The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, May 01, 1942, Image 7
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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ MAY 1, 1942
‘Make ’Em Last’—That’s Number One Rule
For Nation’s 32 Million Automobile Drivers
Cheated out of thousands of miles of service, these
tires failed and were rejected at inspection station be
cause of:
1. Bad wheel bearings, loose king pin bolts and badly
worn tie-rod ends.
2. Loose front end.
3. Bad camber condition.
4. Boot substituting for tread and fabric.
5. Toe-in and low pressure.
6. Misalignment.
7. Loose and badly worn tie-rod ends, king pin bolts,
drag links and bushings.
8. Camber error and loose front end.
9. Excessive side drag.
Periodic inspection, proper care and adjustment
would have increased the service of any of these tires
by thousands and thousands of miles. The driver who
neglects his tires today will soon become a pedestrian.
"Never mind us. Take care of
the tires first 1”
That was the command gasped out
to two stretcher bearers when (in a
cartoonist’s imagination) they at
tempted to .give first aid to the in
jured occupants of a badly wrecked
automobile.
The cartoon, published in a na
tionally-read magazine, may exag
gerate the situation, but it demon
strates beyond all doubt that 1942
will go down in history as the year
when rubber became more precious
than rubies.
Talk of "rubber stockpiles,”
“crude rubber” and “carry-over
tonnage” leaves the average motor
ist cold. He doesn’t understand all
the technicalities behind the current
rubber shortage. But he does know
that when his present tires wear out,
he will be forced to leave his six-
cylinder, 1937 Blue Streak standing
idle in his garage.
The National Safety Council, Chi
cago, lists many DON’Ts the motor-
Drive only when absolutely
necessary, and then drive at a
moderate speed.
Start and stop slowly, slow
down on turns, and park care
fully to keep from grinding off
the tread and nicking the rub
ber off your tires.
Use brakes carefully (shift
into second going downhill), and
make sure that your brakes are
adjusted so that your tires will
not be worn unevenly.
Every 5,000 miles or so cross
switch your tires to increase
total mileage. If your wheels
are correctly aligned and bal
anced, the cross-switching will
add miles and miles to each
tire’s life.
Check the air pressure of all
your tires each week. Have the
tires and tubes inspected regu
larly against future trouble and
wasted rubber.
Such suggestions will go far in
helping you keep your tires as long
and oil consumption of your car.
During the past years a nervous
condition hit the majority of the
drivers in the U.S.A. This was no
ticeable in their attempt to get be
tween two points in the shortest
time possible. They sped from one
place to another without fully realiz
ing that a moderate speed will get
them to their destination, most of
the time, in as short a time as if
they roared on down the road.
Today, when gasoline and oil are
necessary to help win this war, mod
erate speeding not only saves you
money because of a smaller con
sumption of gas and oil, but also
helps your nation.
The accompanying charts, dealing
with tire, gas and oil conservation,
give you more definite proof of the
value of moderate driving than
would thousands of words.
At a 65-mile per hour top
cruising speed, as compared
with 40 m.p.h'., gas consumption
was more than 30 per cent bigh-
CHART I. TESTS ON CONCRETE STATE HIGHWAYS IN IOWA - IOWA ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION
TIRE
WEAR
CONSUMPTION
OIL
-CONSUMPTION
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TOP CAU/S/NG SPSeO
M/IES PEK MOl/A
ist must continually keep in mind,
besides a few important DO’s. If he
keeps on forgetting about them he is
soon without rubber on his tires.
Checkup by Experienced Operators.
It is possible that more motorists
are going to maintenance stations
to have their tires checked than
ever before. (This incidentally, is
one of the essential DO’s.)
Motorists there will learn that
their tires are unsafe (alas!) if the
fabric, breaker strip, or outer body
ply is exposed. Also that if the tire
has cuts or snags greater than an
inch in any direction and deep
enough to expose body fabric, it is
then in the unsafe condition. Fur
thermore, if the tire has a bulge it
is dangerous to use, for patches or
boots are not sufficient protection.
Then, too, another way to learn if
the tires are unsafe is either to look
over the wheel and tire yourself, or
have the garage attendant see if
bolts, nut or lug are bent, cracked,
or if the rim or wheel flange is de
fective.
Then after you have made sure
that your tires and wheels are OK,
your next best procedure is to get
yourself in the habit of using war
time driving rules to conserve your
tires as long as possible.
Here is a list of rules, compiled
by the safety council. You, of
course, can add to them.
as possible. But the time will soon
come when you will be thinking
about having your tires recapped or
retreaded.
If you are one of those fortunate
persons whose application was ap
proved by your local tire rationing
board, then a few suggestions may
prove valuable. Recapping, which is
vulcanizing a tread surface onto a
partially remaining tread, and re
treading, which means stripping old
tread oft the tire and replacing it
with a new tread and vulcanizing
onto the casing, is done with the
greatest of economy and safety
when the following rules are remem
bered:
Use only tire cases which have
no cracks, punctures or flaws.
Recap tires that are not worn
through to the cords of the casing.
Don’t allow anyone to recap or
retread your tires unless he can
meet a high standard of workman
ship.
When you decide on a certain shop
to retread or recap your iires be
sure that their services are reliable,
their material the best available,
and the workmanship as good as,
or better than, any other shop.
Checking on Gas and Oil.
Once you have begun to follow
these rules and suggestions for your
tire protection and safety you should
center your attention on the gasoline
er. Yet the average gain in
speed was only 15 miles an hour,
as the faster driver had to slow
down more frequently, and with
greater abruptness.
Oil consumption increases at an
even greater rate than gasoline con
sumption when the speed was
stepped up to more than 35 miles
per hour. Almost four times as
much oil is used at 65 m.p.h. than
at a 40-mile top cruising speed. The
difference is even greater when a
car is equipped with an oil filter.
If you want to be a safe driver
and also conserve gas, oil, tires,
besides lives of other motorists and
pedestrians, remember these few
rules for driving today:
Start early on each trip so you
can get to your destination without
using excessive speed.
Drive at a moderate speed suited
to the conditions of the highway on
which you are traveling. Don’t pass
any more cars than the number you
observe passing you.
Speed up gradually, but shift from
one gear to another as quickly as
possible. Slow down gradually.
Warm up the motor before driving
. . reduce speeds on grades . . .
against headwinds . . . and keep
your car tuned up for greatest
economy.
Be smart by being thrifty with
gas, oil, and automotive material.
CHART 2. TESTS ON CONCRETE STATE HIGHWAYS IN IOWA - IOWA ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION
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TOP CPU/S/AC SPEED - M.P.H.
Recaps, Retreads Keep Vital Transportation Moving
When your present tires begin
to show the dreaded wear, you’ll be
giving more thought than now to the
possibilities of having them retread
ed or recapped:
If you come under the following
“List B” classification you can get
the work done. This list includes:
1. Applicants to whom other trans
portation service is not available:
Licensed taxi, for transport to
places wh&re construction or
mechanical structural, or highway
maintenance services are needed.
2. Transportation of executives,
engineers, technicians and workers
to and from work essential to the
war effort.
3. Transportation of produce and
supplies to and from the farm if
applicant does not have a truck or
other means of transportation. In
other words, applicant owning auto
mobile may get retreads.
4. Transportation of federal, state
and local government employees on
functions essential to public health,
safety or war effort.
5. Transportation of mail by pri
vate person under government con
tract—rural letter carriers.
6. Wholesale delivery of news
papers, provided automobile is used
for NO OTHER PURPOSE.
7. Hearses, milk trucks are also
included in the listing.
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A New Flag I» Unfurled
By that rude bridge that arched the flood.
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled;
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.
—Emerson “Concord Hymn.”
O N PATRIOT’S day this year a
new flag was unfurled to April’s
breeze. It was highly appropriate
that this should have been done on
April 19. For this banner bears the
symbolic likeness of those embat
tled farmers who, on another April
19 nearly 170 years ago, fired the
opening shots in America’s first fight
for freedom.
They call this new banner the
Minute Man Flag and under it pres
ent-day Americans are fighting an
other battle for freedom—not with
bullets but with bonds. For this is
the flag which the United States
treasury department is making
available for purchase by employ
ers when at least 90 per cent of
their employees «re participating in
the payroll savings plan of buying
Victory Bonds. It is also available
to labor unions and other organiza
tions when 90 per cent of their
members are purchasing bonds
through some regular and systemat
ic method.
Along with the flag goes a certifi
cate, also adorned with the picture
of the Minute Man surrounded by
13 stars (for the Thirteen Original
States), and signed by Secretary
Morgenthau, the" state administrator
and the state chairman of the de
fense savings organization, to testi
fy to the workers’ patriotic contri
bution to America’s war effort.
The model for the white figure on
the blue field of the new flag is, of
course, the statue of the Minute
Man which stands on the site of the
battle of Concord. Few if any stat
ues on the soil of the United States
are more familiar to the average
American than this one. But how
much does he know about the sculp
tor who designed it and the unusual
circumstances under which it was
made?
The sculptor was Daniel Chester
French, the son of a New Hamp
shire judge who moved to a farm
near Concord when Daniel was 17.
One day while young Daniel was
harvesting turnips he suddenly
yielded to an urge for creative ex
pression. Picking up a large tur
nip, he set to work with his jack
knife and carved from the glisten
ing heart of the turnip the image
of a xrog.
Young French next began carving
figures out of wood and when his
father told Mary Alcott, a sister of
Louisa, about the work of his tal
ented son, she gave him some clay
and one of her modeling tools. From
that time on he was determined to
be a sculptor.
In 1871 the town of Concord de
cided that a memorial of some sort
should be erected on the site of the
famous Revolutionary battle there.
The sum of $1,000 was raised for
this purpose and 21-year-old Dan
French was asked to submit a de
sign for the memorial. So he made
a sketch for a statue and took it
to two friends of his father—Ralph
Waldo Emerson and Judge Hoar—
and upon their recommendation it
was immediately accepted.
Then came the job of making the
plaster model—a difficult one for
the inexperienced young sculptor.
But, with the help of his father, he
prepared a mold, dissolved what he
thought was enough plaster, stood
the model on its head and poured
the molten plaster into it. But alas!
There must have been a hole un
der the minute man’s hat for the
plaster ran Tight through the mold
out on to the floor. So they had to
wait another day until they could
get more plaster.
The first model wasn’t especially
successful, partly due to the fact
that French was working in a poorly
lighted room in a business building
in Boston. But he persisted at his
task and in 1872 the second and
final model was completed. How
ever, three years elapsed before the
statue was cast and unveiled at Con
cord. By that time French had gone
to Italy to study. So he was not
present for the ceremonies held at
the dedication of the statue which
was destined to become one of his
best known works of art!
The unveiling of the statue was
set for April 19, 1875. The “April
breeze” that morning was a bitterly
cold one but more than 5,000 people
were on hand for the event. Presi
dent U. S. Grant and most of the
members of his cabinet had come to
Concord. There were bands and
marching and speech-making. The
speaker of the day was George Wil
liam Curtis and he spoke for two
hours while his auditors shivered.
Later a wag declared that more peo
ple died from exposure to the weath
er that day than were killed at the
battle which they were celebrating!
Baked Potatoes Do Right by Supper
(See Recipes Below)
Supper Social
The simple suppers at which a
crowd gathers are pleasant for their
warm friendli
ness, for the cozy
talk which they
inspire. They are
especially easy to
give if you plan
to have each of
your friends bring
a dish for the
supper — a pot
luck, as it were. This will save
each woman the time and effort of
making a whole meal, and then you
will all be together for knitting, sew
ing or defense work on the calendar
for the evening.
An assortment of attractive main
dishes are usually received with en
thusiasm. Try these for enchanting
appetites:
*Russet Half Shells.
(Serves 8)
6 medium-sized Idaho bakers
cup hot milk
2 tablespoons butter
Salt and pepper to taste
1 large onion, chopped and cooked
in butter until tender
12 small pork sausages
Scrub and bake potatoes at 400 to
450 degrees. Remove piece of skin
from top of potato, or cut large po
tatoes lengthwise in two. Scrape
out inside being careful not to break
the shell. Mash thoroughly, or put
through a potato ricer. Add butter,
salt, pepper, milk and cooked onion.
Beat well. Pile mixture lightly into
shells, top with two small pork
sausages that have been partially
cooked (boiled in a small amount of
water) Return to oven and bake at
350 degrees until sausages are
cooked through and browned.
If you want to provide everything
for your pot-luck supper from in
dividuals except
the main dish,
here is one that
will fill the bill
perfectly. Simple
to put together
and as colorful
as it sounds, the
salmon loaf does
n’t need much watching if you are
busy with other things:
Salmon Loaf.
(Serves 25)
4 cans salmon
1 quart fresh bread crumbs
3 cups diced celery
2 ounces butter
% teaspoon salt
Vi teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon onion juice
1 teaspoon lemon juice
8 eggs
1 quart scalded milk
1 40-ounce package frosted peas
2 quarts medium white sauce
Combine salmon, bread crumbs,
celery, butter, seasonings. Beat up
Lynn Says:
Laundering Tips: With soap
one of our prime, do not waste
items, you will want to make the
most of every scrap of soap you
have. Save the small soap scraps
from the bathrooms and kitchen,,
put them in a soap shaker so
you will make use of them in
washing dishes.
To have clean clothes even in
spite of economical soap usage
use your washing machine wise
ly. Use only just so much water
in your machine as the water
line indicates and do not over
load your machine. Six to eight
pounds of dry clothes are about
right for the average washing
machine.
Mix the soap thoroughly with
the water before putting in the
clothes. About two inches of soap
suds are necessary to do the job
up right.
Water temperatures play an
important part in laundering. Do
not use very hot water for white
clothes. For colored clothes, wa
ter comfortable to your hand is
best. For synthetic silks, wool
ens, rayons, water should be
lukewarm.
This Week’s Menu
Pot-Luck Supper
•Russet Half Shells
Fresh Asparagus
Endive, Grapefruit, Strawberry
Salad
•Raisin Bread
Lemon Pie
•Recipes Given.
eggs, add scalded milk. Add 1 to
salmon mixture. Make one or two
salmon loaves. Bake in a greased
pan placed in hot water at 325 de
grees until loaves are firm. Make a
green pea sauce by cooking frosted
peas for 5 to 8 minutes in boiling
salted water. Combine with white
sauce. Pour over loaf when serv
ing and slice the loaf.
Whisk any of these baked bean
combinations into the oven and you
have a quickie dinner dish if you
have just hurried home from your
defense training courses:
Pork Chops and Baked Beans
Casserole. (Serves 6)
6 pork chops
1 large can baked beans
1 teaspoon sugar
i Vi cup tomato catsup
Fry pork chops until nicely
browned on both sides. Pour baked
beans over chops, add sugar and
catsup. Bake in a moderate oven
(350 degrees) for 20 minutes.
Nothing equals the charm of
home-baked, freshly baked bread
that fills the surroundings with a de
licious fragrance. That’s why I give
you this recipe for old-fashioned:
•Raisin Bread.
(Makes 2 loaves)
1 package fresh granular yeast
1 cup lukewarm water
Vi teaspoon sugar
1 cup scalded milk
2 teaspoons salt
Vi, cup brown sugar (solidly packed)
Vi cup corn syrup
SVi to 6 cups (or more) flour
6 tablespoons melted shortening
IVi cups seedless raisins
Pour the granular yeast into the
cup of lukewarm water, add the
half teaspoon sugar, stir and let
stand about 5 minutes. Put the
scalded milk, salt, sugar and com
syrup into mixing bowl. Let cool.
When milk is lukewarm, add the
softened yeast and 3 cups of flour.
Mix well, then beat until smooth.
Next add the melted (not hot) short
ening and enough
flour to have the
dough cling to
gether in a ball.
Add the raisins
which have been
covered for a few
minutes with very
hot water, then
dried in a cloth, and dusted with
flour. Knead the dough thoroughly,
adding only enough flour to avoid
stickiness. Let dough rise in a cov
ered, greased bowl in a moderately
warm place (82 to 84 degrees) un
til doubled. Fold the dough down
and let rise about Vi hour, then di
vide and shape into two loaves.
Place in greased bread pans and
brush tops with melted shortening.
Let rise until doubled. Bake about
50 minutes in a moderately hot oven
(375 to 380 degrees). If desired,
brush tops with honey just before
taking from the oven.
For an in-the-season, centerpiece
note, besides its economical aspects,
try this: A long, low, shallow bowl
in pottery or glass such as you may
have used for relishes, if large
enough, use a snow-white cauliflow
er banked with parsley, eggplant,
radishes or tomatoes.
If you like candles for the table,
place these in little baking cuts or
ramekins, at either side of the vege
table bowl.
A simple setting like this calls for
gay, unadorned china and soft or
bright plaids in tablecloth and nap
kins.
Lynn Chambers can give you expert ad
vice on your household and food problems.
Write her at Western Newspaper Union,
210 South Desplaines street, Chicago, Illi
nois. Please enclose a stamped, self-ad
dressed envelope for your reply.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Crocheted Slippers
Gay in Rug Cotton
DUG cotton makes the gayest
new crocheted slippers—soles
and all. Get started now. They’re
grand for play shoes, too. They’re
effective in two colors and make
them bright as can be!
* • *
Pattern 7226 contains instructions for
making slippers in a small, medium and
large size; illustrations of them anu
stitches; materials needed. Send your or
der to;
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept.
82 Eighth Ave. New York
Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to
cover cost of mailing) for Pattern
Name...
Address.
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More Satisfaction
♦
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Powder—an Intestinal Tonic Laxa
tive. It not only acts gently and
thoroughly, but tones lazy bowel
muscles—giving more satisfaction.
Dr. Hitchcock’s Laxative Powder
helps relieve Dizzy Spells, Sour
Stomach, Gas, Headache, and that
dull sluggish feeling commonly re
ferred to as Biliousness, when caused
by Constipation. Use only as di
rected. 15 doses for only 10c. Large
family size 25c. Adv.
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EXPERT
BUYERS
# In bringing us buying Information, as
•o prlcos that aro bolng asked for
what wo Intend to buy, and as to Ibo
quality we can expect, the advertising
columns of this newspaper perform a
worth whllo service which saves os
many dollars a year.
# It Is a good habit to form, the habit
of consulting the advertisements every
time we make a purchase, though wo
have already decided just what wo
want and where wo are going to buy
It. It gives us the most priceless feeling
In the worlds the feeling of being
adequately prepared.
# When we go Into a store, prepared
beforehand with knowledge of what b
offered and at what price, we go as
on expert buyer, filled with self-confi
dence. It Is a pleasant feeling to have,
the feeling of adequacy. Most of the
unhappiness In the world can be traced
to a lack of this feeling. Thus adver
tising shows another of its manifold
facets—shows Itself as an aid toward
making all our business relationships
more secure and pleasant.
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