The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-10-23
SCRAP F0RTHE LAPS

a.a Sou kuoH #aat aue old hgok- :. handled shovel has enough metal '. Masu 6#az AaH5 4rsaadess A a.exs.a -#ss aaa tube aa~ ..#=-# ..#=r. .az .lsa.azl7a lu siA #z- Ha4za z=--= as- old bucket s.. make .lzea hsEaa-ts aae old 0.# battery supplies tHe lead needed ;. .asse a-ia#G anr.=a.rgeatt guns a.# copper ke=-.e has enough cop a.a Tor s4 .c#4ts at automatic fit.e a,.4ua...84 and tHa pounds Q. K.-=a=H #at aa.laHlags make, eaasgH slFeeH.a to a.a rive anti t-aE suns
 This week H.aHgeI1s Chamber ot Commerce. &. .aatr Monday noon u=# aea4. jumped iafo The scrap n.a.al drive with bang which. 2e E5ae. aill he heard in Berlin and Tazro Alaska aas led the nation !. D.. capita bond sales. lets all a..a4 :. and make Wrangeu lead Alaska Gl gathering scrap metal
 american steel nils have nol- ... .apa0.ty s1 ninety million tons #aasE IT. the past they have l-za operating at oulE about three so..-as taa- capacity Tor .ach ot ..a materials Every lon of sfeel ..=~ make requires aaI ton Q. seasa au5 ro kesP the mills rolling + ear hz sch Wha1 astronomiea. uzar.- -g.ap @-.al must reach. fhe uaa.aaa. sg.aI dlys .u 1Ae S.ate- aas 5Haea~ea ta-.4 eapael.E .or 1a4 u#s--Et. 70 lao per cent but ua.- -e.aH i- a-zaea--and NOW.
 l. .akey Lar o1 ste-l fa maintain .a .r-y o. Zen million mea. to supply them wIta ne bsyonet> -aas. tanks and salps they need. Su4-lE. it rlsE az ready 10 fight ta# ua The least He ean do l~ dig iA- n .he basement and attic and shed end haul our th6s- old bed springs or -na. broken shovel We thought might come ia handy sometime. Tasre- aa handler Iime than no" "a-. t uizht mean the lives or ot aug men.
 Lack of planes. lack of guns and zazHs .0st Us Bataan and inflicted mold. .t heroic suffering and dis asaaiuzmzar ou The men there ~ho "#.1hea t4- skies and sea in Eain 1.# rein.orcemeuts Well never let faa, happen again especially when lr 1akes only d day or TWO ot our time and effort 70 liz into the cor uer- for every ounce o1 metal We eaa lind | lsn r asking much Of Us a4a We Gau gloaf oy-r every item. aa4 almost hear the whizzing of tne bullets fl will make Drag il all uGH---st0yeS, pipe. Wire. metal beds, tIat irons chains. pans If each per soa in Wrangeu would garner only h pounds o1 metal it would make o9er Ioo.eo9 pounds to do its part toward keeping the smoke pouring uam lhe stacks Of the steel mills.
 No article of metal is loo insigni- Iieant---es-rything from rusty ten-penny nail 70 a factory boiler win count iH licking the Axis and that old metal fishing rod Of Uncle Pefe's might be a part of the very lomb hal lands on Hirohito's door step
 Hitler and So solIys Tojo. too. are calling for metal If We supply our fighting men theyu take care of that They'll give them metal by the Jsp-aud Naziful in bullets. bombs and bayonets
 Lets lake look around. Our old garbage pail takes on new aspect; instead Of a garbage pail it's q thousand rounds of .3O-caliber cart ridges. That old vacuum cleaner i've always could do better with a broom. anyway becomes loo rifles with enough zinc left over for a 37-mm shell and aluminium for 12 iucendiary bombs. Ten siX-foot elec- tric cords furnish enough copper scrap for l.g00 anti-tank explosives. Our basement and shed begin to look like regular arsenals
 So lets get busy and go lover the top with scrap for the Japs and Tokyo. Berlin and Rome better duck for their shelters cause here comes our scrapi