942|^, 1942
! Phys. Lab. Notes
‘he new phase around the Lab
!rush crush for orange crush!
^Ples). One would think that the
'Is and boys were doing the shoe-fly
around the opacity meter to
them work together. Rush, rush,
'“'pies move on! ... . Did someone
John Lyday say “that it’s a tough
«et. Well, I guess women are
§lit”? A dance for the 4th, yet Troy
^ ^ Ed had to work but they got
later. Ed’s car broke down we
in which is a good reason for his
»It uting to buy a Buick. And times
dual^hey are!! What about tire and
itioD * rationing? Speaking of the dance,
tioiis®^s as if the whole Lab crew was
TW ‘he Country Club having a good
Tbr®. even the boss. The only one
was Leah. Where was she
have I the night of July 3rd, 1942? . . . .
pped have you seen Doyle’s new straw
• Sporty, eh? Was it purchased for
iisf Occasion on the 4th? Boy, was L.
a good mike commentator
s ol ji He had the crowd roaring.
jjilaJ W here we of the Phys. Lab. want
ggfi express our appreciation for a
aif, and glorious time at Camp Sap-
■ . . . Why has R. Cliff sudden-
tarted using such big words around
Lab? Is he trying to compete with
vvbv'^^ch’s super-colossal adjectives?
jjj^Pert wishes for me to say here that
mC'doesn’t like vociferation in the
Guess you’ll have to look that
Up in your pocket dictionary.
ritl
Lillian H. had a nice five
oL® hike. Enjoy it, Lil? Ask Marie
She knows all and sees all
her roommate). . . . Dan Wil-
jCjJ'S has acquired the name “pretty
' Is it ’cause of the Lady Esther
oiiH) ® I^owder or just the twinkle in
blue eyes? Mid Talley, it’s a
you don’t live in Hendersonville.
. you never know about her, she
. ^I’t have much to say ... . Roy
„ ? thinks Doris M. kids him too
about meeting the evening shift;
I ourse Roy is only coming to work
{(3 . Helen Fullbright reports a
at Savannah Beach and does
have a tan! T. Middleton was a
substitute while Helen was va-
• • • Naomi she fears the
jyill get R. Waldrop. Oh well,
,rl{ ihp ^ink! One of those pretty little
tiif k on the flag will be all his
.jf • . . Bob Snowden seems to be
r^oD loj® happy these days. Always a
5 )i Joke. Watta personality! .. ’Twas
^ to see some of the ex-lab fellows
Bill
,rl^«h the Air Corps. Lts.
Charlie Cooke came by to
tiolv hello and the girls were really
Messed with the uniforms. Geo,
and Wells tell us they even
#‘ovi
of dandy picks and pin holes,
a dream! .... By the way, why
Burch so allergic to reporters?
been very careful of what he
he who says
“H'f along best. I think so too,
^ you? But what would a report-
® without some gossip?
Irene Tinsley
Cafeteria Chatter
^here are no empty chinks in the
^hg days at the cafeteria. It’s
here and there, dash in and out.
^‘^^h beans are plentiful and when
" has a minute he grabs a bean . ..
>.^e believe things can really hap-
in our department. We are happy
^tinounce that Cagle’s corn bread
on all corners now. We’re
Jeering if nature had something
with it . . . The love bug really
i ® a hit with the canteen boys
lo’ ^onth. Heavy Lance dashed off
. ^outh Carolina and brought Mrs.
back with him. Roy McCall
^^§ht he was such small fry that
W.^ouidn’t announce his marriage
a month after the event. They
^ have our very best wishes . . .
something about the month
U'^ly that makes one feel patriotic.
came in Monday morning
\ the front of her legs glowing
V ^Hd the other half white. And
®he blue! It all happened while
(Continued on page 6)
THE ECHO
THE COST OF WAR
We thought that World War I was costly, but this war has already
cost us far more than the first World War, including the money we loaned
to our allies at that time.
The Congress of the United States had made available for war pur
poses more than 156 billion dollars by the end of April of this year. This
amounts to more than five times the total cost of World War I.
If we were to divide these 156 billion dollars among the population
of the United States, we should find that the war costs already undertaken
would amount to $1,163 for every man, woman and clxild in the United
States. This would mean approximately $4,475 per average American fami
ly. And, the end is not yet in sight. Already additional increases and ap
propriations are before Congress for consideration.
It is interesting to note how the total of $156,400,000,000 so far ap
propriated is to be spent.
About one-quarter of this huge sum, or $35,600,000,000 will go for
airplanes.
Thirty-two billion will be spent for ordance, including anti-aircraft
guns and tanks. Munitions and supplies will account for $19,600,000,000.
Naval ships will require $15,500,000,000.
$14,400,000,000 will be spent on the building of war production plants.
13,200,000,000 will be spent for military posts and depots and ware
houses.
Merchant ships will cost $7,500,000,000.
This leaves $1,600,000,000 which will go for camps, pay, subsistence
and housing.
Let us take a look at the quantity of various items which will be paid
for by this $156,400,000,000. Airplanes represent the biggest items including
60,000 to be built in 1942 and 125,000 in 1943. Of anti-aircraft guns there will
be 20,000 built in 1942 and 35,00 in 1943.
We will build 45,00 tanks in 1942 and 75,000 in 1943. American ship
yards are expected to build 2,300 merchant vessels totaling 23,000,000 tons
in 1942 and 1943.
When we consider the vast quantities of war materials necessary to
carry on the world-wide war, covering every sea and every continent and
hundreds of islands, it is understandable that the most gigantic war machine
ever known must be built. We began war production seriously in July, 1940.
By the end of June of 1942 about one-third of the program for which appro
priations have been authorized will have been completed.
Our war program from, now on calls for a very rapid increase. During
the next twelve months we shall produce twice as much as was produced in
the two years from the middle of 1940 to the middle of 1942. Americans must
spend vast sums to win this war. At times the total seems staggering. We may
wonder how it will all be paid for. But, if we consider what it would cost us
in terms of lost liberty, not to mention loss of possessions, were we to lose
this war, we realize that no price is to great to pay for victory.
Courtesy Elliot Service Co.
COPY OF ANNOUNCEMENT
• THE AIR FORCE ADVANCED FLYING SCHOOL
OF
MATHER FIELD
announces the graduation of
Navigation Class 42-8
on Saturday, the thirteenth of June
nineteen hundred and forty-two
Mather Field, California '
William B. Long
Page 3
Pulp Mill (Shift A)
Well, think everyone had a good
time at the picnic and are looking
forward to another big one next
year--H. Fouts is gonna bring a cop
to the next ball game because his
first time at bat he ^as robbed of a
base-hit—James Brotherton says he
hopes they won’t use gas in this war
because be can’t even stand a little
chlorine—G. Kilpatrick has finally
.mastered the electric jitney and is
carrying on where Rusty Smith left
off—Zeb Swann and Johnnie Jack
son are wondering if the pulp mill
can’t get a ball game other than
when they are on graveyard—The
stork came to see Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Galloway and we all smoked cigars
the next day—New-comer to Shift A
is C. Ballard who was transferred
from Shift D. Glad to have you Bal
lard—We are all missing Dobie Lance
who is on his vacation trying to fool
the fish into hitting his bread-wing
fly—Bill Bryson reports that M. Chap
man won first place in the W.N.C.
mud turtle rodeo by riding one of
the hard-shells fifty feet before fal
ling off—Hardy Kilpatrick sure did
hate to see Dobie move back to town
but says he gained a good patch of
spuds—W. McGaha, R. Galloway, M.
Landreth and L. Garren said they
felt like they were back with Fiske-
Carter when they were handling the
picks and shovels just before the
shut-down—Chas. Rector, Fritz Mer
rill and Skipper Holt are wondering
if we will ever get to play a ball
game when they are on the evening
shift—Just had a letter from Boyd
Meixell. Says he is doing fine and to
tell all of his Ecusta friends hello.
“Sang”
The vapors given off by an uncov
ered gallon of gasoline will fill and
render explosive the air in a room
300 feet square.
“I hope you wern’t excited when
you asked the court for alimony.”
No indeed, I was cool and collected.
An average human being requires
about 3,000 cubic feet of air per
hour.
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