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PlIes Piles Pilesror PilesFor ror Vital War WarNeeds WarNeeds WarNeedsBy Needs NeedsBy By ROBERT W McSHANEReleosed 11IcSHANEReleased McSHANE 11IcSHANE McSHANEReleased ( Released Releosed by Western r-ewspaper r ewspaper Aewspaper - cwspape Union I ) IHelp Help win W1l1 wiz the war by gettmg getting gettingm gettmgm gettingin m in the scrape scrapeWithh scrap ' With Withh this plea Uncle Sam SamIS Samis Samis IS enlisting enlIstmg the aid of every everyman everyman everyman man , woman and child in m the thenation's thenation's thenation's thenations nation's nations ' war effortTIns effortThus effort effortThis This TIns Thus new battle cry isn t a acall acall acall call to arms Rather , it's its ' an anurgent anurgent anurgent urgent plea to salvage every everyaVaIlable everyavailable everyavailable aVaIlable scrap of metal paper pa paper paper per , old rags and rubber rubberThat rubberThat rubberThat That old stove in m your base basement basement basement ment the rusty ancient bmd bind bmder binder binder er near the machine machme shed the thebundle thebundle thebundle bundle of papers in m the athc- athc attic- attic athcall atticall attic atticall - all can be used to defeat the theA theAxis theAxis A Axis IS In fact , almost every everyunused everyunused everyunused unused item or piece of eqUip eqUipment equipment equipment ment around the home or orfarm orfarm orfarm farm can be used with tellmg telling tellmgeffect tellingeffect tellingeffect effect in m the v \ . ar against agamst total totalItanan totalitarian totalitanan Itanan itarian powers powersWith powersWIth powersWith With the launching launchmg of the sal salvage salvage salvage vage program officials of the theWar theWar theWar War Production board and andrepresentahves andrepresentatives andrepresentatives representahves representatives of mdustry industry mdustrypOinted industrypointed industrypointed pOinted out that tI1at a cnt crit cal shortage shortageof of scrap metal now exists eJ\.lsts eJ.lsts eJ .lsts lsts \ . in 1R the theUnited theUnited theUnited United States Unless more scrap scrapIS scrapis IS forthcoming fortl1commg at once war produc productlOn producLion production tlOn Lion will slow down Immeasurably ImmeasurablyBecause immeasurablyBecause immeasurablyBecause Because of this shortage the war warlikely warlikely warhkely likely \ will \ ill be prolonged by montl1s months montl1seven monthseven monthseven even years yearsSalvage Salvage for VIctoryUnder VictoryUnder Victory VictoryUnder Under normal cond t tons ons aWPB a aWPB aWPB WPB representative pointed pomted out out , , the steel industry mdustry tor for instance 111stance de depends depends depends pends upon scrap for approXJmate approximate approximately approXJmately ly one third of o1 its supply of raw rawmatenal rawmaterial rawmaterial matenal material With WltI1 the vast expansIOn expansionof expansiono1 of o1 our armament program mclud includ mcludmg including mcluding mg ing the aid that we must contmue continue continueto contmueto to send to Britain Bntaln Russ a and China ChinaIt Chinait Chinait It is obvious that tI1at the salvaging of ofmetals ofmetals ofmetals metals heretofore wasted or de destrO destro destroked strO ) ed must be augmented to a atremendous atremendous atremendous tremendous degree In frequent m in mstances instances instances stances recently steel mills nuIls shills have havebeen havebeen havebeen been threatened with Wltl1 shut down for forlack forlack torlack lack ot of scrapAs scrapAs scrap scrapAs As this is being bemg written one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the nation g s largest steel m 11s lIs us re reported reported reported ported only enough scrap metal OD on ODhand onhand onhand hand for two days production This Thisis Thisis Thisis is less than one tenth ot of o1 the compa company comparay company ny ray s normal suppi suppl supply supplyThe } ) The importance of general salvage salvageIs Is emphasized by the bureau of m in mdustnal industrial industnal dustnal dustrial conservation , , officials ofiicials of ofwh ofwh ofwh wh ch point pomt out that tI1at the tI1e success of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Salvage tor for Victory program programwill programwill programwill will have a profound bearing on the theoutcome theoutcome theoutcome outcome of the warAccordmg warAccording war warAccording According Accordmg to bureau figures figureswaste figureswaste figureswaste waste materials matenas ] have supplied 50 50per 50per 50per per cent of the tI1e raw materials matenals for fortbe forthe torthe tbe the steel industry 111dustry from 20 to 25 25per 25per 25per per cent tor for the manufacturers of ofalummum ofaluminum ofaluminum alummum aluminum and a large pro proport port on onfor onfor onfor for many other otl1er essent al materials materialsGuns materialsGuns Guns Gunsersus \ Versus \ersus ersus ersus AutomobilesFor AutomobilesFor Automobiles AutomobilesFor For e\ e et eery \ ery automobile that isn t tmanufactured tmanufactured tmanufactured manufactured in 1942 we will have havesaved havesaved havesaved saved enough z 1 : nc and copper to tomake tomake tomake make brass for 2 400 cartridge cartndge cases casesfor casesfor casestor for 30 cal ber ammur t on enough enoughn n ckel to make 100 101) 101 ) pounds of n ckel ckelsteel ckelsteel ckclsteel steel tor for armor plate proJectiles proJectilesand projectilesand projectilesand and armor p ere erc ng bullets enough enought t n to coat 1 000 cans in m wh ch we weput weput weput put food for our sold ers and sa lors lorsTh lorsTh lorsTh Th s is only a small part of the thecnt thecrit thecnt cnt crit cal material matenal v hich hlch has been beenmade beenmade beenmade made ava lable to war Industry Industrythrough industrythrough industrythrough through the stoppage ot of o1 auto automob mob Ie le Ieproduct leproduct Ieproduct product on " , ' ? 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