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IVaisa1-r*inIByII*mreidy.)7*nh,n.il,Ir*1 CANS NEt »PMliearmSalvage Director Appeals (or 15 Tons This Week; Box at City HallwnidiMerinatfainarSlt;it*y.»yof[lt;htMmn,arasn*n*erillinPiAn appeal for tin cans is again being made by W. .1. McCarthy, salvage director. A half ton was collected last week and it is the hope that 15 tons will be collected this week.Shipment will be made to the a\ Vulcan Detinning company, Neville Island. Pittsburgh. Pa., for Brand man’s when 15 tons have been gathered.Ail donors are asked to take tin cans to the salvage box in the used car lot next to the city building. Before turning in tin cans he certain they are prepared properly, Mr, McCarthy said.“Be sure the can is clean. Take off the paper label. Cut off both top and bottom and put them inside. Flatten the can firmly by stepping on It. Keep cans in a dry place so they will not rust.” Some of the uses salvaged tin cans are put to in the war are:Two cans provide enough tin to make a syrette: four tin cans yield enough tin for one bomb; JJ 16 tin cans contain enough for a H machine gun; 54 tin cans are a needed for a fragmentation-type grenade; 168 tin cans yield tl enough tin for one trench mor tar; 700 tin cans yield enough tinfor one 37-mm. air corps gun. yThree thousand five hundred tin cans yield enough tin for one « 3-inch anti-tank gun: 8.500 tin cans wilt provide tin for one 77-inm, ftela gun: 13.000 tin cans contain enough tin to solder connections in one medium tank: 21.-000 tin cans yield enough tin for one short-range bomber.b
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Findlay Republican Courier
Findlay, Ohio, US
Mon, Apr 30, 1945
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