| Show I BUSINESS AREA METAL SOUGHT S. S L. L Officials Enlist Firemen's Aid Members of the Salt Lake City scrap metal salvage committee Saturday were drafting plans in cooperation with the fire department department department depart depart- ment to make a thorough survey of available metal in the business distri district t. t Purpose of the plan said H. H C. C Shoemaker committee chairman is to enlist the aid of firemen in seeking out the scrap and obtaining obtaining obtaining obtain obtain- ing permission from owners to have it moved to the various depots The plan is one of several to intensify Salt Lake City's continuing continuing continuing con con- drive to recover thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of tons of scrap for the war effort Mr Shoemaker said firemen will willbe willbe willbe be asked to visit every building and business in the downtown area and persuade owners to make the scrap available for delivery to the Junk depots Rapidly catching up on a backlog backlog backlog back back- log of unanswered calls reporting more than pounds of metal the committee Saturday was operating operating operating op op- op- op 15 trucks Donations of less than pounds are collected by regular garbage scavengers if placed on the curb alongside kitchen kitch kitch- en waste One of the largest heavier contributions contributions contributions con con- was made Saturday by bythe bythe bythe the American Legion post No 2 which obtained a ton seven-ton boiler from Paul K operator of Paul Cl Cleaning aning Dyeing company company company com com- pany 1017 South Main street said Wesley E. E King post commander F. F O. O DuPont 62 Third East street was instrumental in getting getting getting get get- ting Fort Douglas post to furnish a truck for hauling the boiler Mr DuPont a Legionnaire is a member member member mem mem- ber of the organizations organization's scrap committee He will contribute Continued on Page Pace Three Column Eight BUSINESS AREA METAL MET At SOUGHT Continued from Page One three tons next week from his shop DuPont Motor service S S- S South uth uth- Main street In Holladay a scrap pile estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated at 40 to 50 tons is burstIng bursting bursting burst burst- ing a central collection depot said F. F S. S Withers committee chair chair- man The committee decided he said to continue to pile scrap on the heap to see just how much we can get before the pile begins to constitute a public nuisance Beginning next week a drive willbe will willbe willbe be started on a to house-to-house basis under a key kamp kam- kam p ign said Victor H. H Snow state chairman of the movement sponsored sponsored sponsored spon spon- by the wholesale paper com corn Salt Lakers will be asked to contribute old keys rich in nickle nicke silver in special paper cartons which the committee is providing Funds derived from the collection collection tion in sale of the metal will be turned over to the U USO S SO O. O Mr Snow said all dairies in the city had agreed to cooperate in that drivers would collect keys deposited in empty milk bottles The keys will then be turned over overto overto overto to the committee Junk dealers too will give keys collected in the general genera salvage drive to the committee which pointed out the high content of silver makes them desirable by bythe bythe bythe the navy for instrument ture B. B L. L Brick Wood executive di director director director di- di rector of the state salvage committee committee committee com com- said Governor Herbert B. B Maw would make a special appeal appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal to farmers for participation in the scrap harvest Governor Maw in a radio address address address ad ad- dress next Wednesday at p. p m. m over K S L will vill appeal to farmers to gather scrap from their farms and place it in a location easily accessible to trucks he said The metal will be hauled to nearest depots Mr Wood said In Morgan an historic fence surrounding surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding the county courthouse was added to the drive there J. J Dale Schott chairman reported Saturday The Morgan Iorg n county committee said tons had been collected in September for a per capita of pounds Of this amount tons were contributed by the Ideal Cement company of Devils Slide |
