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Show THE READER'S DATE BOOK 1' , Cleaner Air Week, Farm Scrap I Harvest Are August Promotions Cleaner Air Week will be observed in the United States and Canada from October 21 to 27. The observance was originally inaugurated to focus attention upon the need for control of air pollution from all sources, including smoke, soot, fly-ash, noxious fumes and gases, and to serve as a starting point for year-round smoke abatement and air pollution :ontrol activity by public officials, schools, industry, railroads, apartment houses, homes and civic institutions. wire, may get into hay and other forage crops and thus endanger animals ani-mals that eat such food." Because there are not enough scrap dealers In the small towns of the country to handle the great flow of scrap Iron and steel that is expected from the nation's na-tion's farms, many local farm equipment dealers are cooperating cooper-ating in the harvesting. It Is not too late for dealers In home towns to organize a campaign that will mean extra money for the farmers of the area and also be a patriotic effort in the nation's na-tion's defense program. The Farm Scrap Harvest is a patriotic campaign. It offers an opportunity op-portunity for people at the home town level to make an important contribution to the nation's defense program. Community Chest Has Double Job This Year President Truman opened the fall Community Chest drive with an appeal ap-peal for generous contributions and a reminder that "neighbors should always help each other." The campaign, which will be conducted in hundreds of home towns during coming weeks, will attempt at-tempt to raise approximately $250,-000,000. $250,-000,000. The President In his broadcast from the White House said that the drive this year in 1,500 communities s ... Wz will be a double job because the United Defense Fund is tied in with the chest campaign. United Defense Fund was formed In November, 1950, to raise funds for services to the armed forces through USO and other organizations; to aid defense de-fense - impacted commnnities through united defense services; and to help process clothing collected by American relief in Governors of most states, and mayors of hundreds of cities will proclaim the week officially in their jurisdictions, as they did last year, -ity air pollution control officers ill cooperate with their local newspapers news-papers and radio stations by out-lining out-lining their activi- . ties during the year, so that the iHAiffl communities will know what is being SlHcST done to minimize FEATURE air Pollution. Chambers of commerce com-merce and civic organizations or-ganizations will support the project ji their communities. They will nelp place Cleaner Air Week posters post-ers in store windows, railroad yards, industrial plants, schools, .ibraries, office buildings, fire-nouses, fire-nouses, and on billboards. Although this promotion week is of greater benefit to larger communl-;ies communl-;ies with numerous factories, many some towns of the nation can take advantage of it to eliminate their minor problems of air pollution. Here is a promotion week that could oring about better living in the aome towns of America. Farm Scrap Harvest Set For Aug. 15 Nov. 75 Farmers across the nation are being be-ing asked to join in the drive to collect col-lect scrap iron and steel recently announced by the National Production Produc-tion authority. The most concerted sffort in this drive will be during ;he period, October 15-November 15. Sponsors of the drive realize that Dne of the sources of scrap steel and iron is on farms and the U. S. Agriculture department has been asked to cooperate in the drive. The campaign calls for collection of only scrap machinery or equipment A'hich can not be reconditioned for further use. Farmers are being jrged to repair and conserve all machinery which they can continue :o operate as this will cut down on .he demand for new metal machln-ry. machln-ry. Emphasizing the need for scrap steel and iron, the Department Depart-ment of Agriculture points out: "Just as steel Is the principal material In the production of such munitions as planes, tanks and ships, scrap is one of the principal ingredients in making steel. Steel Is made from approximately ap-proximately one-half scrap and one-half pig iron. Scrap adds to the quality of steel, helps to keep production costs down, and shortens the refining process. For every ton of scrap used, we conserve approximately two tons of iron ore, one ton of coal, nearly near-ly one ton of limeston and other materials." Korea. Over-all goal of the UDF is $18,-624,854. $18,-624,854. Of this amount, $16,511,854 is being sought through chests and the remainder will be raised in New York city and other non-chest areas. Bulk of the UDF funds $13,-658,207-wiU go to USO. Community Chest is a worthwhile actiyity in which the people of the home towns should participate. It is the sure way for the community to provide funds for its welfare service in one concentrated campaign. cam-paign. . National Apple Week Promotes Fall Harvest It doesn't take special promotion weeks and proclamations to tell the home-towners of the nation it Is apple harvest time. The fact is evident evi-dent on the farms and in the orchards or-chards of the nation. Baskets of apples line the sidewalk in front of hundreds of stores in the home towns across the country. During National Apple Week the fruit is In greater supply than possibly any other time during the year. As a result, the price is lower than at any other time. Here is the opportunity oppor-tunity for the housewife to buy her winter supply at a savings. For the average small towner the apple probably stirs more memories than any other fruit. Remember: the apple for teacher, mother's apple pie, sugary baked apples fresh from the oven, the apples "swiped" from a dark orchard, green ones that gave us a pain in our middle, a candied apple on a stick offered to a little girl whose pigtails we used to pull, fresh and rosy apples on the breakfast table because "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." The home town housewife who watches her local newspaper during National Apple Week will find a number of tempting recipes for using us-ing apples in pies and pastries. harvest and sell your SCRAP to help produce the uy things you need "r-::z::' 1 M-, Agriculture department officials suggest that in addition to providing a source of additional income the scrap iron and steel drive should have the cooperation of farmers because be-cause an adequate flow of iron and steel scrap to the steel industry will help to assure raw materials for the farm machinery and equipment industry necessary if they are to keep farmers supplied with vital new machinery. "Collecting scrap around the farm is a clean-up job which makes for neatness and efficient working conditions," con-ditions," Agriculture department officials of-ficials explain. "Keeping scrap picked up and out of the way of farm workers and livestock is also a safety measure. 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