The Washington herald., 1918-08-17
SALVAGE DAY
PLANNED FOR
AUGUST 18TH
Sunday Set Apart for D. c.
to Mobilize Discard.
ed Goods.

salvage Sunday for Washington
n tust one week from tomorrow. one
week later, September !. Is National
Salvage Sunday"
salvage Sunday has been created
and made q national event by The
Washington Herald. Approximately
go letters have been mailed to adver-
Using managers Of newspapers In as
many American cities by ID. c. Hodg-
kin, advertising manager OF The
washington Herald. asking them to
use their influence in giving the Ma
tional Salvage Sunday all the publicity
possible. Almost universal acceptance
has resulted from the suggestion sent
out by Mr.. Hodgkin. The Washington
Herald, to lead OF the campaign, will
publish tomorrow morning the first
double-page advertisement Of the
Salvage Sunday idea This advertise
ment will be copied and used through
out the United States to promote the
National Salvage Sunday campaign.
Rummage Everywhere.
On Salvage Sunday every Washing
tonian is asked to rummage in attic
and cellar, to scrutinize every garment
not in immediate or prospective use
and to send every spare article to the
Salvage Department Of the Red Cross.
When tons of material have been
gathered at the new salvage head
quarters, all will be sorted and sold in
blk lots to dealers who are most anx-
ious to buy merchandise in the pres
ent shortage OF all materials. Selling
in wholesale lots the Red Cross will
realize hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars from articles that formerly mere
ly cluttered up the town and the
home.
: Mrs. John Allan Dougherty. chair
man of the Salvage Department, has
been busy for some time studying
markets and learning where are the
best places to sell.
Hundreds Of thousands OF dollars
have been realized in the salvage
departments of the Red Cross in
the West through this sale of used
articles and Washington may break
the record IL the salvage continues
TO come in at the rate II has been
coming in for the last month.
Use Fleet Of Trucks.
On the Monday following Salvage
Sunday in Washington. a feet Of
Washington Herald trucks will
gather the salvaged articles
throughout the District and take
them to the new headquarters. Here
the articles will be fumigated, reno
waited and made ready to relieve
the shortage in many lines of man
ufacture.
The salvage scheme will make
available q larger supply Of raw
material.
New headquarters for salvage in
the abandoned FIRE station at Della
ware avenue and C street north
east will be opened on the Monday
following Salvage Sunday. This
building was obtained through the
kindness OF Elliott Woods, superin-
tendent Of the Capitol Building and
Grounds and Charles P. Higgins.
sergeant-at-arms of the Senate.
These men made the neces-
sary arrangements. as the nre en-
gine house was used as the Senate
garage.
The building was lent to the war
work committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce subcommittee on build
ings and sites, of which VIM. F.
5ude Is chairman.
Prepare New Quarters.
The District health department will
prepare a room in which all garments
to be handled by volunteers will be
thoroughly disinfected FIRST. The
building will also be thoroughly
cleaned and renovated. An efficient
personnel. to be always available at
the headquarters, will also be in
stalled during the coming week.
Pending these arrangements, Mrs.
Oougherty asks that salvage be kept
In the homes a little longer and that
the Salvage Committee be notified OF
the time when material can be taken
and the place. II one family cannot
furnish a truck load. Mrs. Dougherty
asks that the family do missionary
work among the neighbors until a
truck load Is collected. With the high
price OF gasoline and the preciousness
u the holidays which the men give up
% truck the salvage the necessity of
requesting trucks only for full loads