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Show ' Aid U. S. By Using Old Flashlights ' In Blackouts, Urges Henderson MILLIONS of flashlights, now lying around in American j homes, can be put to work in the event of blackouts, thus relieving the drain which the purchase of new lights would place on critical metals and plastics, according to Leon Henderson, Director of the Division of Civilian Supply, Office : of Production Management. Disturbed by reports that thousands thou-sands of Americans are trying to buy new flashlights, Mr. Henderson Hender-son has obtained a survey which shows that a. large majority of families need not fear being without with-out illumination in the event of blackouts. Seventy per cent of families in the United States, the survey discloses, dis-closes, now have one or more flashlights. Forty per cent of families fam-ilies have flashlights which are in perfect condition, ready for service ser-vice at a moment's notice. Another An-other 23 per cent have lights which can be made usable merely by the purchase of fresh batteries. batter-ies. Seven per cent of all families ! have inoperative flashlights, many : of which need only minor repairs in order to give excellent service. "The demand for new flashlights flash-lights can be greatly lessened," Mr. Henderson points out, "by a thorough attic-cellar search. Every flashlight recovered and reconditioned re-conditioned represents an im-oortant im-oortant saving of materials need- r- y - til '.V' -, 'j? -T ' f Leon Henderson ed in. our huge war effort. Let's conserve these materials by putting put-ting our millions of old flashlig! to work." |