Women Make Good Scrappers Lead War Fat Drive Across Nation
The National Waste Fats Campaign gains momentum with 11-state checks showing threefold increases in waste fats at rendering plants over six weeks. Los Angeles and New York report doubling weekly totals, while Nevada forecasts state quota by October. Glycerine from fats aids nitroglycerine and explosives, soaps, and various industrial products, underscoring housewives’ role in war effort.
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Bwitt & Company
General Salvage Section
WPB
Los Angeles
New York
Nevada
United States
Philippines
Pacific Islands
Mediterranean
Russia
Argentina
Delavan Scrap Harvest Day Mobilizes Town Effort
Delavan residents marshal a three week drive to collect scrap metal for war bonds. J Ross Arnold promotes Harvest Day through papers and handbills while a Scrap Committee, depot, and district prizes drive tonnage. Local merchants offer discounts for 100 pounds and a street dance caps the event with a park rally and band concert. A nearby radio station covers the drive.
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J. Ross Arnold
Delavan Times
Delavan
Victory Bond
Beach salvage group buys its own truck for scrap collection
The Beaches Salvage Committee in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, bought a dedicated scrap truck, donated by J. H. Emanuel, painted Red White and Blue by Harry Burns Jr, and crewed by Buddy Arnold and Jack Williams. In its first round the vehicle collected 6,000 pounds of iron and steel.
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Jacksonville Beach
Fla
The
Beaches
Fred Williams
J. H. Emanuel
Harry Burns, Jr
Buddy Arnold
Jack Williams
Scrap Harvest Day Draws Thousands to Town Celebrations
Speakers included Rep Everett M Dirksen Pekin and Lieut Gov Hugh Cross Illinois representing Gov Green. Between six and ten thousand of the area’s twelve thousand population came to town for the event. Merchants reported their strongest sales in years with the Victory Booth selling twelve thousand dollars in bonds and scrap profits aiding Uncle Sam’s war effort through 27 ton tanks.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Pekin
Hugh Cross
Illinois
Green
Victory Booth
Uncle Sam
Women Lead Scrap Drive Across The Nation In War Effort
Women and organized groups intensify the scrap campaign nationwide. AWVS and WASP members in New York City and Dayton recruit, educate, and mobilize residents while PTA and garden club networks organize salvage wardens and house to house canvassing across towns. In Kansas and Pennsylvania volunteers target homes and neighborhoods to collect metals, rubber, and fats for government wartime needs.
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New York City
AWVS
Dayton
Ohio
WASP
Women's Auxiliary Service Patrol
Topeka
Kansas
Eys Jery
Cty
War Industries
P.T.A
San Francisco
Harry W. Thomas
Shafter
Calif
Atlanta
Northampton County
Pennsylvania
County Salvage Committee
Uzerne County
New York
Sanitation Department
E. Sicilano
E. Seligman
Dorothy True
Five-Year-Old Brings Bent Tricycle to War Pile
A five year old boy named Billy watches neighbors haul junk to a community pile for shells to blow up Hitler. He leaves briefly then returns, pushing a battered tricycle with two bent wheels, declaring, Here comes something good for old man Hitler, as onlookers stare.
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Slux Ralls
Billy
Hitler
Ladies Scrap Into Cubs Giants Game For Two Pounds Fee
Chicago ladies on Ladies Day paid a two pound scrap metal fee to enter the Cubs versus Giants game as passes were not honored.
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Chicago
Chicago Cubs
New York Giants
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America
Washington
Salvage Group
Topekans
Georgia
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