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Show Salvage Committee Plans Drive For Tin Another stenuous drive is on for tin, reports Mrs. Jos. W. Judd, women's salvage chairman. Once again they are asking that every empty container be washed, flattened flat-tened and taken , to the grocery store where they will be assembled assembl-ed for shipping to the assigned centers. Tin is critically needed at this time, reports Mrs. Judd, both for the production of all types of war machinery and for the protection of food and medicines shipped to all parts of the world where allied fighting men are located. For these requirements, it is indispensable. in-dispensable. The fighting man's individual morphine hypodermic syringe (syrette), his emergency sulpha ointments, blood plasma and other items are kept free from contamination con-tamination in containers of tin or tin-coated steel. Because of difficulties in shipping, ship-ping, local grocery stores have for a time been unable to accept the tin cans, but this problem has now been overcome, reports Mrs. Judd, and people are urged to turn in all of their containers as rapidly as possible and help to meet the present demand. |