Evening star., 1945-01-07
I Just Between
Ourselves
BY Philit III. Lore.

That tin can your mother emptied
this morning isn't really empty. It's
fllled with treasure.
The treasure isn't anything you're
In the habit Of thinking of as pre-
cious. It isn't gold or silver; it's a
metal most OF us are still inclined to
regard as Junk"
But tin isn't Junk: it's vital war
material. AS the District Salvage
Committee Of the War Production
Board points out, Every implement
|of war with which to crush our
enemy must have some parts made
from tin"
The trouble Is, we have. no tin
worth mentioning-only what we
are able to salvage. Most OF the
worlds tin is in the hands of the
japanese, SO all the used cans we
are able to salvage are going to be
needed for a long time to come. And
that would remain true even II the
war in Europe should end today.
Well, the District Girl Scouts know
the value Of tin and they're making
it the object of a city-wide treasure
hunt" They're trying to save it
from incinerators and dumps and
direct 1t into war materials, where
it belongs.
The Scouts are asking relatives,
friends and neighbors to cooperate
with the tin salvage program by
saving all food cans and preparing
them for collection. BY now, every
one knows all about the preparation
and collection of cans, so there's no
point to reciting the instructions
here. 1t isn't the salvage program
that's new: it's the method the girls
are using to stimulate public interest.
Each Scout dedicates her part in
the program to District man serv-
ing with the armed forces. The
name of this soldier, sailor or ma
rine is printed on an Honor Roll
Pledge" which 10 persons are asked
to sign as evidence of their full
support" of the program. Thus
every can salvaged will be a per-
sonal tribute to some District serv-
iceman. And he'll know about it,
too, for when the pledge is filled
with signatures it will be sent to
him.
The WPB will award a Certificate
of Recognition to every troop turn
ing in a completed pledge for each
member. Naturally, the girls are
trying their best to complete their
pledges for the honor of their own
troop. But, more important, they
know there's treasure in every empty
can, and they mean to dig it out.
They know that tin cans are
weapons and ammunition.
Junior jottings: Only the District
and Alaska showed decline in
Junior Red Cross membership last
year. Everywhere else membership
rose sharply. Kathleen Faul-
coner, long time Junior Star cor
respondent, has become editor in
chief of the Montgomery Blair High
School paper, Silver Chips. Pins
are the hobby of Jimmie Miller III,
9, of Hyattsville, Md. Not just ordi-
nary pins, of course, but what jim
mie describes as picture pins" He
has so all together and, he says,
They are of baseball players, Presi-
dents, Indians. birds. flags and IA
nous men," Two blood donation
pins are included, along with pic
lures of Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Gene Autry and Joan and Constance
Bennett. -. Urging other girls
and boys to buy more War bonds
and stamps, Jacqueline Monroe, Is,
Fairfax High School, writes: "A
member of the armed forces who
was in our class said in a letter
to the class, 7 can shoot s18.75 out
Of my gun In a matter of seconds"
Barbara Harley, Dunbar High
School, has three hobbies-coins,
stamps and postcards.