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Show "Scrap" For The "Scrap" By GEORGE TFXK Your dictionary gives the word "scrap" two main definitions: Q) Brcken metal for remelting or reworking, re-working, and (2) A fight. Our industrial in-dustrial and military leaders state! that Uie "scrap" (the fight) in which we are now engaged cannot be won without the "scrap" (the metal) which comes out of the kitchens, kit-chens, cellars, attics, garages, barns, etc. of the nation. Getting down to cases, that tin can which we may carelessly throw away is vital to the war effort. ef-fort. Any "scrap" metal which we tcss away or which we fail to turn over to the proper authorities, is lending aid and comfort to the enemy. Do you know that there is enough iron and-steel "scrap" in that old flat iron to make 30 hand grenades? There is. Are you aware that the steel in an old jalopy if used with an equal amount of pig iron, is sufficient suf-ficient to make three, 2,000 pound aerial bombs or 27 aircraft cannons? can-nons? It is. There is as much copper in 1,000 burned-out electric light bulbs ;s goes into 40 compasses, and as much zinc in those same bulbs as there is in twenty-two .37mm. shells. We could go on giving further examples but space does not permit. per-mit. However, these few should stir every patriotic American to action on the "scrap" front. Sure it is a slight bother and takes a little time to clean thot tin can, flatten it out and start it on its way o enter into something with which to "blitz" the Japanese. But how about our soldiers and sailors who are giving all their time, and are risking their lives on land, sea and in the air, to carry on that "blitz"? It is too much trouble to tote that old tothpaste tube to the drug store when we know that it only takes 60 of them to provide all the tin used in soldering the electrical connections of a flying fortress? Yes, when we throw that tin can away, we are not playing fair wnth the lads in our armed forces. Salvaging that can will help "tie the can" on the enemy. If you do not know where and how to turn in your scrap, this newspaper will I be glad to give you that informa-: informa-: tion. - Your "scran", mv "scraD". the "scrap" of all Americans will win this fight-to-the-finish "scrap" that has been thrust upon - us i I the--, "scrap" we must win ' If we are not to become the slaves of Hit- I ler and Hirohito. |
