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Show ANY SCRAP IRON? FURNACESNEED IT A scarcity of scrap iron to be used in manufacturing new steel has caused a shut down of nine blast furnace9 in Youngstown, Ohio. A drive is underway to collect col-lect scrap iron all over the country coun-try to send to furnaces. Each ton of scrap iron gathered gather-ed makes it possible to produce five tons of new iron. The roads and bridges department of Salt Lake county will collect the iron for shinmpnt. tn stil mills Anv money derived from the sales will go to the Red Cross. Mayor Ed W. Johnson has designated de-signated the lower Bingham tennis ten-nis courts, the old building adjacent ad-jacent to the Civic Center and the vacant space above the city hall as deposit places for scrap iron. County commissioner J. B. Mullins, Mul-lins, in charge tof the scrap iron drive in Salt Lake county, was a visitor in Bingham Tuesday, making arrangements for collection collec-tion of old iron. "Anyone who has in his possession pos-session old pieces of iron machinery ma-chinery too heavy for transportation transpor-tation to a spat designated as a collection center, is asked to notify no-tify the driver of a county truck, who has been ' ordered to pick up iron. According to Mr. Mullins, Utah Copper company has offered to buy iron from the county. Proceeds Pro-ceeds of any sales to the company com-pany will go to the American Red Cross, Mr. Mullins said. Employees of Salt Lake county donated $11,000.00 to the Red Cross during the recent emergency emer-gency war relief drive, Mr. Mullins Mul-lins states. |