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By Joseph Knebler
Industrial Editor. Akron Beacon Journal
rate, and there are some who be
lieve the tire makers won't get
enough rubber between now and
summer to build up their stocks.
Manufacturers say that where
some geographical-sections report
occasional shortages of tires, these
are due to periodic outbursts of
scarce buying in scattered locali
ties, plus, the inability of produc
ers to keep distribution systems
filled constantly.
One factor favoring the supply
of replacement tires is that auto
makers will be producing fewer
cars in 1951. Last year the origin
al equipment need took about 30
per cent of all passenger tire out
put. Truck tires, despite a prospec
tive increase in production, are i
expected to be in tight supply
throughout 1951.
And prospects for mechanical
rubber goods and toys are less
favorable, because of the sustain
ed high demand and the restric
tions on consumption.
AKBON, O., Jan. 20-P-Barring a full scale war, most manufac
turers imthis heart of the rubber world believe American motorists
will have an adequate, normal supply of tires in 1951,
A full size war, of course, would change all estimates of the con
Bumer prospects. But aside from that, there is only one "if" in the
cenerally optimistic view.
"If there are no further waves
of scare buying or hoarding," the
tire makers say, passenger car
owners should have' little to wor
ry about.
Last year was the greatest pro
duction year the rubber -industry
ever has experienced. Everyone
agrees that there will be fewer
passenger car tires made in 1951
simply because the amount of rub
ber available for civilian needs
will be less. But there should be
enough to go arQund.
The federal government has the
final say now in the use of rub
ber. Last September 1 it limited
consumption of both natural and
synthetic rubber to 90,000 tons a
month not counting military needs.
"It had been running well over
100,000 tons, for civilian use. As
yet defense orders are not a ma
jor factor.
Sole Importer
Then the government announc
ed it was. becoming the sole im
porter and distributor of natural
rubber. It also has started to take
federally owned synthetic plants
out of moth balls. This system of
synthetic plants was set up during
the last war at a cost of more
than $700,du0,000.
The manufacturers agree the
government's importing move will
benefit both the consumer anr the
taxpayer. Natural rubber had soar
ed a few months ago to a 25-year
high of 90 cents a pound, but since
then has been dropping.
It is the" capacity for synthetic
production which gives rise to op
timistic feelings. When the Japs
cut the rubber life-line to the Far
East in 1942, there was no synthe
tic backstop such as now.
At the moment, some manufac
turers are finding it difficult to get
sufficient synthetic, because the
federally owned plants will not
reach full capacity until spring. By
March the government plants are
expected 10 reacn a mommy oui- ! o i TV7' T"
put of 65,000 tons, and by April j "Salem lOliple Wins I Op
or May they will get above 1 0,000
tons. Together with a small
amount from privately owned
plants, the annual operating rate
should hit 920,000 tons, only 25
per cent under the consumption of
1.240,000 tons in the record vear
of 1950.
i Synthetics Due-.
The general belter 5s 'that the
tire supply is tighter now than it
. will be later in the year when the
greater output of synthetic is avail
able. Raw stocks were depleted by
last year's record manufacturing
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ISSAQUAH. Ystu, Jan. 20 Ernest Carey, 73-year-old father, Holds
his 11-day. old daughter. Rath, as the baby makes ner camera de
but at the Carey home at Issaqaah, Wash. Other proud members of
the family group are Carey'i wife, 37, and their first child. Tommy.
18-months. Carey, a widower, retired from his railway Job in 1947
after 45 years service and married his housekeeper the following
-year. (AP YVirephoto to the Statesman.)
Officers Installed
By Gervais Group
Statesman News Service
GERVAIS Mrs. Jacob Cuts
forth entertained the Clara Jones
Missionary society at her home
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. John
Baker of Lebanon, Mrs. Orville
Brown of Woodburn, Mrs. M. A.
Phillips of Brooks and Mrs. Mer
rill B. Lucas of Gervais were
guests.
Officers were installed and Mrs.
D. L. St. Johns led devotionals.
Guest speaker was Ray Larson of
Salem who is preparing for mis-:
sion work in the Philippines. Mrs.
Clara Jones gave the Year Book of
Prayer.
Gorge Slide
Cleared; Route
Still Closed
THE DALLES. Jan. 20 -JP)-
Highway crews cleared a rock slide
from the Columbia river highway
today without finding a motorist
buried under the rubble.
Earlier it had been feared an
automobile was caught in the slide
that blocked the route last Monday.
The road was not opened to trafr
fic. Highway officials said they
first would blast away another
overhanging rock above the high
way. It will be Friday before the
route is open to traffic, they said.
Honors in Card Club
GERVAIS The 500 Commun
ity Carl club had five tables of
cards in play following the usual
7 o'clock no-host dinner Thursday
night at the high school building.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fromm of
Salem were high- score., winners
with' Mrs. Sumner - Stevens and
Antoine DeJardin holding second
high.
Next meeting, February 1, will
be arranged by Mrs. Ernest
Andres and Mrs. M. B. Lucas.
A dd ins Machine
Made Obsolete
Bv Rising Costs
RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 2Q-(JP)-
The cost of public education has
forced the state department of ed
ucation to get a new adding ma
chine. Until the first of the year, the
department had machines which
totaled up to 99,999,999.99
But the cost of state and federal
contributions during the past year
amounted to $100,473,234.99.
The new machine adds up to
99,999,999,999.99.
Sale Involves
Pendleton Paper
PENDLETON, Jan. 20-OP)-Pur-chase
of Lee D. Drake's interest in
the Pendleton East Oregonian by
members of the family of its late
publisher, Edwin B. Aldrich, was
announced today.
For a sum known to be in excess
of $100,000, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Forrester, jr., and Mrs. J. M. Bed
ford, jr., bought Drake's one-third
interest in the newspaper. Mrs.
Forrester and Mrs. Bedford are
daughters of the late Edwin B.
Aldrich.
Drake, who started with the pa
per 60 years ago as an 8-year-old
paper wrapper, will be retained
for ten years in an advisory capacity.
FILMS SHOWN AT P-TA
SHERIDAN Films of national
parks and Alaska were shown at
the last meeting of the P-TA
here. W. H. Hibbert, B. C. Swails
and John Hebert were in charge of
the program. Next meeting Is
scheduled February 19.
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This is written because we feel that the news about a foicoming States
man project may be of personal interest to you.
It concerns the fact that on Wednesday, March 28, 1951, The Statesman
joins the gelect few newspapers in the entire United States that have reached
the age of 100.
You, as a subscriber, will receive on. that date a special commemorative
issue, comprising SIX SECTIONS, and totaling 100 or more pages. .
Here is the fascinating story of the behind-the-scenes preparations for
this edition.
The broad plan took form many months ago. As far back as last August
our entire editorial staff, our photographers and our correspondents through
out the mid-Willamette Valley were "alerted" and given their assignments.
We knew we faced a big job, one requiring "all out" effort: for we deter
mined that this issue would encompass the whole inspiring 100-year story of
agriculture, business, education, religion and government of the mid-Willamette
community!
First, researchers were put to work on the colossal task of combing
through a hundred years of history as recorded in Statesman files. Only by
microfilming of every page of every issue from 1851 through 1925 could this
vast endeavor be accomplished !
Reporters and writers have spent countless man hours delving througK
records yellowed with age in courthouses and libraries. Through a months
long search, dozens of rare delizhtful old-time pictures have come to light
and will be published in the edition.
As this is written, truly exciting progress is being made with our great
undertaking. Scores of photographs are now being processed into plates by the
engravers. Editors- are making final choices of the approximately 200 pic
tures to be used. Dummy pages are being laid out. Tens of thousands of
words meticulously edited as to fact and content are flowing to the lin
typers. Soon, from The Statesman's press will roll the first pages of the special
issue to be called
'Cavalcade of a Century"
When this 100 page edition arrives at your home on Wednesday, MarcK
28th, it will bring to you a clearer and closer view of your mid-Willamette val
ley, its origins, its past, present and future, than ever before in publishing hi
tory !
. . . You tvill witness the tremendous pageantry of the
growth of our community and all its varied and multifold accom
plishments in the past hundred years.
. . . You 'tvill grasp more clearly the impact of national
and tvorld events on our life and times.
. . . You tvill see spread before you the grandeur and ma
jesty of dur mountains, the beauty and productivity of our valley
and its farm lands.
. , . You will live again events long forgotten, see and
read of those early settlers, and realize how great tvas their con
tribution in the building of the community we know today!
. . . You tvill smile indulgently at the clothing styles, the
social doings of yesteryear.
. . , You will find the edition a treasure trove of interest
ing, useful information to which you will refer time and time
again
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. . . AND because you are proud that you live in and are a
part of this great mid-Willamette valley community, you xvill want
your friends and relatives to share the "CAVALCADE OF A
CENTURY1 issue with you.
As this is written, it seems certain that we will be deluged with requests
for additional copies. So we urge that you consider now to whom you would
like copies sent. (Yonr own copy, of course will arrive on the morning of the
28th of March).
- On page 16 of today's Statesman .you will find a reservation form on
which you may list the names of friends and relatives to whom you would like
tro edition sent. Additional con's are onlv 15 cents each and this price in
cludes addressing, wrapping and mailing the edition anywhere in the United
States, its possessions, or Canada!
In publishing this 100th Anniversary Edition, we are certain it is some
thing in -which we and you can take great pride. If you share our expecta
tions, won't you please send in your Reservation list soon? Why not do it to
day while the matter is fresh in your mind?
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