CAROTHERS FUNERAL HOME
125 Wert Franklin Are.
Telephone 6337
_GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA
FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS
& LOAN ASSOCIATION
251 West Main Avenue
Dial 7248-7249
GASTONIA, N. C.
6AST0NIA SHEET METAL WORKS
CAREY’S BUILT-UP ROOFS
Phone 5-0423
GASTONIA, N. C.
RANKIN O ARMSTRONG
QUALITY FURNITURE
"One of the Oldest—Established Over 40 Years"
I 124 S. Marietta St.
Phone 5 0611
GASTONIA, N. C.
M. A. RHYNE fir SONS DAIRY
Fred and Dove Rhyne, Owners
Established Since 1885
Now Hope Rood
Tel. 5-2702
I GASTONIA, N. C.
SPENCER MACHINERY & SUPPLY COMPANY
, BOBBINS, SPOOLS AND SKEWERS
—REFINISHING A SPECIALTY—
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527-29 North Brood Street
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Phone 5-0351
GASTONIA, N. C
ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS
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CUSTOM! cone TURN C0RP0M110I
GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA
U. S. Spending Billion A Week
For Military Goods Construction
Guns, ships, planes, boots, sleeping bags and other mili
tary requirements are now being ordered at the rate of
nearly one billion dollars each week.
During the first three months of 1951. military procure
ment and construction totalled $12.1 billion, bringing com
plete expenditures since the outbreak of the Korean con
flict to $24.1 billion. This figure is exclusive of military
pay and similar costs of war.
For the first nine months ol
the 1951 fiscal year which ends
June 30, the Defense Department
summarises i ts obligations for
procurement and constructoin as
follows:
Hard goods (aircraft, ships,
tanks, weapons, ammunition and
other equipment), $19.2 billion;
clothing, petroleum products and
subsistence, $3.1 billion; military
construction and facilities expan
sion, $1.8 billion.
Breakdown By Services
By Services, the breakdown is
Army, $9.9 billion; Navy, $5.4
billion; Air Force, $8.8 billion.
At the end of March approxi
mately $28.88 billion of the $32
billion thus far allotted were
available to the Armed Services
for further procurement during
Creasman Steel Roller
Machine Go., Inc.
Wilkinson Boulevard
Telephone 5-3312
GASTONIA, N. C.
CITY COACH CO.
Tel. 5-0511
156 W. Airline Ave.
GASTONIA, N. C.
Kennedy's Drug
Store
Prescriptions
Carefully Compounded
Free Fast City Delivery
Ed. C. Adorns, Prop.
213 W. Main Ave.
Telephone 5-3401
Gastonia, N. C.
GREETINGS
CAROLINA CLEANERS
All Articles Insured Ageinst Fire end Theft
ONE DAY SERVICE
Dial 5-5041 209 S. Firestone St.
GASTONIA, N. C.
GREETINGS
Catawba Sales & Processing Co.
DAN S. U FAR, Salas
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312 W. 3rd A v«mm
Tahpfcona 5-2391
GASTONIA, N. C.
the remaining three months of
the fiscal year.
Deliveries on Defense Depart
ment orders are, of course, being
made at a rate considerably slow
er than the rate of placing orders.
A long “lead time" is required
for many of the principal items
of modern war equipment.
In some instances there may be
a two-or three-year period be
tween the date of placing an or
der and the delivery date. How
ever, deliveries as well as orders
are expected to rise steadily dur
ing the conning months.
More Material Nfeeded
In addition to lengthy produc
tion schedules, modern military
equipment requires greater quan
tities of critical materials than
that used in World War II, and
considerably more money.
The airframe weight of some
sew plans, for example, is six
times that of comparable models
used in earlier days. A modern
B-36 costs $3,500,000 or 13 times
the $275,000 spent for a B-17 in
World War II.
I Jet engines, operating at high
er temperatures than the piston
engine, require greater precision
in alloying and heat treating.
They also contain larger amounts
of scarce metals such as tung
sten, chromium, cobalt, and
molybdenum. Present-day mili
tary requirements for electronic
equipment also demand greater
quantities of sine, cadmium, load
cobalt and copper.
Ammunition for World War II
consumed approximately 50 per
j cent of the total output of cop
per. Today both industry and
the Department of Defense are
seeking ways of conserving scarce
materials by developing substi
tutes.
Policies Revised
Contracting and purchasing pol
icies employed during World War
II have also undergone revision
to meet the present emergency.
The following objectives govern
the new procedures that are being
adopted: To distribute contracts
across industry as broadly as pos
sible; to make maximum use of
small business; to employ addi
tional contractors instead of mul
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ti-shift or overtime* operations
wherever time permits; to en
courage subcontracting; to place
contracts with reference to the
availability of manpower, and to
economic transportation; and to
provide the highest possible in
i centive to the producer to re
duce his costs.
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GREETINGS
Llowood Grocery
305 S. Linwood
Phone 5-1001
GASTONIA, N. C.
Greetings
McLean & Su Funeral
Home
206 S. Broad St.
Phone 5-3451
GASTONIA, N. C.
R. E. McLEAN
Tank Maintenance
Specialists
Realty Building
P.O.Box 1062
Phone 5-4361
GASTONIA, N. C.
Nelson Iron and
Metal Co.
No. Marietta Ext.
Phone 5-0281
Gastonia, N. C.
I PIEDMONT MILLS, Inc.
Combed And Corded Knitting Yarns
Box 549 Phone 6331
Gastonia, N. C.
GREETINGS
STERCHI'S
"IT COSTS LESS AT STERCHI'S TO
FURNISH YOUR HOME"
“BETTER YOUR HOME—BETTER YOUR LIVING*
174-180 South S». Tel. 5-1266
GASTONIA, N. C.
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SMITH'S CUT RATE DRUG STORES
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PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
157 W. Main Are. — 121 W. Main Are.
Tel. 5-2354 or 5-2191
GASTONIA, N. C.
GREETINGS TO LABOR
SUNRISE DAIRY
Grade “A” Pasteurized
DAIRY PRODUCTS
509 W. Franklin Ave. Telephone $354 I
GASTONIA, N. C.
HOLSUM BREAD
"TODAY AND EVERY DAY"
AT EVERY MEAL!
HOLSUM BAKING CO.
GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA
Greetings
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Gaston County
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Dyeing Machine
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Company
Stanley, N. C.
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