Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1942, Page 11

Rafioning of Refreads Needed With Demand Five Times Supply Only 300 Tons of Rubber Allotted This Month For Renovating Tires l | With five customers for every tire | the Government today appeared to | have no choice but to ration "'i treads as well as new tires. | That is approximately the ratio of retreads being made available | this month to the normal passenger car ownerd demand, and raw ma- | terials spokesmen indicated the sit- uation would become worse instead of better in coming months. O. P. M. rubber experts disclosed yesterday that only 300 tons of crude rubber were allotted this month for recapping passenger car | tires, an amount sufficient to turn out only 672,000 tires for the Nation's 27,000,000 car owners. Most of Rubber for Trucks. | According to estimates of the American Automobile Association the normal monthly demand for tires is about 5,000,000, .including | the truck tire consumption. In the District of Columbia alone the nor- mal monthly turnover is 20,000 tires, ' |} about one-thirtieth of the country's entire retread stock pile for the month. - Some 2.300 tons of crude rubber have been made available for re- treads during the month, it was learned, but 2,000 tons have been earmarked for truck tire use. This | is a case of providing seven times as much rubber for about one- | seventh of the motor vehicles (there are about 4.500.000 trucks in the country). Trucks, however, are be- coming increasingly important for the transport of vitally needed war materials. | Congress was giving attention to Pproblems growing out of the short- age of crude rubber. The Senate passed and sent to the House a bill | authorizing the Secretary of Agri- | culture to plant 75,000 acres of guay- | ule rubber plants in the Western | Hemisphere and to conduct experi- ments with other types of rubber bearing plants. The Senate’s special committee studying small business problems undertook a solution of the problem of finding tires for trailers, after hearing assertions from industry that trailers were needed for de- fense housing. E. E. Ravmond of Saginaw., Mich., president of the Trailer Coach Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation, said the industry was “stymied” by the tire shortage. Meanwhile, it was disclosed that some exports of automobiles and rubber products to Latin America may be permitted despite the short- age and rationing in this country. Douglas MacKeachie, O. P. M. director of purchases, said this was under consideration in announcing allocation to the other American republics of 375000 tons of steel. 3.300,000 pounds of rayon. $13.000.000 worth of farm equipment and var- jous other products. | The allocations are for the first quarter of 1942 and Mr. MacKeachie indicated like quantities of such exports to Central and South Amer- | ican nations would be permitted in the remaining quarters unless there was a material change in eonditions. | A resolution calling on the O. P. M. to amend tire rationing regula- | tions to include clergymen among those eligible for tires and tubes was introduced in the Senate by Senator Bilbo, Democrat, of Mississippi. The I. O. U. of the Red, Whitel and Blue! United States savings bonds and stamps. Buy them every | payday. At Fall and Winter Styles in... Regular 4.95 Dynamics Many 6.95 Stratfords 1,800 Pairs—Calfs—Gabardines Patents—Suedes—Blacks—Tans Browns—Wines—Greens—Sizes to 10 HAHN THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1942. ¥ A—9 il e I ; < e Ul | %/ =1 ONTARIO Fort william peg | Fort William |y C |, nste: Quev* m; Sarie Montreal CANADA STATUTE MILES Prepared by The National Geographic Society Sav: This Map for Your Scrapbook STUDENTS TO BROADCAST--The map above, prepared by the National Geographic Society, is for use in connection with the seventh of the Latin American broadcasts by students in Washing- ton junior high schools which have been arranged by The Evening Star in co-operation with the National Broadcasting Co. anc officials of the school system. The program involving Canada will be given at 2 p.m. Monda-r over Station WMAL by pupils of the Powell Junior High School. The hour of the broadcast fals at an open period in all junior high school schedules and the children will listen in their «lassrooms. Following the program, teachers in the various schools will pursue the subject further, aided by a prospectus prepared by achool officlals. This map, together with those appearinz each Sunday accompanying articles prepared by the National Geographic Society, is ideally Atted for use in scrapbooks for present and future use in keeping pace with rapidly changing history and geography. | tween Africa and England before and bearing the name of Santos | the war, has been in refuge in Santos | Maru after slipping out of Lobito, Brallhan Hag Hoals | since December 7. 1939. 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