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Show alvage Drive Begins in ry Under Neighbor Plan iers of Utah are urged to their sheds, lots,' and out- lgs to provide metal for iw national salvage drive, t began January 5 and . will be directed by the 1 d salvage division of the 'roduction Board, Salt Lake king in cooperation with ate salvage authorities, un- L. Wood, manager, will be ientatives of the U. S. Army, are providing army trucks nen to co llect the salvaged .. Approximately two weeks the drive began, these s will commence collection i materials, it is announced, ighborhood leaders will a-supcrvise a-supcrvise the drive, aecord- 0 Manager Wood. The metal be deposited in piles of two under direction of the nborhood heads, cording to the state salvage ager, the new drive must ? in hundreds of thousands ins of metal, to meet present irements of the government, he first world vva r, only 90 ids of steel were needed to 1 up each fighting man, but number has increased in the lent war to the amazing total 000 pounds of steel required ack up each soldier, t the present time, adds the age leader, 55 perecent of the al used in manufacturing es from scrap m etals, while remaining 45 perecent con-s con-s of pig iron. |