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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1942
Page
3
A wartime era warning urges homeowners to order coal now before off season ends and production peaks. Mines run at 90 percent capacity as industry heads toward peak wartime demand, risking shortages for latecomers when fall and early winter arrive.
A wartime appeal urges homeowners to order coal now to support industrial peak production and avoid rail and river traffic jams. It warns delaying coal harms national efforts against Hitler and stresses inspecting and maintaining home heating systems to save fuel and prevent cold winters.
The report shows 51,887,885 tons of coal prepared for consumption with Pennsylvania West Virginia Illinois and Kentucky as leading producers. In 1940 coal exports reached 16,456,928 tons, mainly to Canada, while coke production totaled 273,832,410 tons. Employment declined from 784,621 in 1920 to 543,200 in 1940. Crude oil output rose to 1,351,847,000 barrels in 1940 valued at 1,352,000,000, with the United States supplying over half of marketed oil and Russia next.
The Office of Defense Transportation and the U S Department of Agriculture urge farmers nationwide to form transportation pools and reduce trips to market due to rubber shortages and vehicle scarcities. They seek to conserve equipment, keep farm commodities flowing, and urge preventive maintenance for trucks and autos.
The War Production Board allows assembling small stokers from parts in manufacturers' hands as of May 31 to speed oil burner conversions to coal. W. W. Timmis, head of the plumbing and heating branch, also announced an operations section to continue a broad study of conversion problems underway for some time.
A practical pledge asks homeowners to conserve heat and fuel. It urges keeping heating plants clean, hiring competent inspectors, making essential repairs, reducing heat losses, learning proper operation, preventing smoke, avoiding over or under heating, and ordering fuel early to prevent shortages.
Public exhibit at the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration features nearly 100 lighting pieces from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and 250 samplers. Collections include English Mexican French Spanish Dutch German Italian needlecraft and American samplers show evolving design. New wallpapers textiles antique jewelry buttons metal work and pottery are on display with architectural sketches by Whitney Warren and Morris tile designs.
The quiz asks seven questions: 1 The line after The night has a thousand eyes 2 The wife of an earl 3 Garlic’s botanical family 4 World population approximate 5 The Belgian Shakespeare 6 Another name for Australia 7 Year of the American Legion's first national convention
A compact fragment mentions Countess Lily with phrases The Answers and the day but one, referencing Maeterlinck and New Holland with a date marker November 1919.
A historical quotation from James A. Garfield extols self reliance urging youth to face hardship and prove themselves by sinking or swimming. The sentiment frames resilience as a path through poverty and adversity.
The article details how sugar cane bagasse, once burned, is pressed into long fibers to make board sheets and a cheap molding compound. Chemists show bagasse panels and floorings can be molded with less than half the cost of the cheapest synthetic, expanding plastics industry uses.
The U S department of agriculture announces a program for diverting up to 5 million bushels of Irish potatoes into starch and dextrine. For lamb roughage, mix one half alfalfa with one half Johnson grass or Sudan hay, ensure the hay is green well cured and mould free.
The USO coordinates 264 free entertainment shows weekly for servicemen at camps and bases, featuring movie stars and bands to refresh minds and sustain morale. It asks for public contributions to support this effort, emphasizing the war to win and the men digging in.
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