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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1944
Page
5
The piece highlights automatic control instruments in rubber and fuel production powering the war effort. It describes sensors and valves that regulate temperature and reactions, enabling a 40 percent rise in synthetic rubber output and keeping plants efficient while workers monitor instrument panels.
Sgt. Joseph Peck USME returns home after 28 months in the South Pacific with four battle stars on his Pacific campaign ribbon and the presidential unit citation. He helped establish the Guadalcanal beachhead, saw action at New Georgia and Bougainville, and will report to Camp Lejeune as an instructor. He is the son of Mrs. Katherine Peck of 721 Nicholson Street. his brother Pvt. Carl is at Camp Bowie, Texas.
Good year laboratories report a 40 percent increase in synthetic rubber production, reaching 1,338,000 tons annually. The change from batch to continuous processing replaces buck ets with pumps, leveraging petroleum derivatives and butadiene yield tied to refinery gasoline output. Oil refining and rubber production remain inseparable.
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