Evening star., 1942-09-27
One Day 'B|itz' Scrap
Drive Launched in
Mount Rainier
Alexandria, Arlington
Boost Of Topping D. c.
In Per Copito Collection

IN rer luPItu Collection
A one-day "blitz" scrap drive wa
70 be launched today in Noun
Rainier, Md, as both Alexandra
and Arlington County claimed t.
have exceeded Washington in PEI
capita contributions.
Residents of the nearby Maryland
town were urged to have thei
scrap metal in front of their home;
to facilitate collection by towr
trucks which were to begin to cir.
culate through the town at m.
Mayor Floyd B. Matthias, who i.
In charge of the drive, said fund,
from the sale of scrap will be uset
to purchase equipment for auxiliar,
policemen and other civilian defens,
personnel.
Parade Climaxes Drive.
Albert Smoot, Alexandria salvage
chairman, estimated that 200 tons
were collected during the five-houl
whirlwind campaign there yester-
day which was climaxed by q
parade. With 47,0OO residents, this
figure breaks down into little
more than eight pounds per capita
washington per capita collection
was about seven pounds in last
Sundays drive in the Northeast and
Southeast sections.
Arlington County did even better
with 500 tons of scrap collected in
the flve-day campaign which ended
Friday. This represents l3 pounds
contributed by each of the $4,000
residents.
Declaring that the yield greatly
exceeded his expectations, Mr..
Smoot said Alexandria's figure is
even more remarkable when you
consider the great percentage of
transient war workers in the town
who haven't had time to accumu-
late scrap"
More than 1000 civilian defense
workers participated in the parade,
which was held despite the rain.
The line of march was headed by
Norman H. Davis, chairman of the
American Red Cross; Capt. r. B.
Slmons, commanding officer of the
Naval Torpedo Station; Mayor Will
liam T. Wilkins and Carl Budwesky
civilian defense co-ordinator.
Return Call Planned.
While the intensive phase of the
Arlington drive has been completed
. Leo G. Lloyd, salvage committee
chairman, said county workers will
call back at every home in the
county.
Declaring that Arlington is par
ticipating in the Statewide contest
sponsored by Virginia newspapers
which ends October 10, Mr.. LLOYD
indicated that a "f1ne-tooth" search
will take place between now and the
end of the contest in an attempt to
win one of the prizes offered to par
ticipating counties.
approximately rs tons of scrap
metal and AZ tons of rubber have
been collected in Fairfax County
during the past week, according to
Mrs. Douglass Murray, chairman of
the County Salvage Committee.
Among historic relics donated in
the drive is a cogwheel from the
machinery of the battleship Maine,
contributed by Mrs. Murray.
Oxon Hill Campaign.
A scrap campaign will get under
way October 4 in Oxon Hill. Resi-
dents Of the area are urged to bring
their scrap to the town firehouse.
Those unable to haul their scrap
should call Spruce 0263 between
noon and 8 pm. and arrangements
will be made to collect it.
Reports from 80 counties and nine
cities in Virginia yesterday showed
collections of 9,208,137 pounds of
scrap metal during the first six
days of the States all-out drive.
Wythe County with a population
of 22,72l, took top honors among the
counties reporting with a total OF
1853, $3.50 pounds, or 335 pounds pei
resident. Lynchburg had the highest
per capita figure among the cite.
with 30.2 pounds. the Associated
Press reported.
Soldiers Aid Collection.
In Baltimore $40 soldiers from For
George G. Meade and Camp Hola
bird, plus 1000 volunteer citizens
today were cleaning up the scrar
metal and rubber that has beer
awaiting collection since the city
landslide scrap drive last Sunday.
An estimated 10000, 900 pounds O
scrap remained on sidewalks afte,
collections were made Soldier
from Fort Meade went to work dur
ing the week and cleaned up al
but about 400 truck loads.
Civilian volunteers included EN-
ployes of the Bethlehem Fairfield
shipyards and members of tn
American Legion, Veterans of For
eign Wars and the Jewish Wa
Veterans