5c PER COPY $2.00 PER YEAR ENTERED AS SECOND'-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICB AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS. MARCH 3, 1879 THE TEW Mill III nun The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor. Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON. N. C., MONDAY, MAY 18, 1942 Tires and Tubes Issued May 15th New truck tires and tubes: Home Ice and Creamery Plant, Tryon, 2 tires and 2 tubes; Q. M. ®fi»rell, Mill Spring route 1, 1 tire Wkfi 1 tube; Tom Patterson, Co lumbus, 2 tires; Jay McQluinn, Mill Spring route 2, 1 tube; T. S. Green way, Tryon route 1, 2 tires and 2 tubes. Recapped truck tires: Duke Power Co., Tryon, 1 tire; J. W. Greenway, Landrum route 1, 1 tire; Virgil Henson, Tryon, 2 tires; Tom Patterson, Columbus, 2 tires; Jay McGuinn, Mill Spring, route 2, 2 tires. New passenger tires and tubes: W. D. Hines, Columbus, 1 tire and 1 tube; Dr. W. P. Jackson, Tryon, 1 tube. Recapped passenger tires: H. H. i Flynn, Landrum route 1, ltire; Dr. W. P. Jackson, Tryon, 1 tire. Sugar For Canning Purposes /^fehose desiring to apply for mgar for home canning may now apply at the Polk County Ration ing Board offices on any Monday morning from 9 to 12 or any Thursday afternoon from 2 to 5. Mr. Vanderhoef will be at the offices on those days to receive these applications. People who wish to apply for sugar for home canning must cer tify that it will be used for that purpose only. When applying they must bring the Ration Books for the Complete Family Unit. The amount of sugar allowed for home canning is 5 pounds per person per year. Salvage for Victory The beginning of this program of salvage has been necessarily slow to get started because of the lack of definite information as to the collection and disposal of the salvaged materials. This has been attended to at the meeting of the State Salvage Board in Ral eigh, and the information has been given to us. Trucks for^.—„ hauling will be available on cer-^ tain specified days. These days will be given County-wide pub licity through the paper and. Sal vage i/ommiuee. RUBBER: Is ^tem No. 1. The rubber shortage is very acute and we are asking that special care be made in the search for rub ber. Old tire that is#being used for a swing or lying around neg lected* old hot water bottles, old tubes, and all materials made of rubber. M.ETAL of all kinds: Is the second need. Scrap iron, brass, aluminum, copper, zinc, tin, etc. PAPER: At present time there is a plentiful supply of paper. The mills are solving the paper problem in a fine way. This does not mean that you should waste your paper supply but store as large quantities as possible in available space in your home or other buildings. New calls for paper will be resumed when the present supply has been sufficiently diminished. TIN CANS: I am giving to you a quotation from, the State Head quarters for Salvage: “It is not found practical to collect tin cans, as the percentage of tin in same is only about 2%. The tin has to be burned off and _.Continued on Back Page——

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