Evening star., 1942-10-13
-Four Million Tons
Of Scrap Believed
Collected in Drive
Leodine "a Stotes Net
31.3 Pounds Per Cupito;
Kansas First With 72.z
By the Associated Press.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-Figures--
and q lack OF them-today told
rousing stroy Of the earnest job being
done by Americans to gather scrap
metal for the war mills in the
Nationwide drive led by the news
papers.
Perhaps 1000, 900 tons of old iron
and steel have been gathered In the
campaign, it was indicated in
statement by the Newspapers United
Scrap Metal Drive Committee which
said at least 100000 tons was
collected.
There were still five days to 60 in
the drive which began generally Sep
tember %. In some States the drive
began earlier and finished earlier.
In some it has only just started or
will soon begin.
81 Pounds Per Capita.
The committee said the "a States
which led the Nation reported COL
lection of 1,035, ,194 tons-2, ,o7O, ,388, 900
pounds-or an average of BIB
pounds per capita in those States.
But those figures we're only part
Of the actual figure.
Committee Chairman Richard W.
Slocum said:
"The enthusiasm Of Americans
from coast to coast to pile up noun
tains OF scrap is hardly reflected in
the figures so far available.
while the committee so far has
reports of more than 1000 900 tons
gathered in the top "a States, this
probably represents only one-quarter
OF the scrap actually in stock piles
More tons of scrap are being added
daily"
Many States reporting have 50
far given estimates for only few
of their counties, and a number of
States, although active In scrap COL
lection, have not yet reported ton
nages to the committee"
Kansas Leads Nation.
For the fifth day in row, Kan
sas led the Nation in average pounds
collected per person with figure
of 72.2 and a tonnage of $1,000. But
Nevada leaped into second position
with that States first report of 703
pounds per person. Utah dropped
to third place from the No. 2 spot
it had occupied four days right
behind Kansas. Utah averaged 618
pounds per person.
Three heavily populated industrial
States-New York. Pennsylvania and
Ohio-collected 622,639 tons, more
than half the total for the "a lead
ing States.
But those three States did not
top the others in the standings,
which were based on average pounds
of scrap collected for every person
in the respective States.
Ranking from 4th to oath, with
pounds per person listed first and
then tonnage, follows:
Ohio, 469, 10000; Oregon, ass,
$4,000; Colorado, Ala, 23,276: Penn
sylvania, 395, 1855; New York,
1914, 265,114; Delaware, 375, 5000:
Virginia, 80, 4O.l66; New Hampshire,
297. 1902; Vermont. 279, 5,o0l;
Michigan, 24.7, $4,000; Nebraska,
231, 1892; Connecticut, 10, 1920;
Montana, 1873. $3.50; Iowa, 178, 22,-
554: Oklahoma, 17.2, 1879: Rhode
Island, ISL, 5,400 Wisconsin, 13.
81 l,198; Maryland, 13 (tied with Wis
consin), 1l,843; Louisiana, lib, a.
! 600; Missouri. 9, $1,000; West Vir-
ginia, 8.6, 8,164.
Steel Production Up.
The campaign was an important
factor, steelmen said, in boosting the
country's scheduled steel production
rate this week to more than 100 per
cent of capacity for the first time
since Americas entry into the war.
The American Iron & Steel Insti-
tute estimated mills would operate
this week at 1902 per cent of ca
pacity with an output of 1,7l4,1G0
tons of steel. The rated capacity
level was reported at 1,710,700 tons.
Last weeks operations were 98.6
per cent and production 1886, 700
tons, while a month ago the rate
was 972 per cent and production
1862 300 tons.