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A typical illustration of the sudden sweep of righteous bel
ligerency which suddenly transformed America into a hard
hitting war machine is a group of women who guard the Allis
Chalmers supercharger plant in Milwaukee, Wis. Before
Pearl Harbor, these women probably would have been
shocked at the sight of a gun. Now they are crack shots with
pistols, shotguns, and tommy guns, as they and other patri
otic women guard our vital war plants.
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HALT! — That's what Agnes I
Zemen means when she blows
her whistle.
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GATE GUARD—Lucille Beil
examines the gate pass presented
by the driver of a loaded truck.
CHECK — All vigiladies have
orders to be suspicious, Jewell
Halliday, left, not only checks
this visitor's credentials but also
the inside of a leather bag he is
carrying. The military women
stop each visitor to make sure
that he or she is okay before be
ing admitted. They also check
each incoming automobile and
the contents of all brief cases.
Below: Yvonne Hyden, left,
puts most of her shots in the
bulVs eye. Mary Andraski checks
the high score.
THE BOSS is Lieut. E. E.
Van Toor. He trains the lauy
guards for their posts. He is
pictured showing Peggy Wash
er, a new recruit, how to disarm .
an intruder.
SINGLE FILE—W ith tommy guns slung
over their shoulders vigiladies drill.
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The QaeBtione
1. What is the Quirinal?
2. How many deadly sins are
listed?
3. What does blood plasma look
like, as used by the Red Cross in
the care of the wounded?
4. Who wrote the lines: “He
prayeth best who loveth best all
things both great and small”?
5. How long is a kilometer?
6. How many children did Jo
hann Sebastian Bach have?
The Anawera
1. One of the seven hills of
Rome.
2. Seven: Pride, anger, lust, en
vy, covetousness, gluttony, and
sloth.
3. It is a white powder, resem
bling ordinary baking soda.
4. Samuel Coleridge.
5. A kilometer is five-eighths of
a mile.
6. Johann Sebastian Bach had
twenty children.
Hothouse Lambs Hard to
Raise; Expensive Delicacy
Sheep born in the fall and early
winter, when sold in the suckling
stage between two and four
months of age, are known as hot
house lambs, says Pathfinder. The
animals not only have to be raised
with special care, but they consti
tute only one in about every 25.000
sheep slaughtered here annually.
Consequently, their meat is a
rare and expensive delicacy and
most of it is purchased by fine res
taurants and other luxury trade.
Heaven Wills
Heaven wills our happiness, al
lows our doom.—Young.
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TRADI^f
We can’t make enough Smith Bros. Cough
Drops to satisfy everybody, because our out
put is war-reduced—so please buy only as
many as you really need. Through three gen
erations and five wars. Smith Bros. Cough
Drops have given toothing relief from
coughs due to colds. Still only 31.
.SMITH BROS. COUGH DROPSY
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★ Invest in Liberty: Buy War Bonds
The Rubber Shortage is behind us
but the Tjre Shortage js still here]
Lest than two years ago America faced as fright
ening a situation as any country at war ever faced.
Unless something was done, and done quickly,
we would soon be without rubber.
And without rubber, no plane could fly, no tank
could move, no ship could sail, no truck could roll,
people could not get to work, materials could not
move to and from plants.
That was the situation the Government and the
rubber companies had to lick inside of two years if
America was to stay in the war.
Let’s see what you think. Right now, there is
nearly enough rubber to meet our essential needs.
Today, this threat to American victory is merely
an unpleasant memory, because Government,
the Rubber Director, and a group of industries
—rubber, petroleum, chemical, alcohol—work
ing together, compressed into less than two
years a job that would normally have taken a
dozen years. But. . .
Because the public saw huge synthetic rubber
plants shoot up almost over night, and heard that
synthetic rubber was in large-scale production, they
figured the tire headache was almost over.
Tloto —a,
This is the situation today—the rubber supply
crisis is past, but the long predicted and anticipated
tire shortage is with us.
Why is this so, when thousands of tons of Gov
ernment synthetic rubber are now being made?
Why is this so, when the rubber industry is pro
ducing a tremendous tonnage of rubber products and
more airplane and truck tires than ever before?
Because, as the Baruch Committee foresaw—
the fact that few tires could be made until we
had our synthetic rubber Supply well on the
way, resulted in millions of tires going out of
service without replacement—and those re
maining have less mileage in them. Inventories
of prewar tires are gone.
Because our military needs are way beyond any
one’s anticipations.
Because the rubber companies must use a lot of
their manpower and machines to make bullet
sealing gas tanks and hundreds of other rubber
products for war, in addition to tires.
Because half of today’s requirements are for .
heavy-duty, large-size truck, bus, combat, artil
lery, and airplane tires, requiring many, many
times the labor and materials of peacetime
needs . . . and finally . . .
Because the manpower shortage hangs over the
tire industry as it does over all industry, and there
are just too few hands for the job.
These problems will be licked when our enemies
are licked. Meanwhile, we want to tell you frankly
that unless you, and all tire-owners continue to make
the preservation of tires a vital personal problem
. . . our home-front transportation will break down
and slow up the war production of America.
The way out is for you to conserve the tires
you’ve got—stretch their life in every way you can.
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Do no unnecessary driving.
Live up to the government regulation—don’t
exceed 35 miles an hour.
Keep your tires inflated up to recommended
pressure, and check them every week.
Avoid hitting holes in the road, or bruising your
tires on curbs or stones. Don’t start or stop suddenly.
Slow down for sharp corners.
See that your wheels and axles are in line.
Switch your tires from wheel to wheel every five
thousand miles, and have them inspected regularly
for removal of foreign objects and repair of cuts.
And—most important of all—recap your
tires as soon as they become smooth.
• • •
Though not all civilians will be able to get syn
thetic rubber tires in the near future, you may be
one of those who will. Therefore, you should know
.. . and remember .. . these facts:
FACTS ABOUT
PASSENGER CAR TIRES
The synthetic rubber tire is not yet an improve
ment but it will keep your car rolling through the
emergency.
In many respects, the new synthetic rubber tires
' are an unknown quantity.
IIow they would behave at the phenomenally
high speeds of prewar days is purely academic. The
patriotic citizen knows that high speeds wear out his
treads far faster than the recommended speed of
35 miles per hour, and drives accordingly.
Under-inflation, driving over rough roads, and
other abuses are bad for all tires—but today’s evi
dence is that synthetic tires will stand less of these
abuses than the tires you have been used to.
But, since these tires will be rationed to you In
trust for the nation, it will be your duty to take
every possible care of them, and to prevent mis
use and abuse.
As we gain more experience with synthetic rub
ber tires, more and more things will become known
about them, and the public will be kept informed.
If you use synthetic rubber tubes, be sure they
are properly installed. They should be put into the
tire, then inflated, deflated, and inflated again. And
they should never be mounted on rusty rims.
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FACTS ABOUT TRUCK
AND BUS TIRES
On truck and bus tires, particularly in over-the
road, inter-city service, the situation is less satis
factory.
Truck and bus tires are operated under more
severe conditions than passenger car tires. They are
heavier, thicker—generate more heat. They are all
too frequently overloaded, must travel on any kind
of highway their work requires.
Again we’ll be perfectly frank about it: synthetic
truck and bus tires now built will not stand all the
abuse that the prewar tire would take, especially
overloading. Progress is being made every day—but
overloading which damaged a prewar tire can ruin
today’s synthetic rubber tire.
The Tire Industry is bending every effort to
solve the serious problems of furnishing satisfactory
and sufficient tires to the truck and bus field.
But a serious threat still exists to our most vital
transportation.
So remember this—while the treads of pres
ent truck and bus tires are vitally mportant, the
carcasses of these tires have a value to our truck
operators, and to the nation, that is beyond price.
Unless these tires are made to last and last, there is ,
almost certain to be a breakdown of truck service.
Every one of these tires must be recapped thm
very minute it needs it—before any damage i*
done to the carcass. Speeds must be cut down,
especially on hot roads. Overloads must be
eliminated. Proper inflation is a necessity.
Operators, garage men, drivers, all have a heavy
responsibility that they cannot now avoid. These
are straightforward statements. The warning must
not go unheeded. A new tire warranty recognizes
these conditions, but the real job is conservation!
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With conditions as they are, and synthetic rub
ber in its present stage of development, a new tire
warranty has become necessary and has been adopt
ed. It applies to all tires. Under its terms, injuries
such as bruises, body breaks, cuts, snags, and heat
failures, as well as tread wear are not subject to
adjustment consideration.
Nor are injuries or failures which result from
improper tire care or misuse or abuse. This includes
failure as a result of overload, excess speed, im
proper inflation, or other non-defective conditions.^
Or when tires are used on rims not conforming to
Ttfe and Rim Association Standards.
Remember—the tire industry, the Rubber Di
rector, everyone is working together with all their
energy, as they have from the outset, to keep
America’s wheels turning. I
Do your part—take care of the tires you’v*
got nowl
THE RUBBER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Speaking for the following companies.. •
Brunswick Tire Company
The Century Tire A Rubber Company
The Cooper Corp.
Corduroy Rubber Company
Cupples Company
The Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Company
Denman Tire and Rubber Company
Diamond Rubber Company
Dunlop Tire A Rubber Corporation
The Falls Rubber Company
Federal Tires
Tho Firestone Tire A Rubber Company
Fisk Tires
The General Tire A Rubber Company
The Giant Tire A Rubber Co.
Gillette Tires
The B. F. Goodrich Company
The Goodyear Tire t Rubber Co., Inc.
Hood Rubber Company
Inland Rubber Corporation
The Kelly-SpringAtld Tire Company
lee Rubber I Tire Corporation
The Mans Aeld Tire and Rubber Co.
McCreary Tire & Rubber Co.
Miller Rubber Company
The Mohawk Rubber Company
The Monarch Rubber Company
Montgomery Ward t Co., Incorporated
The Norwalk Tiro and Rubber Co.
Pacific Rubber and Tire Manufacturing Company
Pennsylvania Rubber Company
The Pharis Tire and Rubber Company
The Poison Rubber Company
Tho Richland Rubbor Company
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Tho United Tire & Rubber Company
United States Rubbor Company
Seiberling Rubbor Company
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