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Cedar Rapids Opens Scrap Salvage Drive for War Work
City officials and volunteers launch a two day salvage drive in Cedar Rapids precincts. Civilian defense leaders, company workers, and drivers gather scrap metal rubber and rags to be sold to junk dealers. Proceeds fund local salvage efforts and war work.
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Gazette-Hamblin
Cedar Rapids
Amos A Elderkin
Babe Miller
Ralph Anderson
Orville Fitzgerald
Ronald Moore
Dick Humphreys
Robert Kelly
Robert Smith
Sidney Niles
Third Avenue
Sixth Street