Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-07-16
SALVAGE FATS,
TIN CANS HERE
Smyrna Housewives Asked to
Take Part in Statewide
Salvage Campaign
SCOUTS TO COLLECT TIN

Housewives operating in their
own kitchens will be the central
figures in the salvaging of house
hold fats and oils and tin cans,
which started throughout the state
Monday. The fats and oils will be
taken by the housewives to butch
ers who will buy them and turn
them over to commercial renderers
for processing into glycerine and
other products important in the
war. In Smyrna, the tin cans will
be placed on curbs each Friday and
will be collected by the Boy Scout
troop. 1.-The kitchen is about to be-
come the pivothead again of the
vast economic war in which the
housewife has already been draft
ed" Mrs. Henry t. Bush, vice.
chairman of the State Salvage for
Victory Committee, said. She urg-
ed Delaware women to take an &C.
tive part in the drive.
Stores Here to Buy Fats
Smyrna housewives are asked to
collect kitchen fats and oils-in-
stead of pouring them down the
drain or throwing them away-and
to take them to depots being set
UP in meat departments of grocery
stores. The stores are authorized
to pay 5 cents per pound for the
fats. 'It is common knowledge,
Mrs. Bush explained, "that fal
makes soap. A less well-knowr
fact, however, is that most inn
portant by-product of soap is
glycerine whose many chemical
combinations go into the manufac.
ture of explosives and other wal
materials. The whole fat conserva-
ton program throughout the ma
ton is being initiated to help us
meet the increasing demand 1oi
gylcerine.'
Collection Organized
The organization for the collec.
ton and processing of household
fats and oils has already been com.
pleted, and it remains only for the
housewife to "get the fats to mar.
ket." For the butcher will sell
them to renderers at cost. The
renderers in turn will use the
household fats to bolster their nor.
NAL supplies of oils and fats which
find their way to industrial cha
nels in peacetime. Ten pounds oi
fat will yield approximately one
pound of glycerine. With thai
glycerine as base, two and one
half pounds of nitroglycerine car
be manufactured. Accordingly
there is enough explosive power
hidden in ten pounds of waste ia
to fire twenty-five anti-tank shells
Simple Rules to Follow
To produce useable salvage fats
thevhousewife must follow thes,
simple rules: Don't throw away {
single drop of used cooking fat
bacon grease, meat drippings O.
frying fats. After all the cookins
good has been obtained, pour tn,
fats through a kitchen strainer o.
cheese-cloth into a clean wide
mouth can. Keep this can in {
cool dark place, such as a refriger
ator, to prevent the fats from be
coming rancid. When a pound o.
more has been collected, take tn,
fats to the nearest butcher. He will
pay five cents pound for the fat!
and in turn will sell them at cost tt
renderers or professors. 1t is hopet
that an average of between one anC
two pounds of useable household
fats and oils per month can be col
lected from each household.
Statewide Can Collection
The tin can collection program
has been extended to the entir,
state. Smyrna housewives are ask
ed to rinse the cans, so that they
are reasonably clean. Then, tn,
can, with one end removed, SHOULD
be stepped on. 1t does not hav,
to be fiattened out entirely, how
ever. The cans should be place.
in separate containers along tn,
curb. The cans collected in tn
state will be handled by junk deal
ers who will sell them to a Viii
mington plant which will use tn
metal in its manufacturing pro
cess.