Rubber Supply Threat Prompts Synthetic Weave Rise
By Tom Wolk a correspondent reports that 97 percent of U S rubber is consumed domestically with shipments traveling ten thousand miles from British Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies. Rising tensions threaten to cut off rubber while Standard Oil of New Jersey Firestone and Goodrich push synthetic rubber from base butadiene produced as a by product of petrol cracking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Wolk
U.S
Brish
Malaya
Netherland East Fess
Ited
Iran
Ste
Generals
Standard Oil
Jersey
Firestone
Germany Leads In Synthetic Rubber Development
Industrial shift drives new plants for Ameri pal and buna production in Akron Baton Rouge and Bayway. Major firms Goodrich Standard Oil and Firestone push synthetics to cut costs boost quality and support defense needs amid rubber shortages and rising demand.
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U. S
Goodrich
Standard Oil
Firestone
Akron
Ameripal
Baton Rouge
Oil Company
Buna
Standard Ol
Bayway
MN. J
Britain
America
Mental Telepathy May End the War
Dr. Charles Francis Potter argues telepathy could end war by training volunteers to read enemy plans. He cites telepathy as a natural, developable faculty, once skeptically studied, and envisions mass mind-to-mind insight altering strategy and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Francis Potter
NEA
Mars
Julian Huxley
Telepathy and ethics reshaping future communication
The article argues telepathy could rival radio in time and transform education and ethics. It notes that thoughts and mental images travel along associations, potentially letting teachers convey ideas without books or speech. A woman in a recent talk feared minds could be read, but the speaker suggests benefits may outweigh embarrassment. The piece ends with a stray line about a temperate North American spider.
Fragmented overheard chatter about a parrot and car trip
A garbled dialogue recounts Mrs Hazel and Mrs Knult discussing a parrot bought in town and the trouble on the drive home. They recall shared memories of clumsy car seating and past dislikes, with disjointed phrases and hazy references.
Governor Carl Bailey addresses Highway 29 paving funds
Governor Carl E. Bailey explains Arkansas highway funding limits under the 1934 refunding act. He notes federal allotments about 2.5 million annually, with roughly 33 thousand per county, enough for about one mile of concrete paving. He instructs Highway Director W W Mitchell to seek refunding the highway debt and apply in the next federal funds program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Strange
Stamps, Ark
W. W. Mitchell
Carl E. Bailey
Congressman pledges aid for Highway 29 funds
A congressional candidate writes the Hope Chamber of Commerce vowing full support to secure federal funding for Highway 29 from Hope to the Louisiana line. He notes Arkansas and Louisiana highway departments must submit a project, urges use of toll-bridge funds, and promises active assistance with the Bureau of Roads once projects are initiated.
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Hope
Louisiana State Line
Congress
Louisiana Line
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Bowen
Highway Department of Arkansas
Highway Department of Louisiana
Arkansas
Louisiana
Washington
Bureau of Roads
Highway
Dubiree Arkansas
Gid Ag Wul
Arkansay
Fromm
Uighwa Department
Hempstead
Lafayette
Thosar
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Aykupsus Amet Louisiana
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M Deofus
Hope Hardware Co
Germany
Reich
Eee
Goodyear
Profilm
Department of Agriculture
Texas
California
Ameripol
Italy
England
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola CO
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
L. 1
Hollamon
Rhone
The
First Humanist Society of
New York
North
Amer
Lydia R. Pinkleham
Pinkhan
Haynes Bros
Seth
H.R. Sachs
Globe Tailoring Co
Adkins
W. D. Stewart
Lewisville, Ark
Tive Highway 29
Highway 29
Haye
Bucaru
Bailey
Harris
Highway 29 Association
Homer Adkins
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