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Aviators Must Train Muscles * .... ~ ^ " Army Cadetf Conditioned Specifically to Meet Strain of Flying. MONTGOMERY, ALA ? What muscRs does u pilot use in flying? This question arose in the office here of Ernest Smith, director of i athletics for the U. S. army air "Corps in the southeast. Smith was on the spot. Twentyeight assistant physical directors, charged with whipping aviation cadets into shape, wanted an answer. "I don't know," said Smith, ?.. . watching a formation of planes nose up from a near-by flying field, "but cyme on?we'll find out." And so 28 mten, scheduled to go out to us many airdromes as train: ers for aviation cadets, followed the director. All, like Smith, were experts in their line?many of them college coaches?but conditioning u man to handle a military airplane was something else. And Maj. Gen. Walter It. Weaver had ordered that all American and British cadets in the Southeast be conditioned specifically to meet the strain of flying. Make a Test. Smith halted on the flying line and ,snid to a cadet: "Mistpr, tuko off most of your clothes and get in that airplane there." When the cadet was in the cockpit, he added: "Now, please go through all the motions of flying." f=. The cadet "flew" as he had never flown before?without leaving the ground, without flying togs?almost without any togs at all. He went through all the motions of banking, looping, diving and spinning. And more unspectacularly, he flew for long stretches at a time on a steady course.? This cadet had more eyes on him than ever before. The gallery of directors took notes, observing from time to time that there vvys stress on this or that leg muscle. They saw, too, that the cadet continually turned his head from side to side, watching the imaginary terrain "below" and the sky above as well as the air on both sides. They jotted down certain exercises to strengthen the neck in the right places. They noted the rigid position of the pilot in the cockpit, the constant strain upon his abdominal muscles. They doped out ways to build up the muscles imposed upon. Build Up Muscles. The net result of this strange interview is that today every part of a gigantic physical training program now in swing in the Southeast is devoted to the building up of the muscles most used by fliers. Aviation cadets bend, squat, stoop, wave wands and go through specialized calisthenics for one purpose and one alone?to become stronger and better co-ordinated combat airmen. The new program ranges from hard toe-to-toe boxing to the gentle art of swinging Indian clubs to music; from horseshoe pitching to the grim business of disengaging onesell from a sinking parachute in the swimming pool. It includes 35 sports, with as many different types of athletic equipment. Leading authorities are convinced there is no belief insurance agauist accidents and loss of life than physical fitness- clear minds and steady hands in the cockpits of the nation's c??ml??it ships. Two groups loft basic and entered advarn ed mt.ooI ,1 short tune ago. One group !.n> hud the benefits j of the scientific athletic ti .lining, the! other had not. In a series of three tests, it was found those men with the training scored 21' per cent higher than the others. Director Smith believes it is a fair indication that the athletic pro- i gram is doing a lot of good for a ( lot of cadets. Even Queen Can Be Late, British King Finds Out LONDON ?When your wife keeps you waiting you know how you feel, i When a queen makes a king wait . . . well, even kings have their ( human side. King George VI and his queen were due at ti 15 p. m. at an A.T.S. 1 center in Berkshire. The king strode up and down, i glancing at his watch almost every ] minute, und the words he muttered j 1 to himself sounded very much like , the words an ordmarj husband might have muttered, and when the queen arrived exactly 15 minutes afterwards her greeting was exactly the one the ordinary everyday wife would have come out with "Oh, dear," she remarked brightly. "am I late?" The king shot back his cuff and ' looked at his watch for the hundredth time. He spoke one word, "Yes." Wants to Finish Sock Started in Last War PHILADELPHIA Mrs. Caleb Fox Jr., ; .<>duction department ! chairman of the Red f>ossJiere. ".reports that a middle-aged volun-'teer showed up with a halfJpr* "DjFj * completed knitted sock. -A. Noticing it wu? an off-shade. Mrs. Fox inquired when it was b&r ,'startcd. ' "During the first World war " Ready to Fight Again ALTHOUGH Anally forced from thoir Malayan bases by vastly superior Japanese air power, these I Allied Dutch (dark shirts), British (cork helmets) and Australian (floppy hats) fliers seepi far from down hearted as they gather somewfie^ in the Netherlands East Indies for another crack against the yellow invaders. The Far Eastern air forces of the United Nations work together without distinction of nationality, and since this picture was taken, the men shown in it have probably been reinforced by American pilots ana planes. Their only cry is for better planes?and more of them. gggpgg* . ' - Henry McLeod Seeks Re-Election (Continued from first page) at no time has any word of complaint been registered by that i>ody or any presiding Judge. Many Innovations of a progressive nature 1ms featured the McLeod administration?chief among them, being the installation of a complete Bertllllou system for finger-printing and identification purposes. His son, J. 11. McLeod, Jr., took an extended course In the FBI school In Washington and is an accredited member of tiie investigation forces at the present time. When interviewed by a news reporter it was found that Mr. McLnod is a native of Kershaw county, having been born on a farm near Cherry Creek, in West Wateree, Junuary 20, 1890. He Is the son of Lawrence H. McLeod and Susan Catherine Mi:Cask ill, whoso families are among tiie substantial and influential in Kershaw county. Sheriff McLeod came up the hard way. In that as a young man ho did not have the opportunities of boys of families who had more ' of this world's goods. His parents were of meagre circumstances and J. H. McLeod grew to young manhood by laboring in the fields and getting what education possible through the medium of the short-term, one-teacher schools then In vogue. When sixteen years of nge he was employed by A. H. Campbell, in Richland county. In 1914 he moved to this city where he engaged in business ot* a mercantile nature with his fatherin-law. M. I). Kelly. Later he. hecame associated with A. J. Boat tie, now comptroller general of the state, in 191 ?i h" became associated m h.:si 11 ess Willi the late Kben J. McLeod. and continued this until the deal It of his partner i I then purchased the interests .it his late partner and took Allied M M< Lend into partnership. In I-Yhruar> 192t), lie became deputy sheriff under the late Sheriff tJrover C. Welch and served throughnut in that capacity during the Welch administration I it 1926 when Mr. Welch became state senator Mr McLeod offered for sheriff and was elected over a strong opponent. In 19110 he was again elected by a handsome majority. Coming up for elec-l lion for his third term lie had a I strong opponent and he was given a 1 large majority. In 1938 he again do-1 fenied a strong opponent. Mr. McLeod has a natural aptitude us a law enforcement officer and it is an established fact that he has never experienced the slightest diffi-' rulty when making an arrest. He has saved the county endless expense through persuading prisoners v ho I were guilty. to so plead Throughout his administration Mr. j McLeod has marked a trail of un- I tiring zeal, utter fearlessness, cour- ! I tesy and consideration for all con- j cerned. ' V; ! ^ramong laxatives Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by G?e McQee, Copyright, 1928. SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER, PLEASE ?As my deafness was growing more acute every week, I recently decided to vlsit-an eye-ear-nose-throat specialist. I have never heard of a deaf patient being relieved of anything much except cash in connection with falling auditory ducts or nerves, but there Is always plenty of hope that a miracle might happen. Anyway . . . . I always feel better when 1 try, * ?I walked into the waiting room of this specialist. A pretty little nurse took my hat and coat. Another prettier little nurse showed me a chair that I might sit in. A minute later a third perfectly beautiful blond came out and took me in. She then transcrlbed my pedigree on a typewr'ter. All there is about me and my folks she now knows. --A brunette, (my! what a darling she was) led me into another office and made me crawl into a barber chair j She poked a towel down my collar and wrapped it around my neck and then spread another one over my lap. She reached into a small cupboard land took out a tray full of all kinds ;of instruments. Then she sprayed 'some nasty stuff into my nostrils and throat and walked out without kissj ing me good-bye. After a few minutes the doctor came | in with his apron on.. He pushed my eye lids and saw that 1 was not I dead. He took a seat on a stool in 1 trout oi me. Then he wrapped some . enttoti around a crochet hook and pushed a big wad up each nostril after dipping it in brimstone, lit' got up and walked off. In about live ininutes he returned and sat down again. lie took a pair of pliers and removed the waddin from my nose. Then he took a knitting needle and poked , it through my eustuchaln tube; after he felt it pro!tide through my head and come out just north of my left ear. he got up and left me and my misery and the knitting needle to ourselves. After suffering for about lu minutes, I noticed that he had come hack. He retrieved the needle j. . . which 1 thought had broken off in me. The next thing was different. Ho took a bicycle putnp-llke something and squirted air into my inuer ears. Then he daubed my throat with coal tar. A little later he sprayed all visible spots with a white fluid that i tasted like a left-over. A minute later the brunette returned and took i the towels off of me. aud pointed to I tho door. I never heard any more from anybody till tho llrst of the month; I then got an invitation to 1 ? i seiul 5 bucks for services rendered. Nope, I can't hoar any better, but It was certainly worth 5 bucks to have such an experience. I STOP MY PAPER AT ONCE; I AM MUCHLY DISGUSTED deer mr. eddltor: ! is Vour D^uqi iter* Maytv ihf nrf l??omt f?il IIAK r thing to really bring K^UUiai X out her charm. She can't be attractive if the'a pale, underweight nd Kftu-ry. Knrourage her appetite wit^? Vitamin B1 and Iron, in VINOL.. Your drug gilt hue thia p'raiant tatting tonic. VINOL DeKALB PHARMACY ! I Htii rittug to iufarm you that I did limit like yoro artickle of two weeks ago iu which you eonderaued the pensions bill for our sennators and congressmen. our publick servanft all ought to have pensions, end you ahouUl not of aatd wliat you oald about them, they had a legal right to vote thelrselves a pension and they done ho, but because a few other folks don't got anny pensions, you and yore kind fought the bill ansoforth. L our aumiatura and jjongreasnien have a hard (line making etuis meet, they are not paid but 12,600.00$ per ysour. and only about 2,500.00$ apiece for their darters and sons-in-law Is allowed them, it is a boundon duty for sennators and congressmen to got i their kinsfolk on the govvernmbnt J payroll, and 1 ant supprlsed at you otv < jecting to the pension plan, the bill did not Include anny pensions for their relatives and friends, you ort to be ashamed of yourself, newer mind: you might be a sennator or congressman yoreself some day. furthermore, the aforesaid gentermens are allowed only a few thousand dollars each per annum for traveling expenses, do you expect them to walk? and besides that, they havo to get up every morning by 10 o'clock and call the roll and adjourn till 5! o'clock! usually the same day. they can't stand up under the strain, do you want our sennators and congressI men to become old enough for tho : suppreme court by the time they are 65 f I ' ! it is worth 5,000.00$ por annum for a good sennator or congressman to I have to sit in the upper and lowers houses and listen at some of them I "Iso-peasers" (lsolationlsts-appeasres) talk their heads off about nothing ex> cept that they don't like the new deal ansoforh. you ought to apologize fori fighting this pension bill, do you be-1 lleve In starving our repper-sentatlyfiiB or don't you? ancer, yes or no. Plan Corn Event J For This Year I The Camden and Kershaw c0Uft&B Chamber of Commerce, the RotjJ club, and the Klwanls club, toge[3 with Interested business , men and <*9 ganlzatfons In the city arc ukuIh ranging to sponsor the KergflM county corn coutest for 1942. 1'rlzos will be offered as |q past two years, those to bu in tftJ and apporlioned in a stilubl, ho as to^ award all those who kat,| shown progress in the growing <{ corn. At the dinner meeting jjfl fall when the 1941 awardH were it was gratifying to note the $j|H nouneed increase in the yields 4I corn on the part of those who etutX d the 1940 and 1941 contests. The average yield of corn, for |M who participated In the contest (orI 1940 was 25.4 bushels' and the avwB age yield per acre for 1941 was bushels. It is believed that the 1?3 figures will exceed the fine_ recorifl Those desiring to enter the lt?gM contest aro to either write or personfl ally contact county agent \v. c. Mol Parley. who has a supply of entryfl blanks. It is pointed out that uofl fields will he estimated unless ttyfl owner thereof flies an entry aunt M It All Depends Liza: ''Warfo' yo' sha-penlu's da(l razor, Rastus?" % Rastus: ' "Woman, trey's a pair oil genmun's shoes under yoah bed, 1(1 thoy ain't nobody In dem shoes, dtiM Ah-m gonna BhaveP' "Here's an Electric Mixer Someone Wants to Sell Cheap" The Chronicle Want Ads Carry Messages From . Family to Family in \ Camden and Kershaw. County Have you ever thought of the Chronicle Want Ads as a sort of clearing-house for the messages of Camden and Kershaw county families? Well, in a way, that's just what they are. Because they tell everybody what everybody else wants to buy or sell or trade or rent or hire or use or lost or found. That way every seller finds a buyer, every employ er finds someone to hire, and the Want Ads accomplish these errands quickly, and best of all, economically. Get acquainted with the advantages of Chronicle Want Ads today! It Pays to Use the Want Ads feci > The Camden Chronicle Telephone 29 - ' ? ' ??IM *2.1 r