| Show I Heres Here's How Iov Rural America Led by the Press Got in the Scrap I During the scrap collection drives last year the rural print shops of America proved to be a rich source of essential war materials On to the scrap piles went a great variety of metals metals iron iron steel copper lead and zinc There were old engravings engravings engrav engrav- engravings ings worn-out worn type parts of typesetting typesetting typesetting type type- setting machines brass and iron printing furniture even entire printing presses Since these old presses weigh two tons or more and contain other metals besides iron the importance of such such contributions contributions contributions is evident But they were not the only contributions contributions contributions contri contri- of the editors many of whom were chairmen of their town V or county salvage committees who not only publicized the scrap campaign through the thc columns of their newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- papers but also worked actively in getting in the scrap The record of the small towns and rural hamlets hamlets hamlets ham ham- lets of America in this patriotic work Is an inspiring one as witness these ese figures which are typical of at h hundreds hundreds hun hun- n- n of such communities Tons Tous of or Town Population Scrap p Peetz Colo Burdett Kan Vernon Center Minn Elburn Ill Stanton Iowa eo 86 88 Silver Lake Ind 51 Attica Kan 40 Mellott Ind 25 I Ripley Okla 12 |
