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THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER
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Employees Praised By Officals And Military
High Quality
Is Featured
On Products
Col. F. Cm. Hal! and Mr.
Freedlander Point To
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Excellent Record Of
Men and Women In '
Local Plant.
Military rank officers, anil offi
cials of the Dayton Rubber Man
ufacturing Company were warm
in their praise of the work of the
local plant on war production
schedules. In the ceremony here
Tuesday, the men making the
awards pointed out thai the Way-nr-sville
plant had not only made
a high record in production, hut in
quality of workmanship as well.
Col. F. C. Hall, of Wright Field
in Dayton, Ohio, said in present
ing the Army-Navy K award:
"What is this job which you
have done? Karly in the war it
became apparent that hetter oxy
gen equuipment would be neces
sary if we were to fif?ht the Ger
mans in the air. Improvements
were quickly made: one important
piece of equipment was the regu
lator tubing of the demand oxy
gen system. This new oxygen
system gave the flyer all the oxy
gen which he needed to fly higher
and fight harder than he had ever
dorje before. Soon there were i
more planes and more lighters
needing this equipment than had
ever been contemplated by our
allies and our enemies combined
A new and better regulator tub
ing was also essential. You went
to work making it.
"Let's look at what you have
done:
"Over half a million tubings
have been made for the Army Air
Forces. Today they are in every
bomber, fighter, and photographic
aircraft and in most cargo air
planes of the Army Air Forces; in
Ifiost of the Navy planes and in
In the background, on the large table, is shown one of the 33-foot pontons being made for the
Army Kngineci Corps by the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Company. Eeton R. Manning, left, and
Sam C Dunbar, right, U. S. Army Engineer Corps insnectors, are shown with Frank C. Rogers, plant
manager. the pontons can carry a dead weight of 18 tons. t
land-lease planes sent to Russia,
England and France and to the
smaller countries. There are 15
regulator tubings on every B-I7
and jin every B-24. F.very pursuit
and fighter pilot that flew over
Germany had one. They are in
every B-2f) that flies over Tekyo.
You have met every requirement
asked of youu.
"I wonder if you know how ex
tremely important this device real
ly is this regulator tubing is an
essential link in the oxygen sys
tem which enables flyers to fight
and bomb at high altitudes. This
has enabled our Air Forces in
F.urope to gain air superiority over
the German Air Force. This tub
ing which you make connects the
oxygen mask of the flyer with the
oxygen supply in his plane. It is
the life line for him, for at 30,000
feet altitude, if this tube should
if s
Our Most Sincere
Congratulations
to the
EMPLOYEES
of
DAYTON BOBBER MFG. GO.
For Doing A Grand Job On
The Home Front
UNDERWOOD LUMBER AMD
SUPPLY COMPMIY
Phone 371
DAVID UNDERWOOD, Owner
At The Depot
fail, the flyer would have only
about a minute to live. I, myself,
have used these tubes, although
not in combat, at altitudes up to
40,000 feet and have always felt
confident that they would not fail.
In one mission over Berlin 30,000
individual regulator tubings were
used. The results of your efforts
are protecting our own brave men
in every battle.
"It so happens that when great
numbers of planes such as Flying
Fortresses start on a mission a
small number must now and then
turn back without completing
their mission. Sometimes this
is caused by faulty equipment.
This decreases the effectiveness of
the missions. Not as many bombs
can be dropped that day. Very
accurate records are kept on the
causes and failures. I have gone
over all the records that I can And
and I have not found a single
case of failure of a regulator tub
ing made by the Dayton Rubber
Company. You have not only pro
duced a great quantity of equip
ment, but you have done the job
very well indeed. Many a flyer
is alive today because you did so
well. For that we thank you and
commend you and ask you
carry on until final victory.''
A I.. Freedlander. president at
r'-neiai manager, was also warn
in Ins praise lor the records made
here. In a brief speech of apprc
ciation. he said in part:
In 19.S4, our company built for
the Army the world's first all-syn
thetic rubber tire, all from mater
ials within the United States. In
1041, we completed this plant. 2
800 feet above sea level, the first
ol Us kind in America for the
specific purpose of producing syn
llietie rubber products. This lo
rainy was cnosen because it is
the gateway to the textile indus
fry, because of the clear, cold wa
tor available, the climate, and. not
least of all, because of the quality
ot workmanship we knew we'd
have in the Great Smokv Moun
tains. This plant was in produc
tion on textile equipment a month
before Pearl Harbor. Then came
war. We immediately offered our
taciiities to the government. The
results you see today.
We make here more oxygen hose
or tubing specially developed by
new processes, than all other com
panics combined. Likewise, our
life rafts are saving the lives of
many airmen in all oceans. Our
pontons for the Army Engineers
have helped to bridge the Rhine
and the jungle rivers of the Pa
cific. Our new textile products
were developed just in time to
help the great textile industry
weave the cloth of war. Our fan
belts are on mobile equipment on
every battlefront.
Until the last shot is fired, then,
we know we can depend upon all
of you the workers and members
of this community to continue the
production fight. Again, our most
sincere thanks and congratulations
UNUSUAL MEETING FOR SON
AND HIS MOTHER
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. With a
quizzical eye, the big sun-bronzed
U. S. Army pilot watched a harrass.
ed woman driver bump her Army
truck over the curb.
"I wonder," he said mildlv. "whv
the Army doesn't get somebody
who knows how to drive a truck?"
Why, you big" she sputtered.
"Take it easy. Mom." erlnnert T.t
William (Bud) Richards, 22. "It's
me. Just back from China"
And for the first time in tht-M
years Lieutenant Richards swept
ms momer, Mrs. Sally Richards of
Miami Beach, into his arms. He
had flown back from China to pick
up a load of serum.
To Dayton Rubber Personnel
Congratulation.
We are happy that our many friends at
Dayton Rubber have been rewarded f o r
their splendid contribution in helping to
win this war. You deserve it, for without
your loyal work some of our own Haywood
County boys might not be alive today. Con
gratulations to you all.
The Toggery
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Congratulation
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To Every
aytooi Rubber
We salute the men and women of Dayton Rut
ber who are behind the men with the cruns .
who fly our planes . . . who sail our ships . . . f:
thev are all in this fiaht to win. ' Production on
the home front means the men on the battle
fronts can and will do the ioh cruicker. We are
proud cf the record made at Dayton Rubber Co
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Phone 75
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Phone 113
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Phone 53f
E. J. LILIUS, Jeweler
Fine Watch Repairing
ATKINS INSURANCE AGENCY
Phone 301
PET DAIRY PRODUCTS CO.
Pasteurized Dairy Product
WAYNESVILLE COUNTRY CLUB
HENRY MacFAYDEN, Manager
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