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'i'HE CAROLINA TIMES
THURSDAY, NOVtayfBiai la, 1941
MATERIALS and DEFENSE
Firat Call For Defenie |howit*er, 8,960 poundi,* * 16-eonffeusating, thereby
Today, defense ireta first call inch Navy shell, 2,000 pounda.
Ion all the steel made in Ameri-| In addition to the belt-tiiiht*
ca. That is as it should be: first eninff necewary, there are otk-
a J i
SlM*l armament for Aiaeri>
ca. it wliijr dviliMis are
faced with a steel al^tace. Some
cstiiDate tkat this shortage of
«.t«el for non-defense go ttv-
er 10,008:000 tons for 1941« and
some thiBitthe ahortece is evui
Sreatcr. Bmi today it isn't id-
ways tv *set steel qaiekly for
ciTilian«*ffeii|Kiaes, because de
fonse aim neads sted—demMids
it in manj' timea the quantity it
needs ow|a|^ aluminum, tin,
siae, aiMRKs.
We need steel for tasks and
guns and planes, steel for blitz
bugiries, for 45,Q00ton batttle-
•hipe, an4/or all the machines
and anas m ^odeni warfare. If
An^ca il4o be stronir and im-
fnreirnaUe a^inst aggi^ssion.,
then steel will make it strong.
Steel. in the modern iron ajfe,
is the groundwork of defense.
Closely related to armament is
a wide range of indirect defense
meds. Steel' is needed for the
hulls of neif merchant ships,
for new freight cars, for de
fense homu^ for new indoa-
trial plaA^for electric pow
er ‘ piant^^ll taking millions
of tons.
But steel is also raw material
for tiie things consumers buy—
automobiles and fly swatters,
washing machine and sciswrs,
refrigerato», and razor blades,
oil bumers^hd tweenrs — uid
that's the rub. One simple ex
ample is the refrigerator in your
kitchen. There are approzi-
of steel in
that rran^itor. In 1939, we
produ;g]^24^,000 snch refrig-
eratrs.T«Mi>-them was enough
~ • I things first, until America is
steel to make !W,000 light tenks, U>owerful enough to stand fast
or 56,000 37-mm. anti-aircraft against all threats and dangers,
guns, or 16,000 4-ton truc^ >r,Some of the steel that has bera
the hulls of about 21 heavy
cruisers.
That points up the problem;
We don’t produce enough steil
to meet our civilian needs and
edfense needs too.
During the current y«ir our
steel mills will probably turn
out over 83,000,000 tons of the
metal. A thinl of that ~ close
to 28,000,000 tons—will go for
“direct defense’* needs and for
expotra. Other "indirect defense”
needs—things like frieght cars,
new industrial plants, etc.— . ,
may up that demand consider-
ably.
going into automobiles and type
writers and paper clips must
now be rerouted, shuttled into
the foundries and factorial of
defense.
steel to meet the needs of ci^^l-
Since we can’t fyroducc enough
production and the needs of de
fense, we do the next best thing:
tag all the steel required for de
fense, then allot as much as pos
sible to production of essential
civilian goods, and assign what
is left to those civilian products
which we need — but can live
Next year, production may go
ver 87,000,000 tons. But, as
fast as production goes up, de>
fense needs for steel will climb
even more rapidly. Just count
ing direct defend requirements
including aid to foreign na
tions—and not taking into ac
count the "indirect defense” re
quirements U}d the “^sential
civilian needs”—^it is possible
that 35,000,000 tons of steel vdH
be lopped off this pile.
Te inevitable conclusion is
that as seyere as the steel short
age for Ordinary consumers will
be this year, the shortage will
be just as bad or even worse in
1942. True, plans are in the
making for a boost of 10,000,-
000 tons in the nation’s steel-
producing capacity. But that
takes time, and even when the
increased production is avilable
—defense requirements will be
waiting to absorb it.
STYLES 1941-42
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The arms program wasn’t
many months old before steps
were taken to assure a suffi
cient supply of steels for all pre
dictable defense needs. The pic
ture, as America began to tool
up, was that of a nation rich
in automobiles, rich in washing
machines, rich in refrigeratOM-
rich in all those things that
made America the envy of the
world. We had these things be
cause the raw materials were
available in ample quantiti^ to
me€t all our needs.
Then, a year ago, defense be
gan to nibble at this wealth.
Out of every 100 pounds of st^l
in 1940, 18 went' into cars,
trucks, and—something new on
the l^t — mechanized military
equipment. Thirteen pounds
went for roads, dams, bridges,
factories — and army canton
ments. Ten pounds were set a-
side for the railroads. An equal
amount went for tin cans, steel
drums, and otehr mdtal contain
ers. Some of that was for de
fense.
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er things we can and must do.
For one thing, there ii substi
tution: plastics or wood or glass
or enamelware where st«sel was
used before. Some compttniM
have alr^y turned to subatita-
tions: wood for steel in kitchen
utility cabinets; p lastiw or Isqa-.
inated wood for steel in dine^
table tops; asb^tos for atoel in
galvanized steel sheets; popoe-
lain enamel for steel in refrigra^
ator evaporators.
Where it is not p»Bibl« to
simplify. The steel industry has
taken the lead here. Sine* tlM
start of the defense program,
types of steel have been cat
down from a thousiuid to loM
than a quarter of that numbnr.
Bicycle models are being reduc
ed both to stretch supplies and
to save on consumption. The'
same thing is being done with
refrigerators, and will he don*
with other products in thd
months ahead. \
Shortages in scrap steel—-ab
solutely essential to production
of finished new steel — are be
ing overcome salvage cam
paigns. Automobile graveyards
are exp^ted to jrield upwards of
a million tons of scmp. Aban-*
doned street-car railf — being
salvaged with cooperation of
WPA workers — are anoiher
negative valoea.
The flower of our youth has
'*ealled to the aolora." They
have had to leave and give up
maay of the things which were and
are near and dear to them to pre
pare to offer tilieir lives upon the
«l|ar of saerifice, if necessary,'in
dejtesse at oar eoanbry and oar
hoaiet. This is a responsibility
whHh eitieenship haa imposed afr-
on them. And how nobly hay*
they assumed it!
What are we willing to do for
tiieir eomfort, anA to keep their
morale hoisted f And how can we
do itf That is where the Red Cross
eemes in. And to aid the Red
Cross to the full extent of oar abi
lity is a challenge of mr eitizei-
sh^ rights.
The Red Cross has been a#ked
to take an important Part in
strengthening our national de-
feiwes. Its task is two-fold “•«-
vlees to aid the morale ot the arm
ed forces and services to safe
guard the life and health of ^e
civilian population.”
The Red Ooss must go with tiie
Army into the field and aeeom-
pany the Navy to outlying naval
stations. It must be with the men
in hospitals and provide the im-
po^nt link of eommnnieation. be
tween service men and their fami
lies baek home.
With approximately two million
men under arms and a greiUer
giving OABOIJKA BEPTIST
nmoasaB-HBw BOOK
Rocky Mount, Nov. 13. — The
General Bapt»t Convention of
North Carolina |^ve the authors,
the Sev. M. W. Williams and the
■Rev. O. W. Watkins, most cordial
eommendaticMis on the contest and
general tti^e^ap of theijr new his
tory, Who ^9 Who Amoi^ North
C%roJina N^o Baptists,” with a
bKef history of organizations, at
tk» r^^lar convention here Octo-
bes ^31.
The entire convention went on
raQord as endorsing the volume
an^, wged pastors, superinten-
deisls, deacons, church elubs and
individual members to read it and
he^tne aoquainted with the back-
fround and current trend of the
aduevements.
The state convention, compris
ing all of the Baptist in the State,
and the 56 associations which rep-
reewts 260,000 Baptists, met at
the St. jAmee Baptist durch with
the pa(»tor, the Rev. W. L. Mason,
hoflt to the four-day session.
1^. p. A. Bishop is president of
th® convention. Adv.
. it
You owe it to yourrolf and
your* country; join the Red
Cross this year. Our quota is
source' being tai^>cd. Plans are |miHtary force in prosl>ect, great
under way for collection of scrap ^will be the demands on the Red
from the nation’s fanns and Cross. Thvough its Chapters it
back yards. ^nust organize evacuation sehemes,
Axis vs. America '
There are bright spots in Am
erica’s steel picture. Compared
wVt^ the rest of the world, we
turn out close to half of the to
tal steel production. For every
2 tons of sted within Hirer's
reach, we have 3l We are cur
rently producing over a third
The 49 pounds that were left more steel than we did during
DAVIDSON MIOTHERS
FUNERAL HOME
were earmarked for industry, for
the machinery and tool makers,
for ordnance manufacturers and
sh^ builders, and manufactur
ers of everything from watches
to airplanes.
Effecting the turnabout — di
recting the flow of steel away
from peacetime consumption
and into the defense factories—
has been accomplished in several
ways.
In the first place, there is
priority control. That means
claim on all steel is given to
Army and Navy requii*ements.
Then come other deense needs,
such as construction of arms
III factoris. After that, products
needed for the general welfare
ii I —hospitals, highways, and
II f the like. And finally come the,
■* nonessentials — the things that*
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Miiit St.
j America is used to but'^can get
'along without for theduration.;
Secondly, America is cutting
down. Already, we' have made-
a frontal attack on one of the
biggest peacetme consumers of
«teel of all; w( have d^ided that
FUNERAL HOME
323 SOUTH BREVARD STREET
8431 Night Phones 3-6027, 3-2472
our peak output during the -last
war, about a sixth more tiian
did in the boom days of 1^.
Though, lye need .steel -for de
fense, we must sacrifice only a
fraction of, what wie normally bedside of his
IHrst Aid Detachments, ambulance
and hospital services; train 100-
'000. Nurses Aides, expand C!m-
teens and Motor Cbrps, foster ex
tension of Disaster Belief Pre-
pardness Committees so our eitiee
land towns might ^m^t the chal
lenge of sabotage, fire, expli»ion
and even armed invasion or botnb-
ii^f raids; meet the challenge of
^.idemic and disease, always ||re-
sent with shifting populations,
tiiroagh the Red Cross Narsjog
service. Its services range in
scope from helping a worrit re-
ill
use in peacetime. : For examipi)e,
to complete our two-ocean navy
wilFtake about 1,200,000 tons of
steel; in 1940, the auto illdtis-
try alone i^sed up %900,00p tons
of k^ee^. • ;
Our Kme-
stone, .coal—~all ingredients "of
steel—are within ea^ r««ch.But
the purifying mater^ls—^bicb
give special properties to sISeel—
must come form outside our lar
ders: managan^e from :^i^a,
Brasil, Cuba, and A|Hq^^;, tjn
from Malaya,* t|ie Dptch'flait'
Indies, and. BoUviaj
from,Africa, Cul»,>and‘0i^^'
^balt from ^ns^^^4k^«ai;ft^d*
Austritlia; tungsten fiom jC^iaa
and Malaya; yai^adium frowi ’PA.
ru and Rhodesia. «' ^
Those materials 'are .■ f^ng
stQck-piled^ stored ajrME^ 'the
day when thero.productio^78(mr-
,whil America arms, it must get‘i?®? naay be cp.t off. With*..t<t
along with half the automobilesdone,, along with
of last year. On the. basis of civijian , tcomi^jilion
mother to the task of a coast-to-
coast chapter program’ .geared te
prodaee 40,000,000 sai^cal di^ess-
To Perform these services it
mus4 . have eomaderabls.. ft^nds;
henee the Roll CaU for memlMuv
ship: this is its principal means
of raising fund*- It is no longex a
part^pating ageney in Commun
ity ^ests, Th^ demands on the
R^ Cross daring tl|is emeijfpijcy^
arf gfea^ ti^on ^e Conwjaiiity
Chjwt'-ean^mwt., “Jfilliop. pf
lat»wiil^r*t|^fired'•for'direct irii
te;n«i^ -t^p, 'biH9i#t &
tl»e e|^-
isn jaDBlat^-'aJiar^B, ■ as,%et(®
J>ef(^ io'’mia)^\’ cojifUi!^
itie^'and! JMtlH.es, ^^eqfaajjy w||
i ^he MinibAs
^oll^rt'alA> f war ^ yw^iihfcd .to
rai»poft| tte' mdyale-lJuitdijjig;^^
t» * the f
fa^tlit^ '.l^ihd the
760, considerably more than last
year. Do your part to help us
reach this goaL
Tliere will be tables placed at
eonvenient places in town Sat
urday, for those wishing to sign
up witht he Red Cross. Monday
there will begin a house to
hpuae canvas of the entire com
munity. This lasting through
November.
. We hope to have wich home
enroll IQO percent. That will
mean every member of the fam
ily will be a member of the Red
Cross. By doing this we will be
•Wfe tot'carrj^ our quota far be
yond the goal mark.
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New Forms Desiped
To €ive AB Details
Regardiflg Wrecks
Ifov. 13. I— An “ Hcci-
iiei^lfepert”4|^^ deej^ed to ,
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last year’s use of steel in auto
mobiles that means a saving of
2,747,300 short tons. Other cuts
^11 have to be made-nnits in
refrigerators, washing machines,
bed springs, and other consum-
era’durable goods which chew
up steel and other critical met
als.
SulMitltiites For Steeel
. Look at these figures ff you
want to know why we must cut
down: Into a 45,000-ton battle
ship go 20,000 tons of ordinary
steel; into an aircraft carrier,
17,000 tons; into a cruiser, 5i,-
500 tons; into a d^troyer, 700
tons. And those figures are ex
clusive of guns and defensive ar-
^r. A medium tank uses 72,-
^ pounds of steel; a 155^nm.
In ^these p^^oas times o«i;., e)^
enship and patioti% . are Wife
constantly chalieri||ed by the tver-
increasing detnands of tl^ i^e»
Should we falter or fail in ffieisisr-
ing ap to our citizenship r^St^si$i-
lities in proportion to oOr IbUiiies
our right to that citizenship n^ht
be open to question. In the STobr-
tion that we assume our responsi
bilities, to that extent will we* be
productive or serviceable iwets
which cannot be discouiitsd aiid
charged oflf” the books eiiisen
ship in a final reckoning.
We cannot afford to expect the
full rights and privile$|^ of eiti-
zenship and not be willin|f to ^-
sume the responsibilities of that
citiisenship. To do this ifould
classify us as Uahilitia? without
fioe
Uieir'
h:
findST
mied’ .ha|i seeep^
the , ^«Onal ^f|nse,
I . t ^ of it is
pf tii'e ^Alleilifet 'ti)' rar ciiisSii-
ship. Be :;a frt* fle^ cHilsSn>
JOIN TH8*R®frdRi>SS !
TJRa® oTB®II0 TO ■ DO 80! '
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Because of tlie dry weather,
many soybeans in the top of the
stalk hav^ been Ibsl; by Wayne
Ocrantjh farmers, reports D. 'j.
Murra;^, sasistaqt fam agent of
the N. C. State College Ibctension
— —
The tax bill of the railroads in
1940 was approximately 400 mil
lion dollars, the' g^ea^t amount
for any year oh record,
nes and
Mcits
St;. CharMte
EVERYBODY
ST. JOSEPH
IS INVITED TO
A.M.E. CHURCH
REV. J. AL VALENTINE, Minister
Sunday School 9:30 A. M., PreacWngr 11:00 AV M. and
7:00 R M.
ARE YOU DISCOURAGED, DEJECTED, HEART
BROKEN? If you are—St. Joseph A. M. E. Church Ex
tends to you without price an invitatipn to join its mem
bers and friends in the renewal of your hope and faith.
A H^rty Wdcoi&e AwaHs Yoo -%«
pWJe ’the fgrti'n&w tisM l?y,
way Patrolmen in reporting
wrecks in beiag printed for distri
bution to Patrolmen and the field
fomias of the Highway and Public
Wjo*to Commission. The netv fom
w^^s^^.'to'giv^ more coijlplete
inloi^S^pp^ea road accdent^.
speaking, it follows
bfii^ \ised, bat it
I'^OBe Inqtortant phat>e—
■©^[^d for infbrm'tftion
KING’S
STORE
on what influence exterior factors
exercise in highwny accidents.
This is an angle ef, wrecks not in
quired into beretofore. An “ex-
terior factor” m*y be a slow mov
ing Tehicle near the scene of an
accident hat not actually involved,
distraction of driver’s attention,
or any other happening that may
contributeMo an accident wuhout
directly caustng it.
It was at a conference of rep
resentatives of the Highway and
Public Works Oonmiission , the
ftighway Patrol, the Safety Divi
sion and the Motor Vehiele Bureau
that the new form wa* approve^
and ordered prefmred fo rdistriba-
tion.
Patrolmen will make out their
reports in triplicate (as they do
now), and in addition Highway
employees will he requested to co
operate by filling ont as complete
reports as possible on accidents
occurring in their localities.
In adlition to Patrol and High
way employee report^ operatoiw
involved in accidents should make
their own reports, a st»p requited
by law. All operator reports are
confidential and are used for sta
tistical 7>iirposes only.
New Type Kston
In Olds Gives
Greater Service
The adoption of Armasteel pis
tons in all serial of Oldsmobiles
for 1942, both sixes and eights,
watf^announced in Ijm^ing yester
day by D. E. Ralston, general sales
manager for the Oldsmobile divi
sion of QenCT^l- Motors. Adoption
of these new type pistons signa
lises the release by Oldsmobile of
huge ^ qdantities of alnminuni to
national defense uses. It alw
dramatically illustrates how the
devek>iMnent of an “alternate,*’’
material can i^ult in impicved
quality and long Ufa
“Armasteel pistons have -play
ed an important part in the sen
sational records achieved by Oeh-
«ral Motors diesel-driven losomo-
FONERAL DIRECTORS,
:=y $EiiiyicE;V -i
fhimm Df M7»/ ij r .rtifttnw 8W:
tivM,” said Ralstou. '‘Designing
and building a piston for these
engines that offe|red extremely
low wearing qualities, at ths f-ame
time ma^taining far greater ten-
sil strength, was an achievement
of the General Motors Research
staff. Records show that a« many
a million miles of continoiu
serviae was tmvelled by the Oea-
eral Motors diesal ^igines without
need for Armasteel pii^on main
tenance.
‘‘Because of its valuable
tribution- to improved qual%',
Oldsmobile is i»oud to list the »
Armasteel piston with its long list
of automotive firsts, includit^
Hydra-Matic Drive, the only drive
to eliminate the ccmvential cluteh
mechanism, clutch pedal and all
gear shifting.” I
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SID RANCE8
Former Manager and
Buyer fwr Dai^m Iron
ft Metal Co.
Announces..
“I Am Now Tm^ng In
the Junk Business at the
penny coal yard
Has^ Md Canal Sts.
RAI^CBR
1 Am Buying AU Types of Junk”
• Tires
• Batteries
• Radiators
• Zincs !
• Misc. Materials
HAia coioiiNa
• Scrap.Iron • Bi^ss
• Rags • Lead
• Copper • Cotton . ?
• Rubber • Aluminuna
• Inner Tubes • Burlap
“As Always Ihy Fcrflcy Is:
HIGHEJST PRICES! HONEST TREATMENT!’*
HANCER IRON & METAL CO.
L-6381
Penny Coal Basel and ciui«l Sts.
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