The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-29
l1ATE DECREASES
SCRAP s COLLECTION
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-, committee desires the com
lo'@. collection Of all local scrap
pis' xd1ess Of how long 1t take.
rssr INV hard the work involved
.. committee, backed by the
. III Club and Junior Cham.
D'. II Commerce. is prepared tt
w. 'srrv on until this is done.
'' I'VE need all the scrap metal
ran get" said Mr.. Mccall;
W. s.. every ton we use, we must
loi o 20 per cent scrap. We car
ha ave steel pigiron, but that takes
Feuus fine We haven't shut down
no .4so1 mill since 1912, but at pres
s +he greatest future supply in
ell. Mill is 40 days supply. Our
any ,.n collection is also very vi
III III S The Japs took 95 per cent OF
!a an fin supply, and most Of the
ou hor : per cent is in our tin
O., a. # YOU knew the use tin cans
s sss mt to, you wouldn't consider
. S.s ore in the garbage can.
NOV ~, are used in making planes,
tn ,n. and other equipment includ-
s ;sa svrettes, which are small
,ne containers. These are
aarried by soldiers and may be
;n;ected by themselves to deaden
. 4hsir main for 1912 hours while
. t receive aid. Two tin cans
.rs needed to make one, so when
WI, throw away a can, you may
he throwing away one-half of
boys life
Mr. Mccall also pointed out
that paper collection is necessary.
Tho mills need it now and will pay
7oc per hundred if it is tied and
r,cked or 40-45c in original form.
This paper is needed to make
containers to transport supplies to
tbe armed forces. For instance,
supplies are now put in processed
naper cartons that will float for
y hours if the ship is wrecked.
l. c. Wilson, field salvage rep
-esentative of southeastern North
Carolina, attended the meeting
and assured the committee of his
cooperation. George Gore, repre-
anting the Junior Chamber of
,ommerce, and also Brigade
:amber, outlined the part the
ycees will play.
James Wade, who presided over
he meeting, outlined the history
Of the state salvage committee.
J. W. Palmeter, representing the
Corbett Packing Co., told the COM
mittee that his company had con-
siderable pounds of nails there
which could be salvage if stu
dents would come over when they
we're closed on Saturday to col
lect them.
This salvage drive now under
way includes the salvage of all
salvage materials including not
only scrap metal and paper, but
tin cans, grease. tubes, hose, etc.
Henry sternberger, chairman of
the tin can committee, assured
them that the drive is on now and
will be for the duration. Every
citizen will find 55-gal. tin can
depositor within a few blocks Of
his house and he is instructed to
take his clean, bent cans there
where they will be collected each
week by an army truck. This
drive, which started August %,
hasn't given the expected results.
Considering that it rated first
in the nation for scrap collection
among boys clubs during the last
drive, the Boys Brigade Club is
the appropriate head for this
drive. These boys collected 221,-
O60 pounds before, enough to build
a ship tor which they were allow
ed to name and christen one, the
CoL. Walker Taylor. This county
collected eight million pounds. At
present Delaware is highest in
scrap collections with New Mexi-
co second, Washington and Ore
gon following.
l. Two motion pictures entitled
me n Fire Power" aad Life and
DeaFh OF the U. S. S. Hornet"
only recently released by the WPB,
wei. were shown at this meeting. The
,ormer showed the need of metals
lor munitions, while the second
s n the complete life of the
NJ aofnef from its building until af-
!. IT., It's famous trip to Tokyo when
II was sunk.
Mr. Stewart will visit each
s slr! IN the near future to ex-
pam ps the Junior Commando club
alter which