The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 15, 1941, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
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.
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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"
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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.
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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.
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$150 Down
Will Buy a Lot And
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Balance Like Rent.
Good Location.
Lewis L. Clyburn,
Agent
Camden, S. C. Phone 62
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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
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Donald Morrison,
Health Officer