Evening star., 1942-10-04
Montgomery Maps
Final Effort 10 Boost
Scrap Collections
Arlington Announces
565 Tons SuIvuged,
With More to Come

565 Tons SoIvoeed,
With More to Come
With the Montgomery County
scrap drive scheduled to end to-
morrow, salvage officials last night
prepared to make one final effort
to boost the county's total of 15o
tons Of scrap collected during the
two-week campaign. g~
Meanwhile, Leo c.. Lloyd, Airing
ton County Salvage Committee
chairman, announced that 565 tons
of scrap have been collected in that
county thus far, with contributions
still coming In.
Following flve-day intensive
drive which ended September Is,
525 tons of scrap had been collected
and 40 more tons had been added
through yesterday, Mr.. Lloyd said.
Tentative Estimate.
Declaring that the estimated total
collected to date in Montgomery
County is tentative, George v.
Menke, salvage chairman, empha-
sized that hundreds of tons of scrap
were collected in the county before
the drive began.
Mr.. Menke said that. collections
began almost Immediately after his
appointment as salvage chairman
last March He claimed that Mont
ooroorv rotoc coeorJ or,oro Now,
land counties in scrap collected thus
far this year.
Twenty trucks will scour the
county. today and tomorrow, con-
centrating on scrap piles accumu-
lated in various communities rather
than on individual collections.
Sector Wardens Called.
All sector wardens in the county
were ordered to call salvage head
quarters by 4 pm. yesterday so that
trucks could be sent out to their
particular areas.
There are at least 200 tons of
scrap lying around in private homes
which will have to be picked up
after the intensive phase of the
campaign is over" Mr.. Menke as
serted. Salvage workers will con-
tinue to collect scrap, however, until
the war is over"
The 16 Boy Scout troops and six
cub packs in the county, which are
cooperating in the drive, have al
ready collected approximately 20
tons of scrap with at least 80 addi-
tional tons ready to be collected in
private homes, according to A. Wade
Wells, in charge of the Scout cam
paign.
Using funds from the sale of
scrap, the Scouts have purchased a
truck to pick up heavy articles, Mr..
Wells said.
Warns of Requisitioning.
Noting that there have been some
cases of individuals refusing either
to contribute scrap or to sell it
themselves. Mr.. Menke warned that
the County Salvage Committee is
empowered to seize the scrap.
AS soon as the campaign is over,
he added, the committee will take
steps to requisition all scrap that
has not been contributed.
Mr. Menke also said that tentative
plans have been made for rally to
be held October "a at the Silver
Theater in Silver Spring. The price
of admission will be piece of scrap
metal. Details of the affair will be
announced later.
Alexandria Campaign.
While the intensive phase of the
Arlington campaign has ended. the
county is participating in the State
wide scrap contest which ends Fri
day. Thus far, Arlington stands
thirteenth among Virginia counties
in scrap collected with per capita
contribution of 1874 pounds.
Per capita figures for other nearby
Virginia counties include Fairfax,
SIS pounds: Clarke, 20.9, and Prince
William, 1853.
Among cities participating in the
contest, Alexandria has a per cap
ita contribution of 119 pounds,
Fredericksburg, 1871, and Win
chester, 1876.
In an attempt to spur the collec-
ton of scrap in Arlington during
the remaining week of the contest.
county trucks are picking up metal
on a call-back basis. Any home
owner with uncollected scrap is
urged to call oxford 1900, Branch IA,
or mail a card to the Arlington
Courthouse.
Contract for Disposal.
A contract has been made for the
disposal of the scrap and approxi-
mately per cent of the material has
been sorted and hauled away. The
first shipment is expected to be
made within week, it was said.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Lloyd yesterday
said that all furnace doors found at
the collection depots will be taken
to the courthouse and held for 80
days to permit owners whose furnace
doors were put into the collection by
mistake to reclaim them.
Mr.. Lloyd said he wouldn't want
any person to suffer from lack of
heat next winter because a mistake
of this kind prevented conversion
from oil to coal.
Alexandria Legion Post