The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-12-03
A Week OF The War

ger car tire and tube quotas for
December 10 meet needs in the first
month of mileage r%ationing - the
plan under which virtually all pas
senger cars become eligible TO apply
for needed recapping services or re-
placement tires - yer announced
by the Office of Price Administra-
ton. The total of passenger car
tires and recapping services combin-
ed is 2,301,342 for December, against
| 1885, 1879 for November.
Rubber Director LETTERS stated
that unless tires are conserved in
the u. S. by nationwide gasoline
r~ationing until synthetic rubber pro-
duction gets into full swing in 1944,
the United Nations rubber stockpile
will be reduced to Considerably be-
low the point of reasonable safety"
In 1943, there will only be 80 mil
lion tires, including recaps, available
for automobiles, compared with a
normal demand Of 48 million tires.
"If all goes well,' Mr.. LETTERS said,
I'VE should be able to allocate i'm
portant quantities of rubber for the
manufacture of civilian tires in the
early months of 1914. Thus, if there
is no hitch in the program, we
should be able in 1914 to replace
in a large the automobile
tires now in use on the 81 million
passenger cars and the 5 million
trucks operating in the United
States"
The Office of Civilian Defense
said that beginning November 80, z
million Civilian Defense Block Lead
ers will Swing into action to carry
on a coordinated national campaign,
the governments voluntary Share
the-Meat Plan to every city, town
and village in the land"
Sterilization Of Wages
The War Labor Board delegated
to War Secretary Stimson the power
to rule upon all wage and salary adj
justments of the more than II
million 'civilian employees in the u.
S. and Alaska employed by the War
Department, the Army Exchange
! Services and goyernment-owned,
privately-operated facilities of the
! Hs - se6
OF % industries employing 8 million
workers in which its regional direc-
tors will be authorized to act on re,
quests for wage increases to correct
Embellishments by applying the little
steel formula without board review.
The Armed Forces
War Secretary Stimson announced
army furloughs will be granted be-
tween December IL and 2nuary =
to no more than 10 pere mt o. he
enlisted strength of any camp or
station 1T any one time DIR. Slim
son sad many young otJGcers nave
been transferred from Washington
jobs to combat duty. and they will
continue to be transferred until at
least two-thirds of the officers on
duty in Washington will be men
more than SIS. The Federal Com
munications Commission announced
that after December l members OF
the armed forces and persons
sending money to them will receive
a SO percent rate reduction on do
nestle telegraph money orders up
to $25.
Selective Service registrants will
be required to carry classification
cards as we'll as registration cards
with them at all times, beginning
January /.
Transportation
The Public Roads Administration
said its surveys show the average
speed of passenger cars on rural
highways since the institution of the
35-mile -an-hour speed limit has beer
reduced to 81 miles per hour ane
rucks to SO miles per hour. An
other survey showed that II wal
plants in six states the majority 0.
the employees travel to work b!
automobile. Office of Defens'
t Transportation Director Eastman
recommended that buses and stree
: cars space their stopping places Il
: cities al distances from 600 to l,20
feet. He said any distance less thai
500 feet would be wasteful or rub
: Der, gasoline and equipment.