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...Colonel Wendell W. Fertig, U.S. guerrilla leader in the Philippines, sent for Ruiz. His instructions, direct from General MacArthur: start production of rubber at Pathfinder...
...Mateo Ruiz had never been more than a paper-shuffler at Pathfinder, knew almost nothing about the technical side of rubber-growing, curing and production. But an order was an order. He went to work on Dec. 8, 1943, well within hailing distance of roving bands of Japanese troops...
...time U.S. troops arrived on Zamboanga last March, beaming Mateo Ruiz had his first shipment baled and ready. In a long, businesslike letter that reached Goodyear last week, Ruiz told what he had accomplished...
Coconut Oil. Because most of the machinery at Pathfinder had been wrecked by the Japs, the guerrillas scoured the island until they found a dilapidated 30-h.p. Fairbanks Morse marine motor. Ruiz and helpers took the motor, hooked it to an electric generator. Then they had a power plant - if they could find some motor fuel. They could not - until they tried coconut oil. It worked...
...Wrote Ruiz: "We were handicapped by a lack of tools, emery, grease, packing, nuts & bolts. We did not have an ax with which to chop wood for our smokehouse...