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Show Millard County's Quota Is 122 Tires for August Millard county's share of the 13, 250 grade one passenger tires allocated al-located to Utah for August in 122. Approximately five times as many tire applications come to the board during hot weather as during dur-ing cold, the chairman said, urging that motorists check air pressure in tires regularly, have worn tires recapped before they are beyond repair, and observe the wartime speed limit of 35 miles per hour. "Donf blame the tire manufacturer manufac-turer or the recapper if you get a blow-out while roling along at 50 or 60 miles per hour," he said. "Synthetic rubber will not stand the speed. Heat builds up in the wartime tires so fast that blowouts blow-outs occur under conditions which would make a pre-war tire only moderately warm." The national quota o 2,500,000 tires for August was provided only bl reducing present low inventories inventor-ies another 500,000 tires, indicating : that it will be a long time before new tires can be granted to A book holders, he added. |