Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 December 1942 — Page 20

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: : ANSWER—New Zealand. By ALC bE. : NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (U. P.).—| RY 3pp 3 | LIONS ENTERTAIN CUBS 'ing at the Claypool hotel. Mem-| The evacuation of 1,000,000 persons :

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| 'U. S. Also Experimenting With Guayule Bush in Hunt for Rubber.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (U. P.).— A broad independent program of research, with emphasis on the possibilities of the Russian dandelion, has been undertaken by the forest service of the department of agri-

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culture in an effort to step up domestic production of synthetic rubber. The forest service experiments with the Russian dandelion and with guayule, a desert shrub native to Texas and northern Mexico that isa source of rubber, are in no way connected with such activities of the WPB and Rubber Director William M. Jeffers. An announcement by the department of agriculture pointed out that although little is known of the rubber yield of the Russian dandelion,

tensive tests now are being made by the forest service in northern states of this country, where the climate is comparable to that of Russia. The Russian dandelion has the advantage of producing rubber in its first season, whereas the guayule shrub normally does not produce effectively until it is about four years old. Rotate Tests To overcome the time handicap in cultivation of guayule, the experimenters here have planted the test fields in a two-year rotation. An estimated 32,000 acres are to be planted this winter from seedlings obtained by the government from the Intercontinental Rubber Co., which has been producing guayule rubber on g small scale for some time. Government experts asserted that synthetic rubber makes a better tire tread than natural rubber, but that natural rubber must be mixed with the synthetic product to produce sidewalls that hold up. No estimate was given of the amount_of natural rubber that still will be required when the synthetic program reaches its peak, but peacetime demands for rubber in this country aggregated 600,000 tons annually, and such demand would mean about 1,000,000 acres a year for normal needs and 500,000 acres for military demands.

Heart Target of Mystery Needle

KANSAS CITY, Kan. Dec. 29 (U. P.).—Theodore A. Kubecki, 46, was rid of his heart trouble totoday. Kubecki, night watchman for a public utilities company, called police for an ambulance during the | night. He said he had a heart attack. . An ambulance hurried him to a hospital. An examining physician removed a needle from near his heart and the pain stopped. Kubecki said he had no idea how the needle got there. He had been suffering from pain near kis heart for a long time, he said. ’

MORE MARRIED MEN FACE DRAFT IN 743

—A selective service bureau official “most areas.”

will be available. year-old men are expected to fill half the 1943 needs of the armed services. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson has announced the army’s goal for 1943 as 7,500,000 enlisted men. The present strength of the army has been estimated at 5,000,000. Approximately 3,500,000 men will be drafted in 1943 to bring the total of the marine corps, navy and army to approximately 9,700,000. ;

DAKAR CORDIAL TO YANKS DAKAR, French West Africa, Dec. 28 (Delayed) (U. P.).—Members of the new American military mission under Brig. Gen. Shepler W. Fitzgerald are receiving ® hearty wel-

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WASHINGTON, Dec, 29 (U. F.).||

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