Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 43, DeMotte, Jasper County, 8 September 1944 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

SNAPPY FACTS /— V ABOUT fe) RUBBER Before the end of the year, the U. S. should be producing enough man-made rubber to fill all military and essential civilian needs, in the opinion of John L. Collyer, President of B. F. Goodrich, who foresees the output of 800,000 tons of synthetic rubber in 1944. Neglect of the rubber plantations now under Japanese control may be a benefit in disguise, according to authorities, since postponing the tapping of rubber trees tends to improve their subsequent yields. Normally only one per cent of the rubber consumed in the U. S. went into the manufacture of medical, surgical, dental end drug sundries, while more than 72 per cent was used by the tire industry. \M %%r Buy War Savings Bonds