The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1942 Page: 2 of 4
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weekend here with his another and • If interested
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400
1.00
1.00
1.00
other relativevs.
by Mr. and
money for as many more as possible
at the postoffice or either bank'here.
The following have contributed the
amount indicated:
Rucker Northington
Elaine' Vebber ......
Mrs. Wayne Casbeer
Mgs. Ross Ramsey ..
Mrs. W. H. Corbin
Albert Brown ...........
M. P. Adams .......
FEW CONTRIBUTIONS ARE
IN FOR RED CROSS KITS
Contributions are coining in
thF overseas kits but we jsre
a long way from our goal of
for the county. The chapter feeln
that this is a very modest quota
set for us. since likely our county
will soon have more men than this
sent overseas and the Red Crosu
wants each one of them to receive
tlds last reminder that we are all
backing them up.
The kit bags cost approximately
31.00 each and we are asking all Mrs. John B. Davis
who can do so to leave $1.00 or the Mary L. Matthews '
VITAL SCRAP MATERIALS NEEDED-THINGS THEY MAKE
A clear picture of the importance of your scrap in the war may bo had from the fol-
lowine data, nrenarad bv the Conservation Division of the War Production Board.
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The World’s Dullest Knife
By Gene Byrnes
Feet. MONEY
If you rafter from beeksehm
resulting from fstigue or •«-
noeuro ... if eore muscles or a stiff neck have
nt you laid UP ... SOAKTONE ia what you
need. It to a medicinal, analyesie solution
developed in the famous laboratories of Mc-
Kesson a Bobbins tn Bridgeport. Conn.
bo■ETONE acts fast-gives soothing relief
spent the
W. H. Hart of
>
equivalent to copper used in opposite
curi<
Washing and ironing machii^s—eight 4-tb. incendiary
2. RUBBER
125 old tires—1 Flying Fortress.
1,000 pairs galoshes-,1 medium bomber.
75-mm. howitxer
1
1
3
7
el >
MILITARY
‘R
6.75
13.5
3-inch shells
— (6.635
1
1
Lamp bulba: 1,000 burnt-out
lamp bulbs —40 compasses.
■tatarad at the postoffiee at Lampasas.
IWm, aa second cltsa mail matter.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Creek, Jr., are
the parents of a son bom Monday
at the ' local hospital.
S1.00
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Wash pail =»3 ^bayonet*.
' (10washpail«=onc60-mm.
mortar.)
1 old tire --20 pairs
parachute trooper's
boots, or 12 gas
masks.
1 pair rubber hip bools -3 pairs arctic over-
shoes. .
STEEL USED
(LBS.)
Copper kattla*84 rounds of
ammunition for an automatic
rifle.
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across
t Ohouldei
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reckon
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where <
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3-inch shells. (252 lawn
mowers—one 3-inch an-
tiaircraft gun.)
Old disc (420 pounds)—210 semi automatic light clrbines.
Old plow (850 pounds) =*=100 armor-piercing projectiles (75-mm.)
Rafrigaratbr—I refrigerator*70,000 37-mm. antiaircraft ex-
plosives. 2 refrigerators -one 60-mm. mortar.
Vacuum cbaxses—31,000 .30 cal. cartridges or 110 rifles-
Discarded tractor
*580 machine
guns (.30 cal.)
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Duran
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Coif clubs: 1 old set of golf c!ubs*one .30 caliber machine gun.
Refrigorator —twelve .45 cal. submachine guns. (61 refriger-
ators *one light tank.)
Old radiator—seventeen .30 cal- rifles. (17 old radiators—one
75-mm. tank gun.)
.11 old washing machines —one J^-ton truck.
Kitchan sink—35 three-inch shells. (175 old kitchen sinks—
one medium tank.)
Large ash can—two .30 cal. rifles. (6 large ash cans—one anti-
aircraft director.)
Garbage pail—1000 .30 cal. cartridges. (Ill garbage pails—
one 75-mm. howitxer.) -
One ton t-.' waste paper wit
produce any cm the following-.
1,500 shell containers
47,000 boxes for .30 rsi.
ammunition
71,000 dust covers for a:r-
.plane engines
36,000 practice target*
1 washing and ironing machine—21 4-lb. incendiary bomba.
7 washing and ironing machines=1 antiaircraft fuse setter.
1 refrigerator—eight .50 cal. machine guns.
225 refrigerators—1 light tank.
1 vacuum cleaner—seven .50 cal. machine guns.
1 vacuum cleaner—twelve 4-tb. incendiary bombs.
7,700 aluminum pots and pans—1 pursuit plape.
high)—Carton Tor 3'5 ontiair-
craft shells, <»r 80
. 75-mm. shell con-
tainers, ur,3S-con-
tainersof solid Uber
for shippings*n-ned
food.
Tone!
drawing
fight 8
the coo
Colt fr]
in(o hi
in Onos
with hi]
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“Now,
thing el
7. COOKING FATS —2 pounds of
waste cooking fat will make
enough glycerine for five anti-
tank shells.
8. TOOTH PASTE TUBES-69 old
tooth paste tubes provide all
the tiri necessafy for solder in
the electrical connections of a
Flying Fortress.
9. TIN CANS-(neededonlyin
certain areas) Tin reclaimed
is used for babbitt metal in the
bearings of airplane engines
and for solder.
Steel reclaimed from tincans
is used for all machines of war. •
10. WASTE PAPER —( needed
only in certain areas) —100
pounds (stack about 5 ft.
ired it
Hash <
hat w;
hey n<
USES OF
STEEL USED
WANTED—A driver to California
Free transportation. Leaving soon
(d54w)
10-ton pontoon bridge uses 3644 pounds
Aircraft tires range from 17 to 100 pounds.each. •.
165.000 pounds of rubber go into making a 40,000 ton battle-
ship. 100 pounds go into the tire of a big bomber.
Rubber used for one month's manufacture Of baby pants can
make 2.800 rubber lifeboats for ocean-going planes.
A single month's rubber supply to the comb factories is
enough to put tires on 1,700 eight-wheeled l!$-ton army trucks. t
9 automobile tiresuse the equivalent of the rubber needed for
one tire on a four-engine bomber. j ’ ,
6.000,000 pounds of crude rubber previously used for 30 mil-
lien rubber bands per year can put bulletproof gas tanks into
330 heavy bombers and make treads, engine mounts, shock-
He was accompanied
John Hart of
Dalhgrt who went to. San Antonio
on business. '
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MILITANT EQUIVALENT
10 37-mm. tank guns
16" projectiles
medium tank
75-mm. tank gun
.50 eal. machine guns, or
1 16-inch Navy shells, or '•
2,000-pound aerial bombs.
HOW TO TURN IN YOUR JUNK
Sell it to a junk dealer. Give it to a charity.
Take it yoiirself to the nearest collection point,
Or consult your local Salvage Committee.
If you live on a farm and have no method of
disposing of scrap, phone or write your County
Agent or consult your farm implement dealer.
2.01'
5.00
X.00
AMERICAN INDUSTRIES SALVAGE
STEEL
SCWAP THAT CAN
5. ZINC
(The following item: will provide an amount of scrap ^rnc
equivalent to the line used in the opposite military item*.}
l.OCO lamp bulbs—-23 shells (37-mm.)
1 washing and ironing machine—20 rifles.
1 washing and ironing machine—one 37-mm. tank gun.
1 refrigerator—20 hand grenades.
3 refrigerators—1,000 .30 cal. cartridges.
10 vacuum cleaners —5 binoculars.
1 vacuum cleaner—one 37-mtfi. shell. J
er, huh
you dori
make a
You likl
SC HAP THAT CAN <
BE USED (LBS.)
24
54
1,000
31.25
. 55 "
55.5
1,985
9,000
•54
(The following item* will provide an amount of reclaimed
rubber equivalent to the rubber uted in the oppotite
military itemt.) __
set for us. since
6: LEAD
(The following item: will provide an amount of :crcp izad
equivalent to the lead used in the opposite military item:.)
1 old battery—three
3’ antiaircraft guns, or
three 75-mm.hoy.itzers,
or 29 tank guns
(37-mm.)
Electric iron—five 37-mm. antiaircraft shells.
(9 electric irons*1000 .50 cal. cartridges.)
Old wood or coal kitchen stove—ten 4-inch shells. (10 stoves—
a scout car.)
Set of skid chains—twenty 37-mm. antiaircraft shells. (75 sets
of chain*—one IB-inch projectile.)
5 bathtubs—one H-ton truck.
AUTOMOBILES
(containing on the average. 1500 pounds of steel)—
If used with an equivalent amount of pig iron one automobile
will make more than— __
16 17-mm. guns, or
27 ' 20-mm. aircraft guns (cannon), or
‘ 30
J. H. ABNEY « SON
Bsrbert J. Abney, Publisher
108
2,000
62.5
110
111
3,970
18,000
1.2
4 4* shells
10 antiaircraft directors
2 60 mm. mortars
1 light tank
1 3’ antiaircraft gun
I armored scout car
6' shells
.30 cal. rifles
.45 cal. submachine
guns
1 light tank
10 .50 cal. machine guns
1 bicycle tiro and tube—6 radio sets, or 1 gas mask.
Carden hose (25 ft.) —6 collapsible water bags or 6 auxiliary
tires for pursuit planes. . - ~ _
ITEM
4- inch shells
6-inch shells
16-inch Navy shells
5- ipch Navy shells
34nc6- trench mortar
20-mm. aircraftcannon
H-ton truck'(blitx-buggy)
4-ton truck
Hand grenades
Roughly, half the material used to make steel is scrap.
If IK million tons (2.500,600,000 lbs.) of scrap were collected
from farms, this would provide the scrap necessary to make:
• More than twice as many battleships as there are in the
whgje world today, or
b Enough-2000-pound bombs to drop 3 per minute (ram Flying
Fortress bombers incessantly for over 3 yean, or
« Enough 100-pound bombs to drop °°e every second of every
minute of every hour of every day for over 3 yean.
FABM ITEM
1 Tractor, under 30 H.P.—
1 Tractor, over 30 H.P.==
5 Tractors, over 30 H.P.—
2 Two-disc tractor plows —
Two-bottom tractor, moldboard
plow —
Spike or spring tooth sections
harrow —
Disc harrow —
One horse cultivator— .
15 Two-row tractor cultivators—
12 Mowers —
. 5 Hay rakers—
} Hand cornsheller —
1 Hand garden planter —
1 Combination corn and cottbn
planter, single-row—
10 Grain drills —
1 Fertilising distributor —
emiii-i ' — in i ■ mi
CQUNTY AGENTS COLUMN
Soil Conservation Meeting: There
will be a county wide meeting Sat-
orday afternoon August 5th, at 2:30
o’clock in the district .courtroom.
This meeting will be of far reaching
importance as it will be the initial
meeting in a program which farm-
ers of Lampasas and Burnet coun-
ties have launched to create a soil .
• conservation district including the
two eoupties. A ..representative of
the state soil conservation board will
be the principal speaker. Paul Haines
extension service soil and water
.specialist will be present. Every
fanner who is interested" in conserv-
ing his soil and the fertility of his
soil should be present
Sell Old Eves: Old broken mouth
ewes with a fleece of one-half to
one inch long should go to market
this fall in order that fleece might
ibe used as linings for aviator coats.
Plant Legumes To Prosper:' Most
of our soil is gone. Cotton, under
favorable conditions, does not reach
the proper size to bear a large yield.
The answer to such impoverished soil
is a legume crop. Some of the prin-
cipal legumes are: Cowpeas, clover,
vetches, winter peas. The early
Greek. UcmaTis and other ancient
people planted legumes to enrich the
soil. Lampasas county farmers are
urged to try two acres of a winter
legumo or plant one acre of sweet
clover in the early spring. Let these
crops reach.the flowering stage and-
turn t rier as a nitrogen fixing
crop. C. e acre so treated will double
the yield the next year. Most farm-
ers arc In too big a hurry to take
the pains and small expense neces-
sary to enrich the soil. There are
too many farmers going through
the motion of producing crops with-
cut getting the job done. Poor land,
eroded and low in fertility, plowed
three or four inches deep is called
upon year after year to produce a
crop. Start first things first and
terrace the land, then plant a legume
crop and turn it under and run this
fallow for a season and watch the
next year’s crop.
Grtverntreht Sponsored Courses)
The Lampasas high school will offer
several courses to the general pub-
lic during the coming session. Among
- the courses are: Woodworking—10
weeks course, thre<"hours each night
five nights a week. Metal work and
elemenr/ii j' electricity same as above.
Poultry—two hours per week for 10
weeks. Beef Cattle—two hours per
week fpr 10 weeks. Swine produc-
tion—two hours per week for 10
weeks.
Coinpetrnt instructors will teach
these courses and any person seven-
teen years and over may enroll.
See the County Agent > or Super-
intendent cf the Lampasas high
school.
W. P. Graham, Co. Agent, Lam-
pasas cottnty.
1. SCRAP IRON AND STEEL
(TAa following item: will provide an amount of ecrap
equivalent to the ecrap normally required to produce the
eteel u:ed in the opposite military item:.)
Old flatiron — 2 steel
dtaroafcj helmets or 30 hand gren- | WNBgj |
<5----->1- . ades. (9 old flatirons—
A------ k 6-inch shell.)
... , .
MILITARY USES OF RUBBER .
Heavy Eotpber—1,825 pounds .
(One tire uses over 100 pounds. Self-sealing tank uses 1,429-
pounds.)
Medium bomber—804 pounds
(Self-sealing tank uses 528 pounds.)
Pursuit plane=255 pounds
(One tire uses 17H pounds. Self sealing tank—177 pounds )
Scout car = 306 pounds ' -
Light tank —489 pounds
(Tracks alone use -WMj>»u<ids )
Gas mask—1.11 pounds
Gun carriage for 37-mm. gun -61,1 pounds
Gun Carriage for 57-mm. gun—=82.1 pounds
2H-ton army truck - 446 pounds
, Motorcycle ==10.7 pounds
Pair of ski boots =0.31 pounds
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i Tke Lampasas Leader
T Published Every Friday
8ub»cription Price
AR Sfonthfl —....... . .. ,
• Months .... . _________
S Months -----------------
Electric cords—Ten 6-foot electric cords will provide the cop*
per scrap equivalent to copper used in 1,000 37-mm. antiaircraft
explosives.
4. ALUMINUM
(The following item: will provide an amount of ecrap
aluminum equivalent to the aluminum used in the oppe^
America’s war industries must have your scrap materials if they are to maintain ineir
record-breaking production of arms and fighting equipment. The situation is serious. Needed
immediately are at least 6 million tons of scrap iron and s^tcel, and great additional quandttes of
rubber and other materials listed above’. Your help is needed now. Put your sera? into ihe figitt.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this .method of .expressing
our- sincere gratitude to the neigh-
bors and friends who were so kind
and thoughtful of opr sister, Mrs.
Fannie Sale, during her long illness
at the time of her passing away.
Eve ry act of kindness, expression
of sympathy* and the beautiful flowers
are appreciated by us.
. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Abney.
Mrs. B. J Northihgton and fam-
ily. / -
absorbing cushions and machine gun insulation for 500 tanks
(or it could be used to make 1,500,000 gas masks and 500.000
army raincoats). . = .
180 tons of rubber previously used for pencil erasers will make
over 200,000 army gas r sks.
Rubber previously us - for garden hose will provide for tires
on carriages of 8,500 “73 and 6.800 37-mm. antiaircraft guns,
and .600 pontoons for army bridges.
3. COPPER AND BRASS
ITEM
(LBS.)
BE USED (LBS.)
3-inch antiaircraft gun
20,000
u t 1 10,000
37-mm. tank gun
750
375
.30 caliber machine gun
25
12.5
.50 caliber machine gun
100
50
Medium tank — 27 tons *
56,000
28,000
Light tank—15 tons
32,000
16,000
Hull—Heavy Cruiser
13,270,000
6,635,000
15.000-ton battleship
36,000.000
(18,000 tons)
18,000,000
100-pound aerial bomb
50
25
500-pound aerial bomb
250
•125
2,000-pound aerial bomb
1,000
500
75-mm. howitxer
1,060
1,030
155 mm. howitxer
8.960
4.480
50RFT0NE
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The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1942, newspaper, September 4, 1942; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1214973/m1/2/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.