T&ze 2 Second Section
THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY
Radiator Hose
Department Aids
In War Effort
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plant, without undue difficulty.
Now that every scrap of rubber
is precious, and the demands for
rubber used in equipment for the
Armed Forces are mounting, it
has become necessary to seek
other qualities of reclaimed ma
terial for'the manufacture of radi
ator hose. Today it is recognized
and accepted by private and in
dustrial motor operators as a valu
able contribution to the war effort
on the Home Front. Thousands
of civilian cars and buses take
thousands of war workers to their
jobs daily. Ffeets of trucks trans
port tons of war equipment lo and
from plants dedicated to the war
effort, and these vehicles nuisl be
supplied wilh radiator hose in or
der to operate.
In spite of the mounting diffi
culty of finding materials fur its
manufacture, the Radiator Hose
Department at Dayton Rubber has
continued to 'function full time
since it was established two years
ago. The men responsible for its
survival and the operators in the
department are to be congratulat
ed for their tireless efforts and
their refusal to be discouraged by
gigantic handicaps. They are car
rying on with the full convict ion
that every contribution is a mile
stone toward Victory.
Work in the millroom of a rub
ber factory is typical of the mil
lions of unromantit, behind the
Scenes, jobs that are being car
ried out by so many American
workers today. The mixing mill
operators, compounders, truckers,
extruding machine operators and
calender men do not see the ro
mance of complete and final pro
duction. They do not see the
huge 33 foot pontons packed in
their water proof carrying cases
ready for overseas shipment, or
the finished V-Belts dressed in
their attractive wrappers, or the
oxygen breathing tube, complete
with fittings, just like it will be
wofn by a gallant fighter high in
the blue over enemy territory It
is hard for the millroom employee
to visualize the massive doting
river bridges, or a drifting life
raft that has snatched an unfor
tunate pilot from the doom of a
wateey grave, as he listens to the
constant grind of the mill line and
handles the hot masses of shape
less rubber from day to day In
his own heart he knows that these
products of war would never reach
the battle areas without first hav
ing passed through his hands As
surely as he knows these facts,
let us too understand his posi
tion and give him a pat on the
back for his all too often thank
less task in the battle on the pro
duction front.
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Mr. Freedlander predicted the war
and began planning the company's
future in view of a possible cur
tailment of natural rubber. In
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a plant designed especially for the an important
production of synthetic rubber armed force
products. Thj'Jlant is now locat- plies.
Congratulations
Dayton Rubber Comp
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Crossing a wide river like the Rhine in Germany is no difficujt problem for U. S. Army Engineers. With the aid of pontons,
as built by Dayton Rubber, vehicles can be rolling across In a very few hours. (Official Signal Corps Photo).
Fighters Move To Front
On Dayton-Made Pontons
As niir fighters follow on the
heels (if lhe retreating enemy they
must gel across the rivers fast.
Quickest method is by ponton
bridge And it's the Army En
gineers' jot) in build those bridges.
The Engineers bring pontons,
steel saddles and treadways on
large truck-like equipment car
riers to the river bank. Pontons
are brought out of their heavy can
vas coverings and valves are open
ed lo permit a mobile air compres
sor In lill the ponton with air.
Pontons are protected by bull
head sections to help keep the
big tube afloat even though some
sections have been bullet-pierced.
Five minutes after inflation starts
the ponton is ready to float. Then
the completed bridge sections are
lined up and overlapping tread
ways bolted together and a hydrau
lic crane unloads the steel "sad
dles" onto the floating pontons.
The steel helps give the bridge
rigidity and protects the rubber
ponton underneath from enemy
machine gun bullets. It takes
about three hours to build a 42
ponton bridge over a 3f0-foot
river.
Pontons are really two loiig 33
foot rubber tubes 33 inches in
diameter and shaped with two
curving, connecting ends which tip
up like a canoe. Pontons carry a
weight of 18 tons. In the center
of the ponton lies a log aptly
named. It's a 27-foot rubber cyl
inder 33 inches around with a ball
on each end.
Pontons made by war workers
at Dayton Rubber have appeared
on every battlefront according to
frontline reports. Their produc-
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Congratulations
To The
Men and Women
of
The Dayton Rubber Mfg.
Co.
On Your Army-Navy E Award
A Fine Job - We Are Proud of You
Chamber of Commerce
Head Of Dayton Rubber
Pioneered Synthetic Rubber
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role In the evaluation and develop
ment of Neoprene, Butyl, Perbun
an and other synthetic rubbers
which today have many varied
uses.
Two weeks after Pearl Harbor,
Mr. Freedlander was appointed to
the WPB, where he served as
technical chief of the Rubber Sec
tion, Industrial Specialist and
Technical Consultant.
Also serving as chairman and
consultant to the Textile Branch
of WPB, Synthetic Textiles Divi
sion, Mr. Freedlander has helped
to solve many important textile
problems during the prase nt war
Mr. Freedlander is also presi
dent of the Copolymer Corp., of
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Copoly
mer is a government-owned syn
thetic rubber producing plant op
erated jointly by Dayton Rubber
and six other companies.
After a trip to Europe in 1039,
Myths And Mysteries
Of Synthetic Rubber
.lust what is this Synthetic Rub
ber? As the term is used, Synthetic
Rubber is really a misnomer be
cause no successful synthetics ex
actly duplicate the chemical struc
ture of natural rubber, but merely
duplicate as nearly as possible its
characteristics. Therefore Sub
stitute Rubber," "Elastomer" or
some such term would more nearly
describe the material the govern
ment and rubber companies call
Synthetic Rubber.
The varieties and characteriS'
tics of the many Synthetic Rub
bers are almost endless. Research
Laboratories have discovered at
least three thousand synthetic
rubbers of widely varying proper
ties. Some have more stretch and
more tensile strength than others
and are suitable for tires and other
items receiving hard usage. Oth'-rs
have little stretch and little
strength and consequently are suit
able only for such articles as glass
jar rings, raincoats, baby punts,
shoe soles, gaskets, etc. Some
synthetics have qualities which far
surpass those of natural rubber,
while others are inferior hut still
satisfactory for many uses. For
instance, tires made of high qual
ity synthetic will far outrun those
of natural rubber, and printing
rollers made of synthetic are not
affected hy oil, benzine, and abra
sion It would seem logical that all
synthetics should have a common
base with various methods of com
pounding being the only difference
in texture However, such is not
the case Basic constituents range
from soy beans and morning glor
ies to petroleum and alcohol.
Mysteries abound in both syn
thetic and natural rubber. If you
are scientifically inclined and like
to delve into the bewildering pro
cesses and ingredients of rubber,
then consider the following oridl
tips: It takes a torrid cliinte to. grow
rubber trees, yet heat fs destruc
tive to your automobile tires! Th
sun that aids the growth of the
rubber tree will also rot a rubber
glove ! Soap and water do not
penetrate rubber, yet rubber is
reprocessed 1)V them! A i ul her
tree needs plenty of air lo survive
but cured rubber is deteriorated
by air.
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Final VICTORY has been brought just a
litllc nearer because of your efforts. Credit
for your fine production goes to manage
ment and workers who kept the goods roll
ing. 1 like lo class myself as one of your
workers, because I help every way possible
to speed production in your plant. I'm glad
that I had plenty of power available when you needed it most,
and that despite war needs such as yours, I've been 'able to supply
all mv other customers with all the power they have needed, loo
RBDDY KIU.OWATT
Your Klectric Servant
Your Friendly Fleclrle Service Company
tion and shipment to our fighting
men has helped save the lives of
many troops and many tons of
equipment.
LIcmn FM
Municipal lictnt f charged for
cigarette vending machines, Juki
boxes and mechanical amusement
devices vary widely on the oasis of
a survey of ordinances of SB cities.
License fees charged fey cities for
opersting of cigarette vending fna
chines rang all the way from $2
year In Atlantic City and Pasadena,
and f3 a year In Wichita, Kan., and
Wilmington, Cel., to sliding rates
calling for much higher fees in Los
Angeles and Birmingham.
We Wish You
Continued
uccess
It has been a pleasure to haul your products
and. raw materials so vital in our fight against
aggression, and which have brought the Army
Navy E Award for the first time to Haywood
County. We congratulate you, employees of
Dayton Rubber, upon this splendid achieve
ment and wish you continued success.
H. L. DANCE TRUCKING GO.
Asheville, N. C.