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SOME FIGURES VIA JEFFERS
Reasons for lire
conservation Given
new crude rubber in the United-
By L. T. EASLEY
WASHINGTON, Dec 10—-
Gas-rationed Texans and western-
era, accepting motor fuel on an al-
lotment. basis when oil wells gush
in many of their backyards, may
find reconciliation in contentions
cited by the office of Rubber Direc-
tor William M Jeffers concerning
States before the outbreak of
war was 600,000 tons annually.
The crude rubber stock pile
on January, 1942 was about 650,-
000 Iona.
It is estimated the need for all
our armed forces—Army and Navy
combined—will approximate 325.000
tons of new • crude rubber in 1943
and the same amount in 1944 The
demand would be drawn from a
stockpile of both natural and syn-
thetic crude rubber: the figure does
not include a large but unstated
that he won t be able to get any scheduled consumption of reclaimed
----: -----—--—“ 1 rubber by the armed forces. All es-
DALLAS, Dec. 10. -AP1- |
the need for tire conservation
First, it is pointed out, Mr. Aver-
age Motorist might as well realize
Idle tires turned in to district
Santa's Victory Christmas
IT THANKS FOR SORTING MY MAIL! NO
I SCAMPER DULL TAKE YOU OVER TO
I ONE oF THE TOYLAND TOYSHOPS, r
HOP ABOARD AND
AWAY WELLGO!
Scientist Sees
Synth
Tires
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS_____________
CHAPTER 16—WORK FOR MARY AND JERRY
GEE.YOU MUSTN’T
GO OVER 35
MILES AN HOUR!
WHYDOES
SANTA
CALLYOU
SCAMPER?
OVER FOR HIM.
IT’s FUN,
THOUGH,WHEN
IM GOING
DOUUN HILL!
THERE YOU ARE,
THE SHOP WHERE
CLOTH ANIMALS
ARE MADE: AND
HERE IS WHERE
YOU CAN HELP
SANTA WITH
, HIS WORK.
core veer av NEA semvicE NNC
Mrs. FD Urges
U. S. Land Army
Army to Open New
Schools in Colleges
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10-(P) —The
expansion of army administration
schools for enlisted men of the air-
WASHINGTON, Dec.
10-(P-
timates are subject to revision as For Army Needs land army to augment the nation’s partmenu
Creation of a volunteer women’s
Thursday Evening, December 10, 194
Thursday Eve
By Hal Cochran
HEY, SOMEBODY
SEW MY TAIL ON!
AND PLEASE
GIVE ME A
COUPLE OF
BUTTON EYES
SO I CAN SEE!
Pro-Demo Program
Cancelled in Rio
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 10—(P)-
NOTICE,
Sati
500 large $
Strong, super
tissues — la
quality. Ama
I conditions change.
The present imports of natural
crude rubber from all sources-
valley of
offices of the Defense Supplies
corporation by passenger car
comer in the Southwest DPA principally the Amazon
owners in -------South America—are at the rate of
2.000. tons monthly and are not ex- will be sufficient by next October
pected to be increased greatly over
that amount Optimistic, a board of
- Economic Warfare official recently,
new tires or recaps during 1943 If estimated that crude rubber imports
all goes well he Probably will be should reach 53,000 tons—but Jet-
able to get some in 1944 fers‘ office contends that all above
Here are some of the contentions 2,000 tons monthly will be unex-
which make it plain that during the pectedly though gratefully received.
coming year there won’t be any new
tires for unessential driving, and are
advanced in explanation of why
the enforced ure conservation pro-
gram via the gas rationing course
was decided upon:---------—----,
The normal consumption of
region now total 1.115,977. ac-
cording to report, received by
the region office of war infor-
mation here.
*
Jack Doyle of
Broadway Dies
JACKSONVILLE Fla., Dec 10-
(PP)Jack Doyle. Broadway’s official
odds-maker, died Wednesday. He
Synthetic rubber plants, un-
der the emergency program evol-
ved to make up for lost natural
rubber sources in the Dutch East
Indies, are under construction
but “practically no production:
is expected from them for this
current year, 1942.
(Some synthetic plants al-
ready have been in operation,
producing rubber to meet spec-
ial needs where natural rubber
wont work—as in lining avia-
tion gas tanks to make them
leak proof when pierced by bul-
lets. They produce about 40,-
000 tons annually, but none goes
for tires and the plants are not
CHICAGO, Dec. 10—The na-
tions synthetic rubber production
agricultural manpower was suggest-
ed last night by Mrs. Franklin D
Roosevelt.
Police suspended a dinner program
that had been planned last night
by various pro-democratic groups in T
forces to accommodate approximate- adherence to the United States’ war .
ly 4,000 students at five new branch- effort, intervening just as attend-
. announced by the war de- ants were preparing the tables. The
u was announced by me war oe police said a state of siege regula-
tions ban activities involving inter-
,-The new branches will use some I national relations,
of the facilities of the following ---------------—
Reporting on her recent trip to
Great Britain, the president’s wife
to provide the military needs of
, the United States, in the opinion
said in an address prepared for na-
schools: South Dakota State college
of Agriculture and Mechanic arts.
Brookings, S. D: Louisiana State
of Dr Vasili I. Komarewsky, re-
| tionwide broadcast over the Blue
network:
"I have an idea that in this coun-
search scientist, try we may feel our shortage of
The rubber will be of lower cost farms than anywhere else and per-
and higher quality than the natur- haps the organization of a land
al product, believes Dr Komarew- army may be the most helpful pat-
skv who has worked with synthetic tern for us to study in Great Brit-
:h ain. xxx the regular supply of
rubber in Russia and Germany and
| who has ----+- anverine more
CHRISTMAS
SHOPPERS,
university. Baton Rouge: Arkansas
State college. Jonesboro: Sam Hous-
ton State Teachers college, Hunts-
ville, Texas, and Atlanta university.
WAKE UP YOUR
LIVER BILE-
PLEASE...
Atlanta. Ga.
Without Calomel- And You’ll Jump Out ol
Bed in the Morning Rarin’ to Go
to the British for their courage
and fortitude.
“I have come back,” she con-
_____________---. tinned, "with a tremendously in-
1 farm labor might be greatly helped creased confidence and admiration
patents covering more over here by the organization of a for the ability of human beings to
woman’s land army, xxx Ours stand up under difficulty and dan-
would have to be a voluntary en-ger. I am sure we could do just
listment.” I what the British have done, but I
Mrs Roosevelt paid high tribute hope we may not have to."
than 50 processes.________* uh___:
The scientist, now s profes-
sor of chemistry at the Illinois
Institute of Technology, gave
his views last night in am ad-
dress on the history of synthet-
ic rubber before members of
Sigma XI. scientific fraternity.
Dr. Komarewsky said that
the next 10 months would show
big gains in the capacity of
plants producing synthetic rub-
ber and estimated a total of
a part of the emergency pro-
gram.)
The big synthetic rubber program:____
is expected to get slowly underway Asked whether nis estimate had
during the first half of 1943. but
to be going at a good pace by 1944
Plans now call for production of
outs was — -----------about 50.000 -tons between Jan 1
days -before prohibition—succumbed and next July 1, with the total out-
5 - - 5 , . put soaring up to between 390.000
and 400 000 tons by the end of 194 3
Reclaimed rubber netted by the
big scrap drive will help meet the
emergency, but the military require-
ments are expected to consume most
of the 454.155 tons collected There
It's Smart to Shop Earlier
Than Ever This Christmas
667,000 tons of buna 8 rubber
was 66.
The husky-voiced veteran of New
Yorks “real Broadway—the Broad-
way he mourned as having "passed
out with the white-tie-and-tails
alone by next October.
taken into account a recent warn-
ing bv Rubber Director William M |
Jeffers that insufficient materials
foretold of delays in the rubber
to I heart attack at a hotel here.
He had stopped off in Jacksonville
for a few days en route back to New
York, after visiting Miami for his
health.
Doyle quoted betting odds, par-
ticularly for his newspaper pals on
any event on which s wager could
be made, from a prize fight to an
program, he said: r
“My figures are based on the
present plans. If they build the
plants, they can have the rubber II
they don't build them, they will
fall short.”
Dr Komarewsky explained that
election.
Process in Making
Rubber, 100 Octane
Gas Termed Best
, . ih which four types of synthetic rubber are
if rubber in which being manufactured this country •
buna S. duprene. butyl, and thio-
kol, with approximately 85 percent
of the production concentrated on
are some uses 0. ------
the reclaimed product is considered
more satisfactory than either nat-
ural or synthetic crude
No figures were available on the
quantity of this scrap reclaimed but
1 it was pointed out that capacity of
all reclaiming plants in the coun-
try is but 27.000 tons a month This
capacity is expected to be stepped
up by July 1 1943, by about 10 per-
buna 8 ■
Last September, he said the
country had plants with capac-
ity In buna S of 13,300 tons
per year: by next month the
figure will increase to 22,800
tons; in March it will be 297,-
cent.
About 85 percent of the reclaimed
is usable for tires. A “recap |I
rubber smeha new tread is process- He said that the nations normal
tire. smooth casing, requires requirements were 500.000 tons a
pounds of rubber An av-year and world consumption In
— peace time was one million tone
EEs pounds of rubber when "In time of war, of course." he
the outstanding accomplishments worn smooun would-furnteh enough aid -the government takes. Ad
first year war scrap rubber to recap about one and the rubber and merely gives back
The American motorist will be one-half tires A ton of reclaimed to the citizens what w candt.we..
she to 1eam that much progress Fuoder should furnish about te-T enene rubber " proceed developed
“medethEmYER, reported . Cohere has been no new Ure man- tn the United States were far less
rubberm “I not only uracture this year for civilian use. expensive than those used by the
..Lot comeor port improve. ‘ Frozen stocks of passenger tires | Germans, although the product I*
meeix in man: dusiens which re- were estimated last January at about the same—buna 8
ments in plans the of 8 000 000 This included those in the A native of Russia Dr Komarew-
sited more meal double but hands of retailers wholesalers and sky engaged in research at the Kal-
But plants sorer other the quality manufacturers No breakdown was ser Wilhelm institute of Berlin
that it had improved the aallable of this estimate A Germany and with an oil company
• osundara ana ures made from Resurvey was made in September, before joining the institute facul-
Butyl originally lasted for about and preliminary estimates Ind e pity. — - 1
200 miles, from 1939 to the spring that the frozen stocks malate
of 1942 were improved to wear 4.-greater than the Januarynestimnave
000 miles and "to early summer we It was thought the total Results
were getting some 10.000 miles.” been as much as 10.000.000. Pemed
The company said further 1m- of the Septembe T Su - in
provement made it so "that cur- to be announced soon. I aneetan-
rently a Butyl tire will last for ventories by groups: such " ceurers
more than 20.000 miles at speeds of ers. wholesalers and many at Urre
below 40 miles per hour" standard quotas of new ers HP
added that it, was “heartening to as fixed by the 5
learn that inner tubes of Butyl are ministration totaled
better than natural rubber’JanS L Y to every state in var-
ious months and the number of and hands were F H Hall, L. J
Natural Gas Shortage area actualoUOO , E Ut are S1RP" Amarilo omnee"tere Phillips
Hits in Border Area Here --. £ ^XX^ Al
= PAso Dre .—. ot * - Hith REFUmHLRT er “ ana “"
LAST MAT A rumbling explosion rocked the
Phillipa community and disrupted
electrical service in a number of
places, one of which was a hospital
where doctors and nurses worked
NEW YORK Dec 10.—(P — The ___
Standard Oil Co.(N.J.) said last ed on to a
night progress in synthetic rubber about 4----
and an ever-mounting production erage size passenger, car tire, jon-
of 100 octane aviation gasoline were
of this product
800 tons: in June. 582,000 tons,.,
and by October 667,800 tons.
Blast in Gasoline
Plant Kills Man
BORGER
Dec 10-PLC E
Tennyson, 52. was killed and three
oessenge._____others seriously injured following an
Office of Price Ad- explosion and fire early yesterday
1.200,000 from at the Phillips Gasoline plant north-
Quotas were east of here.
Buffering burns about the face
the deep southwest from El Paso to wear out . . ,
Phoenix and through southern New quota was 104,700, in November it
Mexico experienced a temporary was 134,470. . __
natural gas famine Wednesday, due The normal tire consumption
in part to breaks in supply mains the United States is 48.000.000, in-
and in part to excess demands eluding 18.000,000 on new auromer
When pressure in gas mains drop- biles The 1943 outlook for civilian
ped alarmingly, the war production tires Is this 12.000,000 in frozen
board ordered gas cut off or cur- stock including about 4.000.000 idle
tailed to Industrial plants in El Paso casings collected when motorists
and Phoenix and domestic users were required to turn in above
were requested to skip daily baths five per car 6.000,000 new tires
and keep their house temperatures from reclaimed rubber about 12.000
as low as possible 000 recaps The total number is the
C C. Cragin. general manager of same as the annual normal con-
the El Paso Natural Gas company sumption minus those on new Ave:
which supplies the three-state area, hicles, but A big difference is that
said low pressure in the mains was few of the 30.000.000 are new.
caused to some extent in a break in The aim of the rubber conserva-
a 16-inch pipeline east of El Paso, tion program is to keep all of the
and another to a 12-inch pipeline American passenger cars rolling. Cor
out of Eunice N M cause they in the whole are neces-
Important causes were attributed sary to maintenance of the coun-
to heavy industrial demands upon try’s transportation system. The
the gas supply from plants and Office of Price Administration,
power stations' which have been un- pointing to national gas rationing
able to convert this winter to oil as » form of mileage control, said
fuel because of the shortage of oil it would increase recap and tire
and tank cars to distribute it.
by flashlight.
Restriction Put on
Labor Exportation
MEXICO CITY Dec 10-P-
Exportation of Mexican lumber was
restricted under a decree issued yes -
terday. Exportation will be prohib-
ited except in cases where the min-
istry of agriculture issues permits
AT FIRST
SIGN OF A
quotas next year and that all "A"
card holders—unessential driving
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(Adv.)
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Robe
and Preferably
One of Satin
$5.95 to $12.50
If you've looked, the town over for a pretty
robe, then come to Thornton's for we've
just received a new shipment of beautiful
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Other Botany Gabardine Robes and a few
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Gift Pajamas
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A Beaut ful Tie
Dozens of the season’s most beautiful ties . .
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range of sizes.
$2.95
$3.95
$5.00
DUE TO
UNPRECEDENTED
WARTIME
CONDITIONS, WE
EARNESTLY URGE
YOU TO SHOP AND
MAIL EARLIER
THAN EVER THIS
CHRISTMAS!
TAKE FULL
ADVANTAGE OF OUR
NIGHT
SHOPPING
♦
HOURS
.... AND
AVOID THE
POSSIBLE
DISAPPOINTMENT
OF LIMITED
LAST-MINUTE
SELECTIONS
AND DELIVERIES!
. Your cooperation
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Sweaters
Just received . , . this new ship-
merit of men’s sweaters in coot
and slipover styles. Many dif-
ferent weaves in all colors and
sizes
$2.50 - $5.00
U. S. Circuit Court
Acts in M-K-T Case
NEW ORLEANS Dec 10-
The United States fifth circuit court
of appeals, in modifying and affirm-
ing a decision of the Northern Texas
district court, proposed a “tri-partite
agreement" for settling disputes
arising over transfer of engineers
and iremen for emergency runs on
the Missouri -Kansas- Texas railroad
company, declaring judgment of the
lower court which held for the fire-
men was incomplete.
motorists—could apply for recaps
or low grade new tires The rubber
director’s office hastens to observe,
however, that OPA rationing boards
may accept applications for new
tires by "A” card holders and grant
certificates, but never-the-less the
known rubber prospects for 1943 will
not permit actual allocation of tires
or recaps to. the average motorist.
Certificates and quotas may be lib- |
eral enough, but the supply would
not be sufficient. Mr John Q
Citizen who wants to use his car
for family pleasure driving had bet-
ter figure on making his present
tires last until some time in 1944
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Drench
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Sleeveless sweaters for the boys
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for the suit without o vest,
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$1.69 - $2.95
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A gift that will fill the bill for
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whether he’s in the service or
one of the stay or homes. Beau-
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with ell the toilet essentials.
$3.50 to $6.00
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