Evening star., 1942-10-27
Scrap
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of accumulations will continue for
several days thereafter.
At the same time the Salvage
Committee announced it had re-
ceived report OF District govern
ment collections totaling 872,465
pounds between September 10 and
october Is, portion of which
figure was included in a survey
made by The Star several weeks
ago.
Government Donations.
Since October Is, the District gov
ernment report revealed, the fol-
lowing collections have been made:
Gallinger Hospital, $3.50 pounds;
Fire Department, 10000 pounds;
Industrial Home and School (col-
oreO, 10000 pounds; District Build
ing, 2,700 pounds; City Refuse,
10000 pounds; workhouse, reforma-
tory, $4,000 pounds; Rent Control
Administration, 1000 pounds; Water
Division, PLATO pounds; Public Lii
brary Mount Pleasant branch) =,
5000 pounds; Glenn Dale Santa
rum, $500 pounds; Home for Aged
and Infirm, 241 ,62O pounds.
Donations yesterday ranged all
the way from five brass cuspidors to
four steel I-beams. Individual con-
tributions were small but the num-
Der OF donations was great and it
appeared this morning that the sum
total would provide another signifi-
cant figure for the Districts quota
shattering drive which started
July l.
The Republic 84S8 exchange was
open for only five minutes this
morning when two more calls came
through: one a donation of large
boiler from the Lindbergh Apart
ment, 200 Massachusetts, avenue
NV. and the second the offer of a
neon sign from Jacks Liquor Store,
1909 Seventh street NV.
Offers 1911 Motorcycle.
Meanwhile, The Star referred to
the Salvage Committee a call from
Frederick Knoop, 1913 Van Ness
street NV, mechanical engineer
employed by the Bureau of Stand
ards, who is Offering a 225- pound
1911-model motorcycle to the scrap
drive.
MIR. Knoop say he has not used
the vehicle since 1928
Il can't get the right size tires
for it anymore" he said, 80 it
should be smashed up for the scrap
metal drive. It's of greater use to
the steel mills than to me-"
Store Contributes Windows.
Among todays contributions were
four iron easement windows from
Lewis & Thomas Saltz, Inc, dealers
in mems wear at 1909 G street NV.
The windows, whose iron frames
weigh approximately 300 pounds, are
on the roof in the rear of the
building and cannot be scrapped
until they are broken up.
I'm like the fellow who built a
boat in his basement" said Thomas
Saltz yesterday. He COUNT get
the boat out the cellar door, and I
can't get these window frames
through the new windows we have
built in the back of the store
The windows once formed part of
the back wall of the second floor
and were removed when the store
was expanded to make room for the
new military wear department.
From F. G. Toye, manager of the
General Electric Co. patent depart
ment in the Munsey Building at
1929 E street NV, came five small
but highly important contributions
to the scrap metal drive: Brass
cuspidors. .-..
Bronze Chandeliers Pledged.
Peoples Drug Stores, Inc, through
its secretary, DR.. George E. Nc
Cam, called the Salvage Committee
to request collection OF approx
mately % elaborately constructed
bronze chandeliers, containing fans
and lights, which were purchased
at an origanl cost Of approximately
$4,000 and weigh more than 1000
pounds.
Dr.. McCann explained that the
chandeliers were used for many
years In the firms store at Fifteenth