Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-11
Home Defense Notes.
Home Defense Notes.
TinCdnD Drive
Totals 1910 Tons
Here in a Year
By KEN HALL

BY KEN HALL
Detroit and Wayne County
have gone over the top again
this time IN the saving and pre-
pairing Of TN cans for the war
effort.
During the first year Of tin can
collecting, Terry lannon's COM
mittee 81 the WCCOD collected
1910 tons, which is equivalent 10
100000 cans collected. The
first collection was made Aug %
1912.
That f,ts- friends, WITH produce
enough tin after processing 10
supply tin for 5000 weapons OF
war with enough left over for
about 100000 small bombs di-
Vided 1000 each between long
range bomberS, 3-inch anti-tank
guns. medium size army tanks.
81 nm. aircraft guns, trench
mortars. light army tanks, ma
chine guns and trainer planes.
ALL MAY BE PROUD
Every one in the county should
be proud Of this record, which
has set fine example for the
rest of the country and puts
Wayne out in front in the nation.
In working hours, based on an
estimated time of two minutes
per can. the men and women Of
this sector have given 1888
hours Of labor or the equivalent
Of 2S. SSS workings days OF eight
hours each--a great contribution
10 the war effort.
Complete figures for the Aug. Z
collection show 1861 tons col
lected as follows:
Detroit 239 tons, Dearborn IS
tons, Highland Park so tons, Wy
andotte 40 tons, Crosse Pointe 80
tons. Hamtramck 80 tons, Plym-
outh 25 tons. Lincoln Park,
Wayne. EcorSe. River Rouge,
Allen Park and Melvindale, COM
bined. 20 tons.
SET GARDEN MEETING
Chairmen and members Of
Wayne Countys Victory Gardens
= committees are asked 10 attend |
plant disease control clinic in the |
Fordson horticultural Gardens,
Ford and Orchard roads, Dear
born. tomorrow evening, z to 9
o'clock.
Plant diseases and pests will
be discussed by Paul Jones, chair
man of the Wayne Victory Gar
dens Committee, with exhibits Of
the effects and controls. The
chairmen later will impart their
learning 10 their local community
gardeners.
More than $500 will be awarded
IN Victory Garden prizes for the
exhibit by the Wayne County
Council of Defense at its county
fair garden exhibit August 1922,
under supervision of f. V. Ellison.
Best Victory Garden display
will bring the owner 500, second
SIS, third $50, fourth SIS. The
same prizes also will be awarded
TO exhibitors in the junior section
for boys and girls under Is years
Of age.
SPECIAL PRIZES
There also will be special prizes
from 81 10 So for best sweet pep
pers, carrots, cucumbers, corn,
cabbage, melons, pumpkins,
squash, turnips, peas, kidney
beans. limas, yellow wax, green,
soy beans and other garden truck.
Director Frank NJ. McLaury of
the Detroit OCD extends thanks
10 the 800 Boy and Girl Scouts
who contributed many hours of
time during the past two weeks
in preparing the 100000 paper
bombs which were dropped in the
three-county area during last eve-
nings daylight alert. There were
about $50 girls and the same
number OF boys on the job for
nearly two weeks.
Charles F. WEIGH, a state con-
servation department employe. |
has been named MOOD recrea-
ton chief. He has been loaned TO |
the OCD for the duration and |
will carry on in the dual role of |
chief OF the recreation section of |
the civilian war service division |
and secretary of the OCD Recre-
alton Committee.