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Show Intensive Metal Salvage Campaign To Be Launched To meet the nations needs for scrap iron and steel and other salvage sal-vage materials, a new intensive drive will be launched in Cedar City to obtain at least 100 tons of scrap materials, it was announced today by J. S. Hamilton, Chairman of the local Salvage Committee. The local drive is part of the nationwide na-tionwide drive announced by Donald Don-ald M. Nelson WPB Chairman. "As the war becomes more intensive inten-sive on the various foreign fronts," Mr. Hamilton said, "the need for tcrap materials has steadily increased." in-creased." He declared that while collections of various types of salvage sal-vage have already been made here from time to tune, the expanding requirements of the war program have made it necessary to obtain much larger amounts of materials. "The American steel industry this vear hoijes to Droduce a rec- ordbreuklng 85,000,000 tons of sterl as much as all foreign countries put together can make. Our country coun-try alone this year is going to produce pro-duce three tons of steel for every two tons the Axis can turn out. "To bring steel production up to the Industry's full capacity of 90,-000,000 90,-000,000 tons In 1942, however, our steel Industry needs an extra 6,000,-000 6,000,-000 tons of scrap steel for its furnaces. furn-aces. Every ton of scrap we can send them will swell our national production of tanks, ships, planes und guns." Members of the local committee, Mr. Hamilton said, which has charge of the salvage campaign, ure: Reed Cox, Frank Seaman, Willium Pryor, Otto Reeves and J. E. Anderson. In addition to scrap iron and uteel, the materials to be collected arc brass and other non-ferrou6 metals, rubber, rope and fats. A collection depot at which scrap iron and other salvage may be left has been established at the corner of 2nd. West and 1st North Streets. Salvage will also be picked pick-ed up under a system developed by the committee, details of which will be announced in the near future. fu-ture. Mr. Hamilton also stated that local civic organizations Will be cailed upon to assist in the drive. "An Increasing number of boys from this city arc already seeing active service,' he said. "We on the home front must see to it that Industry shall not lack the materials mater-ials needed for adequately arming and equipping them. "Every housewife can play an Important part In this drive. She should carefully Inspect all of her house furnishings to find out what equipment she has that has outlived its usefulness. "An old Iron pot or knife In the kitchen, the steel springs of an olj upholstered chair In the attic, some discarded pipe or heating equipment equip-ment in the cellar, unused wire clothes hangers In a closet thess are a few of the items that will provide pounds and pounds of scrap. "Please get out this scrap and get In the scrap." |