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Rural Mail Couriers Gather Huge Stock of Rubber Scrap With rural mail couriers acting as rubber salvage collectors, the | rural rubber drive which opened | August 24 in outlying areas of Ouâ€" tario and Quebec is bringing to light a surprising variety of rubâ€" ber articles put out by summer residents and country dwellers for sollection and destined for use in Canada‘s war production. Mail couriers in both these proâ€" vinces are busy with the task ot m‘dfi“hbbfll. selvage depots all the scrap rubâ€" mmwgmnl Thuraday, August 27th, 1942. and tubes from cars and tractors are rolling in to salvage headquarâ€" ters to be reclaimed and reprocessâ€" ed into vita war goods. Also in the collection are to be found old hot water bottles, swimming tubes, flyâ€"swatters, rubber bathing sults and running shoes. Every old rubber article is needâ€" ed4, say salvage officials, pointing out that the drive, scBeduled to end w;mmm day holiday, affording summer resâ€" Mtpdmudur out all old rubber before closing up cottages and camps for winter. Farmers in the areas are also digâ€" ging out the scrap which wil help put the axe on the axis. Estimates of rubber returns on the drive are not available at this early date alâ€" though salvage officials hope to reâ€" lease figures shortly. Coples of the fourâ€"page printed Fertilizer Supplies Are Limited, Price Same maintained which existed in the selling season in the spring of this Old Prairie Plow May Soon Be Tank Word comes from Powden, Al« berta, that four cars of scrap metal have been enough left i the salvage dump to f!! another. Army trucks hbave been assisting in picking up and mm“mlfl‘ donated. One piece of material of symâ€" mmw.m plow weighing 3,750 pounds. This metal which once turned the soil a.,..mmm--mn' te used to belp arm the United Horse Has New Job As Result Of War The horse has a new war job! Not only is he to return to his role of pulling wagons and supplyir£ tr=neportation to people no longer «ble to drive their cers, but he is also to supply Cunasds wilh Formerly pigsa bristlics imporu®‘ from (Chins and Siberia supplied this continent with the right kind of bristies for its Anest quality of bruuses and brooms. Pligs is th‘s country haven‘t grown the right kind of bristles although sow it is No increase in price is permitted reported some are being specially bred for the purpose. In the meanâ€" time, bowever, manufacturers bave been forced to turn their eyes to other membe. . of the animal kingâ€" ‘ omwmmmmâ€": ) the occasion. Other asimal hair 'umuumfl horse tai) hair" when mixed propâ€" ly with the available hogs‘ brisâ€" es was proved a eatisiactory subâ€" itute. ‘This has given borse hair ir a new importance and has reâ€" War in the Pacific ms ulted in an order being passed by he Wartime Prices and (Prade oard contro.lip« its distribution fertilizer maâ€" card recently distributed to, all boxholders and residents outlining the purpose and the needs of the rural rubber drive may be obtained at any rural post office. City resâ€" idents who receive their mail by not included in the rural pickâ€"up service of rubber scrap as city collections would be too great a task for the postâ€"office departâ€" ment in a single drive. reach Canada‘s rubber reclaiming plants to be sheared, hashed, treatâ€" ed with chemicals and put into production againâ€"reâ€"appearing in the shape of vital war goods rangâ€" ing from worplane tires to muniâ€" tion workers‘ nonâ€"spark galoshes. The scrap rubber is urgently needâ€" ed for these war uses, stress salâ€" vage officials, who are frank in stockpiles go up, the chances of Hitler and Hirohito go down. Boat Dock Butfters Needed For Scrap The old rubber tires serving as buffers on boat docks throughout Ontario and Quebec are specifically asked for in the giant rubber drive in rural areas of these provinces, August 24 to September 8. No matter how long the tires have been in the water, say exâ€" perts, the rubber can still be reâ€" claimed and used to help meet the rubber shortage. Two suggestions for preventing damage to boats at docks without rubber are offeredâ€" the erection of a small overhang platform at the dock and secure anchoring, or grounding the boat and hauling it part way ashore. Because in the past tea has been made up in one and oneâ€"quarter ing allowed to sell them for oze sold for This is only being permitted to facilitate merchandising until such time as present stocks, packed in fractions of ounces, are off store Em L. \g # m‘,mnwufl mw-mm"" dently the engineers have suffered naemaneg, Em BB 00 00c ..'n,,.dmunhhtou .wurmulhtof.wn bour The tanks formed a square -mmmmmm ing our men while being '0"-'_. ® t EOVE 7B cuese (dunt -MNMW\ "-wumm'lm Camerons following them have been hit by sixâ€"inch Howitzers, and there are casualties. AM listening to our tank short» .....gu'-d.u I know they are fighting like fools on shore. 1 can hear one of our tank The rubber scrap collected in Bitter, Hard F ight e reeeees . M O boys, we are killing lots of Heinâ€" richs." We are ordered io man» mudfiow. Jt 18 2 2 k . Acctunuara w'."“""’ afternoon now, but the destroyers are remaining behind just a few ...,.‘,ufidflom-l" Mun-menldm!- Mmmfi-w.unm here elght hours now, and small craft are streaming out under bombs and gunâ€"Gre." WrY, those are just »quotations fro:, my noles as I wrote them ie 6 E. 2 ols Y my time‘s up, I wish I could tell ”ldflom-i‘%”".‘d the hundreds of Stories I know about personal acts of bravery. 1 wish I could tell you now how we feel as we wait for final news: but I am going to broadcast later S en en O 5 me, and we may be able to g)V¢ us. 1t seems reasonably certain that our losses were us Weavy as they were at Hong Kong. I home you in Canada despite those i=ases Will feel very prowd that our men have been able to piay ui last the part MMV.'I“”M’ 1 ao know they have fought well and that everythingâ€"things that seen umMmufludbfl' man courage and endurance~~ bas been done to protect our troopt during the fight and to get them off aftur W was over, Those of us who manuged to get bac.«, @VeD A C d C c k wounded, feel wve.") WEeKy is 1t has beep a bitter, hard Pght. (Continued from page 3) Fractions Don‘t Count The colonel of Buy War Stamps â€" Patronize These Advertisers Inspect Our Many Useful Gifts English China and Linens, Co#sâ€" Salon mmwm Al Branches of Beauty Cuiture FAY BAMBER, Prop. 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