On lmports<MVUaUWar Metals
By CHARLES P. McMAHON
Cleveland, 0?The United States
need not fear lack of vital metals
necessary for its defense program
and industries because of entailment
of overseas shipments due to the
European war according to some of
the foremost American metallur
gists.
They believe that virtually every
metal the country needs either ex
ists in adequate quantities in the
Western Hemisphere or can be re
placed by a satisfactory substitute
which is available homestically.
However, some of these substitutes
cost considerably more and that is <
believed the real reason why the
United States is energetically safe
guarding its supply of strategic me- i
tals by arranging to buy far in ad
vance of actual requirements and
store the reserve. j
Jesse Jones, Federal loan admin- 1
istrator, has announced the creation
of the Metals Reserve Company "and
authorization of loans up to $100,- 2
000,000 for the purchase and stor- 11
age of vital metals, such as tin and \
manganese used in steel making,
and now coming largely from for- i
eign sources. ?
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William, H. Uisenman, secretary of
^ the American Society for Metals, is
confident these metals could be ob
tained, however, from domestic
sources.
"Most of. the metals actually are
available in the United States, or at
least in the Western Hemisphere,"
he said. "Where the metals espec
ially desired are not available in
suitable quantity or quality from do
mestic sources others can replace
them although at an increased cost"
He said that tungsten, important
in steel making and electrical man
ufacture, could be replaced by moly
bedenum, of which the United States
has a world monopoly,
i Only one-half the weight of moly- i
? bedenum is necessary to obtain ap- i
proximately equal physical properties :
as tungsten. However, it is some
what more difficult to handle. But '
this disadvantage is over-come by ]
the saving of strategic material and <
the release of tungsten for many i
other uses. s
Tungsten Carbides Increase 1
Perhaps one of the most important i
of these uses is the every-widening
field of tungsten carbides which are
extremely hard materials used in ?
cutting and grinding operations. Pro- t
duction economy is effected in cer- i
tain of their uses.
Eisenman belives that the use of r
cemented tungsten carbides in ma- 1
chine, tool operations will be increat
ingly valuable in preparing metal
for aircraft parts, armor for me
chanized units, and sheila >
Another vital metal of which th
United States does considerable im
porting from Souh America and Sds
sia is manganese, also used in stee
manufacturing. If these sources wen
served the United States could ob
tain sufficient quantities from largi
deposits in Cuba and South America
according to Eisenman.
Recent attention has been givei
to electrolytic processing of low
grade deposits in the western portioi
of the United States, Eisenmax
pointed out.
He added, however, that tremen
dous expense and lack of plants
large enough to bring production up
bo the country's needed capacities
make domestic sources of little im
mediate use to till defense needs.
Mercury Inflow Halted
Eisenman cites still another ex
ample for a vital metal which may
>e produced in this country and
vhich hitherto has been imported.
Mercury currently is imported
rom Spain and Italy at a cost of
ibout $180 for a flask of 76 pounds,
lecent war developments have bar
ed Spanish and Italian ports to
American ships.
If ^shortage of other carriers
hould close this market or greatly
estrict it, mercuy can be poduced
a this country, according to Eisen
xan, by using charcoal and mercury
ulphid, and at present prices do
omestic production is certain to in
rease.
Dr. Zay Jeffries, former president
of the American Society for Metals
and recognized as a world authority
on metals, says that two metals
which find extensive use today in air
plane manufcature were little known
in the early days of the World War/
rhey are stainless steel and magne
sium. He declared raw supplies of
nagnesium are practically unlimited
in the United States.
"Between 1914 and 1918," he said,
'magnesium was not used as a base
netal for alloys. It was produced
>n a small scale and used largely
n pyrotechnics such as night flares
ind fashlight powders. It also was
ised to a certain extent as an alloy
ngredient in aluminum base metals.
Magnesium Alloys Plentiful
"At present magnesium base alloys
ire widely used in aircraft construc
ion. The supply is unlimited as to
aw materials."
He pointed out that strong alu
minum alloys, either forged and
teat treated or cast and heat treat
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h ed, ?z? used for wheel supply port
s in* members, gas tanks, fuel and
i- hydraulic pumps and fuel equipment,
while aluminum forgings go intc
el such products as propellers, pistons,
- and crankcases. Aluminum clad
- metals, with surfaces of pure alum
1 inum, are used for wing and fuso
e lage covers, tail cdnstruction and
- ?iiw<l?i' nwita.
- According to ?. E. Thum, editor
* of Met&ls Progress, journal of the
American Society for Metals, stain
i less steel first was made by accident
in a wartime British laboratory
1 where metallurgists were experi
1 menting to discover a strong, ero
sion-proof alloy for lining big guns.
Thum believes that any shortage
i of metals that might develop can be,
1 obviated by the use of the same or
1 other metals, but taken from domes
tic sources at an increased cost of
production, and use
He said that prior to 1917 the
United States had relied on foreign
nations for technical knowledge as
well as specialized metals, but no
longer is in this position.
It is his contention that through
cooabo.ation in research and inter
change of information outstanding.
American metallurgists have placed
this country in a better position
thyi ever before to strengthen de
fenses..
Schools will toon reopen and mil
lions of young Americans will learn,
to -their regret,' that the' schoolhouse
didn't get washed away in the recent
floods.
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Now that the pennant races are
entering their final stages we know
local citizens who are about to have
what looks like convulsions. ?
WHO KNOWS ?
1. What is the relative plane
strength of Germany and Great
Britain?
2. How old is Wendell Willkie?
3. Who is thle Prime Minister of
Canada?
4. How far is Hawaii from the
Canal Zone?
5. Did the Republican party sell
a campaign book in 1936 ?
6. When did the United States
begin its occupation of Philippines?
7. How many night clubs operate
in New York City?
8. What was the electrorial college
vote in 1928 and 1936?
9. Is the population of thia country
increasing? . ? -
Timely Farm Question
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Question: How should the pullet
' flock be culled? ?
Answer: According to C. F. Par
rish, State College extension poultry
? man, the pullet flock, if it'hjw beei
' fed and housed properly, should b
ready now to begin laying. The onlj
culling possible in this kind of flocl
is the elimination of the very amal
deformed pullets and those witl
small combs, an indication of sk>v
sexual maturity. This weeding out o:
the runts is perhaps the safest culling
that can be practiced with pullets a
this season. Of course, the olde:
birds may be culled throughout th<
year.
Question: Can AAA cotton mar
keting cards be transferred from one
person to another?
' Answer: Cotton marketing cards
are personal property and should not
be loaned to any other person for
the purpose of ginning or selling cot
ton in his name. The AAA warns
that future payments may be with
held if there is evidence to show that
these cards have been misused. These
marketing cards should be shown to
the ginner, since he is required by
law to make complete and accurate
reports on all cotton ginned, giving
the grower's name and the serial
number on his marketing card.
Question: What are prospects for
good quality small grain seed this
fall?
Answer: A. P. Stuart of State Col
lege says North Carolina has one of
the best supplies of quality planting
seed in years. Certified seed growers
this fall will have approximtely
37,000 bushels of wheat, 41,000 bush
els of oats, 22,000 bushels of barley,
and 4,000 bushels of rye to supply
the State with its demands for pure
seed.
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As we .see the situation the nation
has any quantity of men ready to
save it, if you let them have their
way.
THE ANSWERS
1. No accurate information avail
able.
2. Age 48..
3. MacKenzie King. \ ?? :
4. 8,383 miles.
5. Yes.
6. In 1889, during the Spanish
American war.
7. About 1^200.
8. 1928: Hoover '444; Smith 87;
1936: Roosevelt 523; Landon 8.
9. Yes; estimated increase during
last ten years was at the rate of 7.5
per cent.
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