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Motor Units Standardized Army Plant Interchangeable Parts to Speed Up Repair Job*. WASHINGTON,-As it organizes a force of 280,000 vehicles, the motor, ized army is concentrating on standardization of units and inter* changeable parts for speedy repair, it has been disclosed. j "By next winter," observers suld, "the urmy will huve 250,000 trucks with 37 American makes represent* ed in equipment ranging from mo. torcycles to heavy tractor 'prime movers,' but exclusive of scout cars and half-track armored cars.11 In contract, the World war AEF operated with 216 types of vehicles of makes that included French, British, German, Italian and Spanish, the quartermaster general's office said in a special article in Automotive News, Detroit trade paper, , "Under the national defense program," it said, "probably the biggest job ever given to anybody in this country in the procurement and maintenance of motor vehicles has been assigned to the quartermaster corps, United States army." Task Covers Wide Held. The task covers a 20-fold expansion of the 14,000-vehicle transport strength possessed by the army two years ago, the article asserted. No, report was made on the number of many-sized trucks, tanks and fight-1 Ing cars the army has now. I "For all of these types of motor transport units used by the army, except combat units, the quartermaster corps has designed and developed standard chassis types which are used wherever possible," it was explained. The automobile Industry, under the auspices of the Society of Automotive Engineers, is co-operating with the army "toward standardizing parts and making them interchangeable." Listed among developments made by the corps were durable and lusterless olive drab enamel?the antithesis of glossy automobile paints? for day and night camouflage, blackout lamps and special repair tools carried in maintenance or "trouble" trucks. The article went on: "To meet the unusually heavy demands placed upon motor vehicles by military service, the quartermaster corps has made a number ot\ important change? In automotive design and technique. All-Wheel Drive. ."An especially important one ii the adoption of the all-wheel drive for all tactical vehicles used by the army. In a thenter of operations, army vehicles must follow the combat units wherever they go and so must be able to leave established roads and make normally impossible cross-country trips. The use of all-wheel drive trucks makes this possible." While combat and armored units for reconnaissance and troop carrying are obtained by the ordnance department of the war department, the quartermaster corps is responsible for procurement and operation of the planned 280,000 vehicles designated as "general-purpose" and "special equipment" units. The former incluue transportation of ammunition, cargo, personnel and equipment and towing of trailers, guns and other wheeled equipment and ambulances. Wrecking and repair shop trucks and other vehicles are special units. Fireman Driver Has No Need for Fishing Tackle PRINCETON, ILL. ? Pixley Berry, Princeton fire truck driver, has been an ardent rod and reel fan for many years, but now ho believes his costly equipment unnecessary. One recent evening, with his wife and daughter, he was enjoying a boat ride near Wyanet. Just after dark there was a splash and commotion in the bottom of the boat. Berry found that the noise was caused by a black bass which had jumped into the boat. It measured j 20 inches, but Berry released the j fish after showing it to guests in the j clubhouse to prove his story. Patriotic Songs Found At New Peacetime High' BOSTON. ?Resulting from "a | wave of solidarity intense enough to find expression in music," a new peacetime high for patriotic songs^ in America is approaching its peak, according to Dr. Alfred H. Meyer, professor of music at Boston university. Dr. Meyer concluded a recent analysis with a published opinion that the current popularity of patriotic songs is due in part to Tin Pan Alley's attempt to commercialize on public sentiment. Government Corn Pops , In Storage; Walls Topple] KANSAS CITY.?Thirty thousand j bushels of government owned corn' popped so hard it wrecked a 40-by50 foot five-story section of an old; brick building in which it was | stored. j At least, W. R. Wilkcrson, manager of-the Empire Storage and Ice , company blamed spontaneous com- ! bustion in the corn for the collapse, j Two box cars were overturned and j almost buried in corn and bricks. n i i i i i i ?? I Setting the Stage for the General and His Boys ? in m i i ? n i lirin'i . i J Major General Samuel T. T.awton in command at Camp Forrest, Tullahoma, Tennessee, greets the cant of Mobile Unit A of the Citizens Committee for the Army and Navv, Inc. before curtain time. Performances for the [ 28,000 men at Camp Forrest were given from the built-in stage on ohe of the Citizens Committee's specially constructed motor vans. In a letter to Lawrence Phillips, executive director of the Citizens Committee, Major General I^awton expressed the appreciation of himself and the Goys for the highly enjoyable entertainment, adding, "I feel the performances were a contributing factor in the maintenance of the high morale of this camp". Under the direction of Harry Delmar there are | six mobile units, touring |rmy camps, and nava( and air stations i throughout the country. Reading from left to right are: Ruth Clayton, Stephen Richards, ; Collette Lyons, Margie Margo, * General Lawton, Erma Margo, Lew Parker, Ginger Harmon. Major Head, Ken Nichols, manager (on stag?). MORE 8PACE AND MACHINERY IS ADDED (Continued from flret page) I group and la now working on the coffee allottment nupplled by General Foods. The coffoo beans, delivered to the local company must be cleaned, rousted, ground, put through the air separation process and then packed In 50 and 5 pound sucks. In addition to the roasting o fthe several blends for domestic use. the company has, besides the army contract, also a contract for supplying coffee to the A. and I. C. C. C. groupings of camps, which takes In the area embraced In North and South Carolina and Georgia. In addition to adding the additional floor space for storage of coffee the company la alao installing more roasting machinery and other mechanical equipment whereby the dally output can bo atepped from 23;000 pounds dally to 60,000 pounds daily. Tho operations at the local plant are supervised by officers of tho United States army who are here lu the capacity of inspectors. TWO CUTTINGS OF HAY ALL SERICEA WILL STAND Two cuttings for hay a year is usually all that sericea can safely stand says Warren Duncan .soil conservationist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, in the Lynches River Soil Conservation District vrlth headquarters here. And, Mr. Duncan adds, the second cutting should be made sufficiently early in the season to allow the serlcea a period of growth In which to store up reserve plant food on which to grow the following spring. If this food reserve is depleted by mowing late In the season, the stand will often die during the winter or bq so weak In the spring It will be crowded out by grass and weeds. To determine the acreage of sericea needed on a farm, estimate the hay requirements of the farm, and thpn plant enough to supply this amount in two cuttings a year. If seed are needed an additional area can be planted for this purpose. The Russian government once used platinum are we do nickel for making coins of small value. Louis Hrallle, inventor of the system of raised printing for blind persons, was himself blind, losing his sight at the ago of 3. P There are 20 meanings of the word "knot" and one of them is a measure of speed. So speed up your mental processes and swing into this one?mark your choices for your rating. (1) Mark Twain once had one of his characters call another a ''logarithm," which was amusing because it is (a) a fancy word for dunce; (b) a mathematical term; (c) ~ a beat of music; (d) |~ j a kind of type. 1 I (2) Everybody agreed that the smallest state was Rhode Island, but when it got to the second smallest it was either (a) Connecticut; (b) Vermont; (c) Delaware I | or (d) New Hampshire, 1 I (3) Water doesn't usually run up hill, but Joe said it did in (a) the Adirondacks; (b) an aqueduct in Rome; (c) in a siphon; (d) j | in parts of Latin America. | (4) The creature above Is easy enough to name, but would you describe it as (a) a pachyderm; (b) a reptile; (c) a J H mammal; (d) a fish. {_ J (5) The discus thrower is famed as Greek art, and the thing he's throwing, is it (a) rouhd like a ball; (b) fiat like a plate; (c) sharp like a spear; ( d ) F-1 square like a box. I | (6) A football gridiron is so-called because (a) it's rectangular in shape; (b) it is torn up by the players' feet; (c) it has white stripes across it; (d) it has goal-poptjrH __ like handles at both ^tfnds. I (7) Joe said a corsage and a cortege both had flowers in them, but' the latter was; (a) only worn at funerals; (b) a group of flowerladen horses; (c) a funeral procession; (d) a pall of flow- I 1 ers to go over a coffin. { 1 "GUESS AGAIN" ftfdf? ANSWERS Her* I I 1. (b) for 29 knots *. ic) for 10 3. (c) again for the same..... 4. <o) right back for 13 5. <b) for 10 pts 6. (c) for 13 _____ 7. (c) again for 15 _____ RATINGS: M'lM, mighty fast; 80-00. TOTAL , speedy; 70-80. fast enough; 60-70, soeed upl CAMDEN GRADED SCHOOLS 1941?1942 BOOK LIST > Sale Price Rental FIRST GRADE Readers?Furnished by the school at 25 cents per semester. No hooks to bo secured except as directed by the teachers. SECOND GRADE Readers?Furnished by the school at 25 cents per semester Arithmetic?Fun With Numbers .40 .14 Arithmetic?Upton's Number Pad .18 English?Essentials of Everyday English?Work Book .27 Spelling?The Stanford Speller .20 THIRD GRADE Renders?Furnished by the school at 25 cents per semester Arithmetic?Using Arithmetic .62 .2* Arithmetic?Upton's Work Hook .18 English?Making Plans .62 .18 English ? Essentials of Everyday English ? Work Hook .37 Health--Health Secrets .65 .22 Spelling?The Stanford Speller?Work Hook .20 FOURTH GRADE Readers Furnished by the school at 25 cents per semester Arithmetic?Using Arithmetic .62 .21 Arithmetic--Upton's Work Hook .18 English?Sharing Interests .56 .19 English ? Essentials of Everyday English ? Work Hook .87 Geography? At wood-Thomas. 4th grade .56 .19 Health?Healthful Ways .65 .22 Spelling?The Stanford Speller?Work Hook .20 FIFTH GRADE y Readers?Furnished by the school at 25 cents per semester Arithmetic?Using Arithmetic grade 5 .62 .21 Arithmetic?Upton's Work Hook .18 English?Exchanging Thoughts .69 .20 English ? Essentials of Everyday English ?Work Hook .27 Geography?At wood-Thomas, 5th grade .76 .26 History Estill's Heginnet;'s .60 .20 Spelling? The Stanford Speller Work Hook .20 SIXTH GRADE Readers Furnished by the school at 25 cents per semester Arithmetic?Using Arithmetic, 6th grade .62 .21 Arithmetic?Upton's Arithmetic Work Hook .18 English--Expressing Ideas .59 .20 English?Essentials of Everyday English ? Work Hook .27 Geography?Alwood-Thotnas. 6th guide .72 .25 Hygiene?Habits, Healthful and Safe .72 .24' Spelling -The Stanford Speller?Work Hook .20 SEVENTH GRADE Readers?Furnished by the school at 25 cents per semester Arithmetic?Using Arithmetic .62 .21 Arithmetic?Upton's Work Hook. 7th grade .22 English?Language Experiences .66 .22 English?Work Hook to he selected History?History of American Progress ' 1.00 .34 Geography?Atwood Thomas. 7th grade .73 jg, Spelling?The Stanford Speller?Work Hook .20 Hooks may be purchased or rented at tho .schools on and after September 9. the date of opening. All work books must be purchased. A number of readers will be furnished each pupil on the payment of a 25 cents fee each semester. Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Gee MeQee, Copyright, 1928. ' .... i >1 THE MOORE'S HAVE RETURNED FROM THEIR VACATION ?mr. and meadame noisum moore have returned back from their euramer vacation to the ocean beach, they had a grand time aa far aa they went, their trip was broke off verry short onner count of mr. inoore losing his pocket wallet and it contained his monney. at least?that is the report of maddara roopier. ?the moore'e expected to spend a week with mrs. mpore's married sister who Uvea at the beach, she marreld a husband that la doing verry well for the fix he's in and they had 2 spare rooms for the iuoores and their 7 children, imuglne their disappointment when they arrived at the ocean beach, mrs. meore's slater and husband had took their vacation and were spending it in the blue ridge mountings of n. c. ?It worked a hardship on the moores to have to go to a private home and pay board and room rent for sleeping, this was bo unexpected t|iat it took mr. moore's breath right out of his mouth, he got thru -the first day , and night o. k., but the land-lady made him pay his lodgings in advance. he lost his wallet the next morning and that's why they had to hurry on back home, he was lucky to find hiB wife with 2.75$. this was ( used for gas for his brother's car which he borrled to vacate in. ?the mbores went in a-washing one t time In the ocean but they were care- i ful not to wade out into the watter ? In further than % waist deep. They i carried their undei^suits and bathing suits to swim in and the man let the 1 whole drove go in for c35. They all I enjoyed the waves and the breakers i and the under-tow. the watter was' i verry cold to mr. moore; he had not i benn used to hawing much of It on i his boddy. mrs. moore says to yore i corryspondent on her return to flat . rock: "after all, there aint no place like home, be It ewer so humble and mindful of death." she must of benn quoting someboddy. i HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN ?mr. and meadame slim chance, Jr., are the happy parents of a fine baby boy. mr. chance says he arrived in time to save him from the draft, he now has 2 dependents and is thinking over the question of letting his grammaw move In with them till the classer-flcatlon Is changed, he is a husky chapr- they have not agreed on a name for him and everboddy Is trying to help them get the right name for him. v. ?mr. chance do not want to name . him slim chance the fourth, he thinks 3 slim chances in one genneratlon is enough, they alreddy have a slim chance the third and a slim chance, Jr. and sr. but of coarse all of them are not in his famlley. mr. art square thinks the name of "Justin time" would fit in powerful well, but slim says he has almost promised to i name him after the chairman of the] draft board, but he will not do so till he is re-classified. ?mr. hubbort skinner thinks the name of "draft dodger" chance would sound all right, they are distantly related to the dodger familey of cedar lane. mrs. torn head has suggested the name of "proxy" chance or "alllhi" chance, or "hurt wheeler" chance, all of these would have a leaning towards no war. he weighed 9 lb. when he was 2 days old. dr. (p. s. sllm's own daddy says It would sound o. k. to him If ho would name the baby "defense" chance). ?slim is happy over his boy for two reasons and has now withdrawed the price he made on his filling station " 'r 1 "1 when he was put in- class al about a year ago. he had expected to cross the marne and get hitler enduring the current year, but hip Bon has now changed all of that, he says he wont shirk his duty and if the draft board sees fit to send him to the front, he wont stand In the rear, up to here of late he expected mr. joe atallin to make It unnecessary for him to be called, but Joe hasn't benn able to get a toe-holt on the natsls up to now. FATHER JOHN CLANCY TELLS TRAVELOGUE TO ROTARIAN* Visiting Rotarlaus on last Thursday were Tom Davtes, of Columbia, hl,d Father Joha Claucy, of Sumter club. President Moultrie Burns presided -n and Father Ed. Burke had charge of the program with Father Claucy of Sumter, as the guest Speaker and the program was in the form of u trave* logue, beginning the travel at Lisbon, Portugal, then to 8icily and Polemare with its history dating eight hundred years- -its cathedral with the mugulfloent mpaalC8. Then on to Naples, with the many artists cutting beautiful cameos and the lost city of l'om-. pell, caused by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and Its museum containing casts aud busts of many people who perished when the city was destroy, ed. The finding of loaves of bread in ovens turhed to charcoal and stoue. Then on to, Venice with its many bridges from street to street and its gondolas and gaudy gondoliers, but now less gatldy than that woru la former days and then the great city i of Jiome and of his audience with Pope Pius?there being present at the time, five thousand others, all of whom were addressed by the Popefirst in French and then in ItaliJUL The interesting travel ended at Florence and Milan. President Burns gave au interesting account of the Rotary assembly held at Blue Ridge, N. C. Ho said district governor Hunter expects to make an official visit to Camden oa October 9. FOR PERSPIRING FEET , a a rf*-* m*- fk H ' '?fMVf STr-DRI mm At Your Druggist's 35c j Coming Haiglar:! Mon.?Tues, I AUGUST 25?26 1 GENE AUTRY 1 'SUNSET IN WYOMING' | If " 11 " * $150 Down Will Buy a Lot And Six Room Dwelling, Balance Like Rent. Good Location. Lewis L. Clyburn, Agent Camden, S. C. Phone 62 * " .}.W Clean Up Property All parties owning vacant lots that have become over ?r? grown with weeds ana brush are hereby notified to |. have same cleaned up at | once. ' " s ? . * ' r - * ? ? f- Mb. Donald Morrison, Health Officer