^uonxmuoa iron rugo
building of planes and ship8. Unk6 40 !
mistake about this. This v/ur is going
to bo won on the battle fields, but it
can be loot at home.
Be alert to what is going on around
you. Be price conscious. Do your part
on the homo front# to koep cur National
economy stabilized. Fight inflation on
the homo front. We call on ovory consura*
or of commodities and sorvicos to join
this battle, to do his part toward the
stabilisation of our National ecortony."
(Continued from Pago "1-Scrap Metal).
16 17-mm. guns, or
27 20-mm. aircraft guns(cannon), or
30 .50 cal. machine guns# or
1-J- 16-inch Navy shells, or
3 2,000-pound aerial bombs.
2* RUBBER
(The following items will provide an
amount of reclaimed rubber equivalent
to the rubber used in the opposite
military itons.)
1 Old tire • 20 pairs parachute
trooper's boots, or 12 gas masks
125 old tires . 1 Flying Fortross.
1 bicycle tire and tube • 6 radio
sets, or 1 gas mask.
25 ft. garden hose • 6 collapsible
water bags or 6 auxiliary tires
for pursuit planes.
1 pair rubber hip boots • 3 pairs
arctic overshoes.
1,000 pairs galoshes • 1 mediu, boabei
Rubber used for one month's manufac
ture of baby pants can make 2,800 rubber
lifeboats for ocean-going planes.
A single month's rubber supply to the
comb factories is enough to put tires on
1,700 eight-wheeled ton army trucks.
9 automobile tires use the equivalent
of the rubber needed for one tire on a 4
engine bomber.
3. COFPSR AND BRASS *
1,000 burnt-nut lnnp bulbs-40 compasses
Washing and ironing machines • 8
4-lb. incendiary bomba.
Vacuum cleaner . 31,000 .30 cal.
cartridges or*110 rifles.
Copper kettle • 84 rounds annual
tion for an automatic rifle.
Electric corda • 10 6-ft electric
corde will provide the copper scrap
equivalent to copper ueed in 1,000
37-mn. antiaircraft explosives.
4. ALUMINUM
1 washing and ironing machine . 24
4-lb. incendiary bombs.
1 refrigerator . .50 cal. machine
guns.
1 Vacuum cleaner , 7 ,50 cal. ma
chine guns.
1 Vacuum cleaner , 12 4-lb. incend
iary bombs.
HOUSS FOR SALE
The Alaska Rural Rehabilitation
Corporation will receive bids up to
November 4, 1942, 9*00 a.m,, and
then publiely opened, for sale of
the house located on Tract 101. A
certified check amounting to 10% of
the bid must accompany the bid and
in case of acceptance this sum will
be a part payment*
Terms: Cash. Bids should be ad
dressed to: "Alaska Rural Rehabili
tation Corporation, Palmer, Alaska"
In a sealed envelope, marked on out
side: "Bid for House, Open November
4, 1942." The Alaska Rural Rehab
ilitation Corporation reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
HERBERT C. HANSON
GENERAL MANAGER
FOR PROMPT SERVICE
AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT .
Phone Palmer
Stand at RON-DA-VOO CA^S . . . .
PFAftl. WHITE LAinAY
WASHES CLOTHES CLEANER
IRONS IHEM SMOOTHER
7,700 aluminum pots and pane . 1 pur
suit plane.
5, ZINC
I, 000 lamp bulbs • 23 37-cnn, shells
1 washing and ironing machine , 20 rifles
. 1 refrigerator • 20 hand grenades.
J. 0 Vacuum cleaners . 5 binoculars.
6, LEAD
1 old battery equals three 3" antiaircraft
guns, or 3 75-nn. howitzers, or 29
37^aa. tank guns
. 60 old tooth paste tubes provide all the
tin necessary for solder in the el
ectrical connections of a Flying
Fortress,
PUT YOUR SCRAP INTO THE FIGHT.
HELP IS NEEDED NOW.
YOUR