Evening star., 1942-11-01
U.ive-a-Gun Week
Scrap !: Drive Opens
IN Howard Park Area
!. sEoch Resident Asked
:, TO Supply Metal for
One Machine Gun

As the Districts heavy" scrap
metal drive accumulated approx
mately 64l,000 pounds with indica-
tions that the figure will continue to
climb, one of the city's defense areas
announced "a salvage plan to give
the Axis both barrels"
The Howard Park Defense Area
has designated the period between
today and November II as "Give-a-
Gun Week." during which residents
are asked to produce at least 1919
pounds of scrap metal.
This amount of scrap, when pro-
cessed, will make one .30-caliber
machine gun.
Collection Service Planned.
In an announcement circulated
throughout the area Mrs. Dorothy P.
Beckley. SGT U street NV. salvage
chairman, exhorted her fellow resi-
dents to "scrape up that scrap now!"
She is requesting residents to carry
at least 1211 pounds of scrap metal
ITO their nearest salvage depot be-
tween today and Armistice Day.
4. If the scrap is too heavy to carry
there's no limit on the amount
which will be accepted-donors are
asked to telephone North 3705, How
ard Park salvage headquarters, to
arrange for collection.
, Depots Are Listed.
! The seven Howard Park salvage
sdepots are:
Lord Baltimore Filling Station.
Florida avenue at Rhode Island
! avenue NV.
Calloway's Stand, Florida avenue
and Bohrer street NV.
Fifth and w streets NV.
, Mott School play yard (use alley
entrance on w street, near Fourth
street N.W)
v street, near Eighth street NV.
Is. g. w. Service Station, 2250
Sherman avenue NV.
w. w. Brown Service Station,
2101 Georgia avenue N. w.
Junked Auto Drive Next.
Co-incident with the Howard Park
defense area announcement of
"Give-a-Gun Week" came news
from the District Salvage Commit
tee of a month-long concentration
on junked automobiles following the
conclusion of the heavy" drive.
The "heavy" or business drive pro-
duced, up to last night, approx
mately GAL 800 pounds of scrap
metal through more than 400 dona-
tions.
Horace Walker, salvage committee
executive secretary, said that collec-
tions at the emergency depot, Third
street and Constitution avenue NV,
will start tomorrow. He said collec-
tions of donations offered to the
committee in telephone calls are
approximately IS per cent complete,
exclusive of dismantling assign
ments.
Heavy" Drive Only One Phase.
Philip Smith, operator OF the Dis
tricts largest wholesale yard at 36l9
Benning road NE, said that retail
ers were delivering accumulations as
fast as physically possible, but the
results Of the heavy" drive might
not be noticed for several days,
Ben Savage, Georgetown junk
dealer. who was called into the
area to help eliminate
the bottle meek which developed
Tuesday and Wednesday, said he
his assignments Friday in
good order.
Salvage chiefs pointed out that
the drive, which stepped up the
Districts scrap metal production to
an appreciable degree, was merely
one phase Of a continuing program
Intended to build stockpile for
American steel mills before snow
flies"
May Top New Goal.
With more than 42,0O00 900 pounds
of metal to the Districts credit In
the first four months of the six
month campaign, ending January l,
indications are that the city's self
imposed quota of 50,000,000 pounds
will be smashed, as was the 34,-
600, ,00o-pound goal set by the War
Production Board.
According to an unofficial tabu-
lation by The Star, the District
total already stands at approx
mately 45,OOO,0O0, exclusive of the
major portion of Government con-
tributions during October.
The Salvage Committee reported
yesterday that a late contribution
to the heavy" drive was 64,545-
pound accumulation from Stand
ard Brands, Inc. 60670 pounds of
which was iron and the remainder
copper and brass.