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Show Committee Plans To Speed Hp Scrap Metal Drive People of Cedar City umi surrounding sur-rounding area miLst step up their contributions of scrap metal and rubber if they keep pace with the remainder of the state and nation In the "Salvage for Victory" campaign. cam-paign. John S. Hamilton, local chairman, said this week. Just as there Is an ever increasing increas-ing flow of arms, munitions and other supplies from the United States to the world's fighting' fronts, so there must be an ever increasing flow of salvage materials mater-ials from the homes and farms over the nation, to augment available avail-able raw materials in the nation's war plants. Salvageable materials Include anything not in practicable use made of iron, steel, brass, copper, aluminum or lead. The big exception excep-tion in metal salvage Ls tin cans. Tin cans are NOT wanted in Utah ut the present time, Mr. Hamilton said. Any article containing rubber Ls wanted. Rubber ls one of the most critical Items on the War Production Produc-tion board list Unlay and every home should be searched from top to bottom for thase old lubbers and galoshes, hot water bottles, rubber mats and even rubber heels off discarded shoes. They all go into the nation's supply of reclaimed re-claimed rubber. Old rags, especially those containing con-taining wool which might be reclaimed, re-claimed, urc also acceptable. Not wanted, in udditlon to tin cans, is any form of waste paper. So well have the people responded to this particular phase, Mr. Hamilton Ham-ilton said, that putxT mills have such a supply of waste paper that their storage facilities are overtaxed. over-taxed. Mr. Hamilton requests everyone to have their scrap metal, rubber or rags, gathered up by Saturday, June 20th., when trucks will cover the town to collect all scrap available. avail-able. Scrap collections are being made in rurul areas by the WPA, but farmers finding salvage materials after the WPA trucks have made their rounds, should make an effort ef-fort to get thus extra scrap In to the nearest salvage depot. |