The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 26, 1944, Image 4
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FAGE TWO
THK CAMOm CHf mCLl, CAMOm, tOUTH CAWOUHA, PWlOAY, MAY 2G 1f44
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The Outlook For
Rubber In the U. S.
Roter W. Bkhsoo Say»^Situa>
tkm U ImproToiK/
Bobson Park, Mast., May 26.—From
a ciTiltan point of rlew the tire sitna-
tion is cnirently more critical than
the gasoline supply. The production
of synthetic rubber will about equal,
by the end of this year, our inventory
of natural crude rubber, namely about
600,<K)0 tons, irhich
K was on hand at the
end of 1941. Mean*
while all natural
rubber and most
of the synthetic
must go for mill*
Flashes From the
County Agents Office
By W. C. McCarleyv<Coanty Agent
AAA Lime
To date farmers In Kershaw county
have ordered 306 cars of lime, 75 of
which have been delivered. The do*
livery of lime to the county has been
slow but arrangements have been
made whereby lime mined in South
Carolina will be delivered to farmers
by truck direct, which means that
more will be delivered lust as soon as
the company that is mining this lime
gets under way. Anyone interested
in putting in application for lime
should contact Mr, J, D. Crawford at
the AAA office.
Get Harvesting Machinery Ready
The grain harvest is right on us.
Get the combines, binders and
thrashers in proper order nowi ~Tbey
tary purposes. The
**1*^^*^ *“l^lhsve a big war job to do. Valuable4-
I P*-^-Ttime is lost in tuning them up and
Ucularly acute. I making repairs when the grain is
do, howevCT, b^ ready to cut. This year, of all years,
lleve that the end must make every hour count with
of our rubber shortage is in sight the little labor we have
But do not think that tires for clvili* Qood SUnds Being Secured
ans are just around the comer. | Reports from all sections of the
county are to the effect that, follow*
ing the bad start we got, excellent
Natural Rubber Data
With all pre-Pearl Harbor .sources
of natural rubber shut off, our major cotton and com are being
supply now comes from the Island of
Ceylon. In addition, some is coming
out of the revived Amaxon River val*
Tey dUtrict. We also are picking up !
a little Mexican Ouayule and perhaps 1” “
a small amount of natural rubber from Tn^f«r^nf
Brazil and from Africa. However. ***^*“«
with the exception of Ceylon, the
great Middle Blast sources are natur-
ally out until we lick Japan.
OB the land is of Importance at this
time. In some cases where a drop
planter was used farmers are planning
Our cou.uu.ptloo of uaturui rubbur, lui"J'.l;‘bnl tl'r'SirL'i.*
•nil remember that It li ell tor the * “ ‘
military. Is e8timate*(l at 150,000 tons
per hill that they have
The equivalpnt of about one stalk
for 1944 This comnares with an >11 inches of row is none too
purpose uw T iaTurri in 1943 cot-
amounting to 340,000 tons and in 1942 1°^ m^u“hJie^t”5iJt wa^!S
to 870.000 tons. .Our stock pile at LcuiJf ch^k till uswlly reve“
the beginning of the year was about ,v.e ^ .....
liA non hAiim •i*h e_a avoragos nearer a stalk every
140.000 tons with receipts esUmated J,*J * on" ‘ ■
at 80,000 tons. We will cut our in- i?, * three sUlks to the
«>n»/bnr lei iimu K.thKm r.# iftej I*I>out every ten inches is a goot
Tenter, in h.Hb,jtbe •»« «t »«• .Im, Then we will llkel, (et It .bout
What About Synthetic? light
The production of synthetic rubber a Year to Top Dresa Heavily
was slow in getting underway but in- with labor as scarce and high as
crewed in 1943 from a January pro- it is, we need to make every pound
ductlon of 600 tons to a December of crop we can from every acre that
production of 39,000 tons. The entire we tend with this high and scarce
y®**"^* work produced under 185,000 labor. To get this maximum produc-
tona or about one-half our toUl 1942 tlon from the acres that we do tUl
consumption. Synthetic production top dressing should be stepped up
capacity has expanded rapidly during That is the only way to set It
19M and for March, 1944, reached an
annual output rate of 670,000 Ions. As
, , .... No longer does Berlin or Tokyo
are exceeding their rated oa- whine that no one here’ understands
jmclty. output should progressively her. It is as well. There is a llml ;
rise. I estimate for the full year that even to the compassion of our narole
about 870,000 tons will be made. boards.
Who Will Get Our Rubber? |
Our 1944 American rubber consump-
tion should look sotneihlnif iigft this; 30,000,000
'Nalural crude 160.000 Postwar Outlook
Reclaimed 260,000 Natural rubber, and perhaps tota
Synthetic 700!000 *uppllea, will be short for
from two to five years after the war.
Tons 1,100,000 ^®*'® ®ome time to clear up
The dlfferenoe betweeh our syn- plantations after the
thetlc production of say 870,000 tons driven out. Not much more
and of the 700,000 tons which we use. 250.000 tons a year for the first
or about 170,000 tons, will be lend- ^***’®® y®**’" *>® expected
leased or stocked for our future use. f*"®*” pre-war sources. The Unltet
All natural reclaimed will be used or will require 1.000,000
set aside for war purposes. Out of ®f rubber annually which may
the above synthetic supply about 18,* dose to BO per cent of the needs
000.000. tires will be made this year entire world. Estimating our
for civilians against an estimated Production of synthetic at 1,000000
^ tons It looks as though our synthetic
js Bt*a • ~ ■ plants might have 100 per cent ca
CAII Wltanilll^ KP^tni'A operation ahead of them for
vail 1IUIIIIIII9 ncaiuic « fe-W. years after the war is over,
but after 1960 look out!
Why Farmers Should
Buy and Hold War Bon^
by Charles H. Merdiant
Head, Dept, of Agricultu^ Ecottomice
tin
Jnivenity of Maine
W E ARE winning this global
war but final victory may be
a long way off. We all hope the
end is near, but we must plan for
a long war, one which may last
two or more-years. Certai^, it
is disheartening to think that much
proud to share in this privilege,
m fact, w^shoukl sacrifice to 1^
la m
of our fighting on both the Euro-
la Asia!
pean and Asiatic fronts is ahead
of us, accompanied by long casu
alty lists. Unpleasant as £is out-
look aroesTA it is .much- l)etter
than being enslaved by the mur>
derous and plundering dictators of
Germany and Japan.
Hitler was right when he stsited
that this would be a tot^ war.
All of us must share its responsi
bilities and endure ha many sacri-
ficea. Unfortunately, all of ua can-
<not share them equally. It is the
farmer’s job and hia pert in this
war to pimuce farm products aa
never baore, under the most try
ing shd difficult conditiooa.*
la some eooatries food srs>
dseed by farmers Is 'tekea
away frc« them, bat hfnre ia
Amerlea Ikrmdrs ta geaeral
receive gob^prlees for tteir
farm pr^ets. Soma el
extra money received should
many War Bonds as possible.
The Bonds farmers buy will help
to shorten the war and at the
same time form the soundest in
vestment ever known. Tiiese Bonds
will give the greatest return to
farmers and others if they are
held until maturity. Also by hold
ing them you will help materially
ip ^^venting^ -infiation now and
after the war.
Let us pause just a moment and
analyse the situation. In general,
farmers have surplus funds with
which they would like to buy ma-
diinery, equipment, and many
other things for the farm and the
home. But all of these things are
not available in the quanti^ de
sired: Therefore, farmers simply
must go without them at least un
til they become available. It is
just common sense that all of these
things viiich the farmers would
like to buy, and many of them are
dei^rateiy needed, will not be
available the day after the war is
over or even within a year. Dur
ing this time and probably-longer
Ite
go lata the purchase of War
fUrndM ■ '
fhr tha jaaaciag of this
war. All most hay War Beads,
for oar boys at tha froat mast
be the host trained and
eqoipped liters hi tha world.
It Is maoh better te saeiiieo
material and eqnipmcat ttua
tha Ufa ef yoaTWy or that of
fMl there is going to be a strong
demand and good prices for farm
products. Hence, most farmers
will want to hold meir War Bonds.
In sizing up the entire situation'
it looks luce
taa uf e er yov aey or taat or
|emMMlghbor's sou ea the hat*
The purchase of War Bofods is a
privilege and each of us'should be
good sound business
for farmers to Iniy all the War
Bonds po^ble and plan to hold
them until maturity unless the
cash is desperately needed. Thus,
farmers are helping their coimtry
in financing the war and in pre
venting inflation by helping them
selves.
V. S. Trttmry Dtftrtmmi
• 2. A nationwide empio
johconnseUng eerrlce.
8. Government guarantee
60 per cent of loans to v«
terest on the gdaranteed
the loans woald be paid
eminent for two years, and i
interest Would be limited
to Ik,
cent a year. Such loans m«st
the purchase or constnictloiirf,
homes and business property
4. Educational allowances f*
year training courses for all yZL
and additional education eqmi^
veteran's length of military ,
up to a maximum of thre*
This would be available to aiT
erans 24 years old or under ^
others whose education was
rupted by induction. Payments
r
Camdoi High Places
Winners In Contest
Winners in the Sodlh Carolina High
School League mental contest in con
temporary affairs were announced re
cently by the personnel bureau of the
University of South Carolina. This
year 3,165 contestants from 46 par
ticipating schools entered the con
test, representing all high school
grades.
The mental contest program, con
ducted annually by the State High
School League, was restircted this
year to the one contest in contemp
orary affairs. The contest examina
tion, published for high schocds by
the American Council on Education,
contained questions on six different
areas of contemporary affairs: polit
ical and military events; social and
economic events; science and medi
cine; literature; fine arts, music knd
drama; and amusements (sports mov
ies, etc.).
Although the examination was de
signed primarily for upper high school
students, some schools entered eighth
and ninth grade contestants, an ap
preciable percentage of whom won
places id the honors list The list of
winners was restricted to the highest-
scoring five percenf of the oonteflt-
ants throughout the state.
Winners in this contest from Cam
den high school were: Skpttowe De>.
Pass, Bobby Horton, WUllam Shan
non Lindsay, Ted Hall Marshall, Wal
do Brown Marshsm, Samuel Newton
Nicholson, Edwin Itevis Partin, Wil
liam Sumter Reasonover, Molly Ruth
Redfeam, Willie Alfred Smyrl.
Prisoners of War
Washington. May 24—A Bubcommlt-
tee of the House Foreign Affairs com-
Imlttee has been appointed to de-
• termlne whether or not any Improve- .a.Tuient
iments can be made In the plan now tuition provided this hu’
(Operating to assist American civilians ^ ^
and servicemen and women ^ho are allowance of |50 a mo’nJfc
being held by the Japanese. This additional »26 a month fw J
we€k we *re folding hearings and dependants. ^
pbtaining testimony--from—the. § Increased hogpltalizatioB~
Navy and State departments on the veterans with the om
question. These three departments necessary sums be apnroa
and the American Red Cross now are needs arise,
working to Assist the Americans held Veterans Hospitals
by the Japanese, ani it seems that ^>1,0 Veterans’ Adminlstrstlo.
the general expert opinion here now ^j,0 Service Forces ar> .
is thak-Hippolntment of an additional operating 860 hospitals in the nJ
commission or additional groups^to do gj^tes and overseas with a
the same type of work might not be ^ nallllon beds. In ST
helpful. Whether or not ^Is Is M is 35 goo b^s are now available is 1
something we honestly don t know ^0^^ hospitals for emergen®
and which we are trying to find out. 35,000 beds in mobile units l
Because of the nature of the treat- big total bed capacity avatktbT
ment accorded prisoners by the Jap- overseas of 626,000—suffl^
anese and the difficulty in dealing any ^ar load. We can be aasnrM t
with this enemy, we will have to gervlcemen will receive »ii
move slowly, m we certainly dont jime, ,n all theaters of ww
want to do anything which will barm ^0,^ |j0gt hospitgllxatlon and m
our men out thwe or conflict with wherever they are. The vu
the work now being done to help Administration, which dosli
^bem. ^ ai.*_ {receive servicemen until they sre
veterans’ Aid . charged from a servlce-operatel I
The Hoilse of Representatives pkss- pltal, has developed a 304,1
ed unanimously last week a bill program to make available bi_^
establishing a broad post-war veter- well-situated hospitals in every^
ans’ aid program which will Include tlon of the country,
employment service, unemployment.
compensation, loans for business and]
homes, educational subsidies and hos
pitalization. The program will be
supervised by the Veterans* Admtn-
istrstion.
The House version of the bill ib-
cludes the following five'major pro
visions:
L Unemployment compeiuation ofj
$20 a week for a maximum of 26
weeks.
YES FOLKS “SHOT*
COX IS NOW LIEUTENANT
Hugh (Shot) Cox, one of the out
standing football contributions to
Camden grid history, is now a Lieut,
in the United States Marines. Hugh
received his commission following his
graduation from the Marine school at
Quantico, Va. Members of his family,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cox, Mill street,
was hopeful that he will receive a
leave so that be may visit them before
being assigned to further duty.
Buy War Bonds and Stampi
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DISCOHrOVTt
MDCf'TIMKTirr
POP KOLA
BIGGEST THIRST VALUE
UNDER THE SUN
POP KOLA
Sold In Bettctr Stores In Camden and Vicinity
Color to CRAY HAIR?^
la tMts with fray toliwl peoj>l«, a lewflnc
WMaekMpinc Bifigaxiiie. uaing UM *‘anti rray
balr vitamin.’' (mind 8SC oi thcM tMtvd nad
aomeauooeaa. CKAYVITAconuina the toted
•Blount o( thia rrmarkabte jritamln I’LUS 4SO
Sat. tin
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$1AQ. 100 day*' $4.00. Rbooa
DeKALB PHARMACY
Tire Company Securities
Tire company .stocks, while selling
nf about llieir best prices since the
w:tr. may not be um iiigh. but .1 do
not know. Karnings for 1!M1 should
ri.ii cl :: to lUi!? ;tnd dividends m.iy
run t li tie higher a- provi.slOns fur
po huar conversion and oth-r re.-.,, ■ ^
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Palmetto Cleatned Clothes
It pay* in many -ways tq be well groomed. Spot
less clothing is a most important part of appearing
neat and attractive. Keep up your personal appear
ance. Send yoiir clothes regularly to our cleaners^ CKir
expert service will keep ytu fi^sh and immaculate . . .
and so very self-ccmfident. 4
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Thb,amxrican Petroleum Institute
recuounenda changing oil re^ularb'. It’s
equeliy important to use a ^ooef motor
oil like Oulipride, “The World’s Finest
Motor Oil,’* or Gulflube, an extra-quality
oil that coats a few cents less.
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Palmetto Dry Cleaners, Inc.
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