Milford News | 1942-04-16 | Page 5 | Winning the War with Waste

Winning the War With Waste C. Enough steel and rubber go into a single 27-ton medium tank to make 24 automobiles. C The steel in the hull of a heavy cruiser tntal3 0,685 tons. In a 35,000-ton 35,000-ton battleship, 18.000 tons are needed. need-ed. C The shells turned out by army ordnance plants are packed in 30,000 tons of paper board each month. i C A passenger car yields about 1.500 pounds of scrap iron and steel. C A half-toa truck (blitz buggy) takes 3.970 pounds of steel, a four-ton four-ton truck 18.000 pounds, a 27-ton tank uses 72,000 pounds and a light tank 32,000 pounds. C A carload of blueprint paper is used in drawing the plans for one of our 35,000-ton battleships.