TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 25, 1944
THE BATTALION
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Military Mortimer
Bazooka Precedes
Air and Sea Rocket
Missiles, Weapons
The portable antitank bazooka
is the “grandpappy” of the rocket
launcher aboard American fighter
planes, according to C. W. Theleen,
manager of the General Electric
plant turning out launchers here.
The bazooka is light enough for
a soldier 1 to carry on his shoulder
but fires a rocket potent enough
to knock out a tank or fortification.
It was produced at V-E plants a
year before its battle record was
announced several months ago by
the Army. Most ordnance requires
years of development, but already
the bazooka is the patriarch of a
whole family tree of rocket weap
ons for land, sea and air combat.
Some are in the developmental
stage, but others the enemy al
ready has felt in damaging quan
tities.
The airborne rocket launcher
consists of three long barrels made
from a special material developed
by G-E engineers, suspended un
der the wings of American fighter
planes. Dive bombers in the China-
Burma-India and other theaters
are using the bazooka at speeds
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OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT
MEMORANDUM TO: All Tactical Of
ficers and Organizations:
There will be no drills or road marches
except for the usual scheduled drill per
iods. When there is a cause or it is de
sired to have additional drill or road
march, it must be approved by the COM
MANDANT and by the TACTICAL OFFI
CER in charge of the unit. The contents
of this memorandum will be brought to
the attention of all cadet officers and non
commissioned officers as soon as practical.
By order of Colonel WELTY:
, A. J. Bennett,
Lt. Colonel, C. A. C.
Executive Officer.
in excess of 400 miles an hour and
hitting al types of ground, sea
and air targets with pint-point ac
curacy, according to Brig. Gen.
Guy H. Drewry, district chief conm-
manding the Springfield Ordnance
District. In commenting on combat
reports, he adds that the rockets
launched by the bazooka are es
pecially effective in sudden sur
prise attacks.
General Drewry also quoted this
statement from a recent broadcast
in German# beamed to continental
Europe from London: “The Allies
havq availabel a rocket gun that
can be used from small landing bat
tle. The new rocket gmn has prov
ed its worth in the Pacific. Its
fire serves to cover the landing
troops immediately before an as
sault on the coast. ,,
A rare form of ball-shaped
lightning, called globular lightn
ing, has been observed moving
slowly through the lower atmos
phere or rolling along the ground,
It usually breaks up with a mild
explosion which is not very de
structive or dangerous.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received by the City of College Station, Texas
at the City Office until 8 p.m. CWT August 1, 1944 for Sanitary Sewer
Improvements consisting of approximately 3,000 fqpt of 10” sewer pipe
and 2,000 feet of 8” sewer pipe together with manholes and appurten
ances. At said time and place proposals will be publicly opened and
read.
Copies of the plans and specifications and forms of Contract Docu
ments are on file in the Office of the City Manager. Plans and spec
ifications may be procured from Joe J. Rady, Engineer, 811 Insurance
Building, Fort Worth, Texas upon deposit of 5.00, half of which will be
refunded upon return of the plans and specifications.
A certified check or acceptable bidders bond for five per cent
(5%) of the total bid must accompany each bid. Attention is called
to the fact that there must be paid on this project not less than the
prevailing rates of wages which have been established by the Owner
as the following:
Per diem wage
General
based on 8 Hr.
Prevailing
Type of Worker
Working Day
• Hourly Rate
Bricklayers
$ 8.00
$1.00
Carpenters, Journeymen
8.00
1.00
Cement Finishers
8.00
1.00
Laborers, Unskilled
4.00
0.50
Plumbers
Power equipment operators:
10.00
1.25
Air Compressors
8.00
1.00
Blade Graders
6.00
0.75
Bulldozers
6.00
0.75
Cranes, Derricks, Draglines
10:00
1.25
Mixers—10-s or smaller
8.00
1.00
Motor Graders
8.00
1.00
Tractors
8.00
1.00
Trenching Machines
8.00
1.00
Truck drivers, V/2 tons and under
4.80
0.60
Truck drivers, over V/2 tons to 4 tons .. 6.00
0.75
The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids
and to waive
nformalities.
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
By: Ernest Langford, Mayor
Plan Now
To Attend The
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ERNIE FIELDS
And His Orchestra
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AUGUST 11, 1944
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