Evening star., 1942-09-21

OTHER SCRAP STORIES will be
found on pages Al and "A.
full page of pictures on page AS
Residents of Montgomery and Ar
Gngton Counties today were comb
ing their homes for scrap metal to
bolster Uncle Sans war production.
Arlington's campaign will continue
through Friday. while the drive in
Montgomery County will continue
for two weeks.
Similar drives already are under
way in Fairfax and Prince Georges
Counties, with Q one-day whirlWind
campaign planned in Alexandria,
the date for which has not yet been
set
Virtually the entire civilian de-
tense personnel in Montgomery
County is participating in the cam
paign. Judge Albert E. Brault, di-
rector of the County Civilian De-
fense Council, yesterday got in
touch with all district afraid war
dens to make certain that arrange
ments had been completed.
Raid Wardens Meet.
Meetings were held by air raid
wardens in a number of communi-
ties over the week end to further
the drive and others are planned
early this week. In many cases, it
was found that scrap piles already
have been set up in some sectors and
quantities of metal have been col
lected.
At Rockville yesterday, a 75-mm
cannon on the lawn of the court
house was donated to the campaign.
The World War gun was officially
turned over to George V. Menke,
chairman of the Salvage Committee
for the county, by H. A. Boldt and
H. j. Moore, past commanders of
ihe Henderson-Smi Edmonds Post,
American Legion.
While in Rockville, Mr.. Menke no.
ticed two Civil War mortars, each
weighing 1858 pounds, and a dozen
cannon balls, on the lawn of Will
liam H. Gartner, 803 Grandon ave-
nue.. Mr.. Gartner said he recently
had been offered s75 apiece for the
guns by a collector, but readily
agreed to turn them over to the
scrap collection.
"One Is for Toxic and the other
for Berlin" he said.
According TO Mr. Gartner, the
cannon were brought from fort
near Baltimore approximately 43
years ago to be placed on the steps
of the old courthouse. 1t was found
that the steps were too narrow so
they were placed on the property
which Mr. Gartner now owns.
Many Rockville youths have tested
their strength with the 90-pound
cannon balls by trying to lift them
above their heads.
Windmill Is Donated.
E. w, Koch, 20l9 Hanover street,
Woodside, yesterday, donated
windmill on his estate to the drive.
The windmill. which has been a
landmark in the area for years, was
built to pump water and is said to
be approximately 40 years old.
The structure, approximately SO
feet high, contained two tons of
iron, Mr.. Koch said. The dis
mantling work was directed by c. A.
Davis, sr., senior air raid warden for
Woodside.
S. M. Hamilton, district air raid
warden for Rockville, has called
meeting of air raid wardens in Rock
vile, Garrett Park, Derwood, Poto-
mac, Spring Lake Park and Lincoln
Park for o'clock tonight at the
Rockville court house Charles
Prettyman, Rockville chairman of
the Salvage Committee, will address
the group.
In Glen Echo, mass meeting was
held at the firehouse Saturday night
with Henry T. McCuen, deputy dis
trict warden, and George E. Gra-
ham, precinct warden, explaining
plans for the drive.
Edward C. Holmead, distric.
warden for the 18th and 5th dis
tricts, reported to Judge Brault that
the 60 sectors in the eastern sub
urban area of the county were ready
for action, and Wilton T. Allen
deputy chief air-raid warden, said
the Chevy Chase-Bethesda area also
was ready. District Warden Frank
Severance of Gaithersburg an
nounced the upper county is already
on the job.
Brault Urges Cooperation.
A scrap rally for sector B, pre-
cinct IA, was announced for 7:3C
pm. tomorrow by William H. Nc
Pherson. The rally will be held al
the triangle at Highland drive anG
Fairview drive, Woodside Park.
In a plea for cooperation Judge
Brault said:
This is the first real test of the
ability and willingness of the sector
wardens and other civilian defense
personnel to respond to an urgent
war need. I am confident that they
will meet the test. Montgomery
County expects that every person
who lives within its borders will dc
his or her simple duty and aid II
this drive, so necessary to the vel
fare of the Nation.
Every civilian defense unit, botf
of the civilian defense corps ant
the citizens service corps is ex
pected to go on a wartime basis fc
the next two weeks-to forget self
to forget pleasure In order to 'ge
in the scrap"
Legionnaires Get to Work.
In Arlington County the Gen
Billy Mitchell Post Of the American
Legion opened q drive day ahea'
of schedule by collecting nearly i
tons of scrap from the homes o
post members yesterday.
Using four trucks supplied by
local automobile dealer, the Legion
naires plan to continue their effort
today and tomorrow until they hav
thoroughly canvassed the homes o
all members of the organization.
The County Board has approves
q resolution pledging county govern
ment cooperation in making tn