One Hears
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That small men often have big dreams.
That we' need grit to build roads, as well as to use on them.
, That an up-to-date name for an inn would be " The Fluid Flywheel."
That we must also get rid of the black-out on road transport's great share in our victories.
Of a new Schrader slogan—" Comparing the (tyre) pressures predicts a flat before it happens."
That 19 per cent. of America's motor vehicles are at least 10 years old and 8 per cent. over 15 years.
That in the first 28 D-days no fewer than 183,500 military motor vehicles were landed in Normandy. Too many " off-the-record " statements.
That there is more in glass than meet the eye.
That pre-war road i will be inadequate for postwar loads.
Of some concerns already soliciting post-war patronage by mail.
Of micro-porous wafer-thin rubber replacing wood separators in many American batteries.
That this improvement permits batteries to be kept for long periods fully charged but without the electrolyte.
That the rubber has millions of cells per square inch and was developed by the United States Rubber Company.
That although we are well round the corner, it would be a mistake to assume that we've reached the end of the road.
That at least 1,000,000 tons of home-produced waste paper and cardboard will continue to be reqUired annually. o
That in 1858 the consumption of paper was 150,000 tons; in 1988 it was 3,400,000 tons, of which about 1,000,000 were imported.
Of a correspondent writing that after the bustle military motor vehicles in many provincial towns London seems, nowadays, somewhat quiet.
Of useful steps in Durham to improve the knowledge of farm mechanics in the best methods of maintaining tractors and motor-eqUipped farming implements. 0
That troops in France are to get their beer ration doubled—as some have not seen any, they expect that instead of not getting their. pint they will just not get their quart!