Both top air Force and army spokesmen do not have this idea at  they do realize that Man to Man combat cannot take place until men " and equipment Are moved to the battlegrounds wherever they May be. They also agree that the nation which gets there first with the most will have the jump on the enemy and is most Likely to carry the fighting into enemy territory. Theirs is a Broad interpretation of air Power. And they Are planning to use it to the Best possible advantage Winall branches of the armed services. Bombers and fighters carriers wit their torpedo bombers and fighters All have a specific Job to do they Knock out and soften up the enemy on of sense and defense. The army now is taking to the air to be ready to com plete the Job if necessary and Rith air Power Speed. C trouble in Nevada t continued from Page 16 might follow me. He was determined to ride wit h me you saw  i understand miss Stevens Sun Day said and then lowered his voice to a conspiratorial tone. How washings up where you went All right. I m not going Back for a while. Of sunday i be been so worried i Don to know what cd do if i didst have you to talk to and help me Bill Keith was smoking As he paced under the Pine Trees around the first Bend in the Road that led from Lake in the sky stables when he saw  had come around the Bend in the Road and was staring at him motionless with a Ray of Sun making Gold of her hair. Keith decided to Chance it. Dropping his cig Aret into the dirt he crush edit with his toe and started toward the girl. By the time he reached her Shehad a solicitous expression for him. Or Keith she exclaimed. I surprised to see you Here sunday told me about your  i m not sure it was an Accident said Keith coldly. I think someone deliberately shot at  and i was Riding a gun shy horse i discovered Keith s jaw Tightenedyou wanted me to ride  you wanted a Good horse did Keith broke in relentlessly and you did t ride this morning. Why where have you been. The girl showed a flare of spirit in wide Blue eyes. I Don t see Why but she choked off her glance wavering. Keith s eyes swept her figure. She stood with her hands in the pockets of the Waist length jacket. With Surpris ing swiftness he stepped Forward his big hands slapped at the pockets and with hardly a struggle he twisted the automatic from her cold Fingersyou," she gasped. How  it sounded comically melodramatic and Keith would have laughed but for a Lump of ice in his stomach and a prickling at the Back of his neck that weren t funny. The gun he had take from Alana was a .32 automatic. He looked up and saw a Light of de Fiance in the girl s eyes. I carry it when i Jide alone she announced. This instill wild country " 22 i m finding that out said Keith. Alana held out her hand and Keith returned the ? she pocketed it again the girl s eyes softened somewhat. Your vacation at Lake in the ski has t been very pleasant so far has it or. Keith not very he admitted stiffly. The girl seemed to lean toward him. Why Don t you leave because said Keith i want to stay around and see what s going on unless you know Why i should  Alana Stevens Shook her head sharply and her Small Chin lifted Againsometimes," she accused him you talk and act just like a policeman Fiat could be said Keith icily and turned to stride Down the Road. That was that. He was through with Alana Stevens. He Felt hot and Dusty and his shoulder ached where he had landed on it. He headed for his Cabin at Lake in the sky Lodge. When he turned the key in the lock and shoved the door open there was a slip of White paper on the bark color drug. Something told him what it was. He stooped to pick it up read the crudely worded threat several Tim Sand realized that he no longer was guessing that Rick Martin had been murdered. Here was proof in his hands. Bill. Walked into Lake in the sky Casino at the noon hour the threat ening note in his pocket a new Quick Ness in his step. He inquired after the manager s office from the girl in the cashier s Cage went Down the hallway she indicated and without knocking entered the door labelledmanager." he had taken a Chance that the of fice would be deserted during the noon hour but it was t. Alana changed , Gray Linen sat at a typewriter desk in the Corner. She glanced up As Keith entered. You she said with annoyance. I thought you had said everything except Keith put on a look of apology i m sorry. I m afraid i lost my temper this morning but i was up set he closed the door behind him and asked have you Ever been shot at she thawed a Little. Why Are Youji Ere or. Keith what do you want to use your typewriter he said surprisingly. Alana s eyes flashed. There s a Public stenographer in the  i want to use this typewriter said Keith. She gave him a Long cold look and Keith folding his arms Waitedis this a request As a policeman or As a guest whichever will get me the use of the typewriter said Keith. Alana took what she had been Typ ing out of the machine and Laid i Down. Then she stood up and moved to another Corner of the office to Opena Metal filing Cabinet and rummage busily. Keith decided it was an invitation. He took her place at the Type writer Laid the note beside it and found White paper in a Small drawer. The paper even matched the note paper. It " was As simple As that. With stiffened forefingers he picked out the words you better leave today or else and compared it with the identical words on the note noticing the same uneven Ness of the capital a the smudge of thee." it was elemental. Too ele mental it made him wary. Searchingly Keith looked across the room at Alana. She was completely in concerned. If she had. Had anything to do with the rite surely she would have revealed it with a look or nervousness. He pocketed both pieces of White paper hurriedly. Thanks he said standing up. When Alana came Back to the desk carrying a Manila folder it was quite by Accident that Bill saw the papers she had Laid aside. He stared Down a them then raised his  and found Alana s fixed on him accusingly. I know it in t polite be said somewhat breathlessly i just happened to seer do you make out one of these every Day yes she said. Or. Wiseman receives this particular  s or. Wiseman the girl s lips closed impatiently but she answered. He s the owner of Lake in the sky. His office is in   the girl s face turned to Bill in Surprise. He never had called Herby her first name. Does every report show the big payoffs made each Dayan which gaming tables made themyesr"  Keith took a deep breath. Look up the one for july 3rd, please not until much later did Keith think it Odd that the girl was suddenly co operative. Her sober intent Ness matched his As she found the paper he wanted and gave it to Hirr. His hand trembled when he gave it Back. No big payoffs on july Erdt she glanced at the paper too. No. They would have shown on the . Wiseman is very particular and the pit Bosses Don t let anything get  Bill Keith leaned against the Edge of the Walnut desk and exhaled Shakilyalana " he said then broke off abruptly. With no Little Effort he kept his head from jerking around guiltily to the office door which had opened behind him. Instead he stood up from the Edge of the desk and turned leisurely to faecal Routier who had just entered the room with gig Benson behind Himhello," Keith said and looked at Alana. Well How about tomorrow she had recovered enough to take the Cue and leaned Forward to Routie who seated himself at the Large desk. Or. Keith wants some Good Trout fishing Don t you think Kettle lakes would be Best you decide Routier said with a faint smile. It s your Day  Kettle lakes then Alana Saidi m expecting to find a few fishing spots of my own during the next few weeks that i m Here said Keith from the doorway backing  door closed behind him and there was silence in the office an electric silence until Routier broke it before you get too Friendly with William Keith of san Francisco he said and reaching into a drawer Drew out a Small empty tin can bearing a Blue Label. See what gig brought Back with him this morning alter Fol lowing you on your horseback  to be continued next week i .3 answer to last week s puzzle4 weekend june 5, 1m