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Associated Press — International News Service—THE COMPLETE NEWSPAPER — United Press—Associated Press- 68fh Year No. 37Lowell Mass. Wednesday February 13 1946James T. Keefecowell factory made one ofNamed Fi; eWAR'S MOST FANTASTIC WEAPONS1 1Dept. LieutOperation Fantasia” Was Rubber Army”; Secret Kept Hush-Hush Throughout ConflictTopped Civil Service List—Succeeds Forrest E. Alcott| LOWELL. — Appointed lieuten-'ant in the fire department today by Chief Charles F. Stackpole was James T. Keefe, 59 Cnauncey avenue, who has been stationed at ■ the Branch street Srehouse as a Jadaerman for the past several I years.Keefe topped a civil service list ifor the post and win fill the va-icancy in the department caused I by the retirement of Lt. Forrest ;E. ALcott. The appointment be-icomes effective next Sunday.I Named a permanent member of {the department was James U- D. iCryan, 137 Foster street, who was top man on the permanent reserve list. He nils the vacanev ■caused by the Keefe promotion.| The post of lieutenant in the I department pays S7.04 per day. i Regular firemen, are paid 56,60 peri dav.By Fred W. DudleyDOWELL—One of America’s most fantastic secret weapons of World War II—the last word in camouflage art—a vital so-called ’‘Rubber Army.” used in the European theatre, and with Lowell as one of Its main production!Cardinafs-DesignateArrive in Pariscenters, is brought to light todav in another of the war’s“Now It Can Be Told” tales.So valuable was this Allied weapon that the secrecy surrounding its inception and development was as great if not more rigid than that in connection with the atomic bomb. And playing the leading role in this saga of the “home front.” were the conscientious, loyal employees of 1 the Karl F. Jackson plant on Thorndike street. iThe purpose of the Disney-de-, fvins: monsters was deception; totasia,” was the control of the if o oV°Naz[*re co nnaisancYpUois'and!Pneumatic tubing, not unlike that} J? iusea m auto tires. Its capabilitiescamera** usually operating at an. ^ m _ . .. !_ij _c _r,, — r- » - i c o m p 3 c t ness, coilansabiliiy,altitude of about oOu feet, ana also - . - -i', . ] lightness, easiness to inilate andto conceal trooD movements. On1New Yorkgrounatnewould deceiv enced observers at tance as 300 yardstroop movements. deflate quicklv ror moving pur-, i such decoy targets ^ it‘ ideal for theiive the most experi-;!\ ■as short a ®s- PlpTclates.TemporaryOperation. Fantasia”Basic principle of the giganticundertaking, this “operation fan-in this case, did lie’ Assembled at one point would be this rubber array” while the!UNO SiteContinued on Tlircc\asChosen Officially as Interim H. Q.©PARIS. Feb. 13 lt;UP)—Theairliner “Star of Rome'* arrived m Paris from Eire today with Rome-bound Cardinals-Designate Spellman. Glennon and Tien.Archbishops Francis Spellman of New York and. John X Glennon of St. Louis and Bishop Thomas Tien of China landed at Orly airfield outside Paris at 11,05 a. m. (EST).- rna ! ThI LG Id
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Lowell Sun
Lowell, Massachusetts, US
Wed, Feb 13, 1946
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