Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1942 — Page 6

ET in on the scrap metal collection drive. Get the

unused metal out of your cellar, your attic, your garage,

your place of business. Without this scrap the Nation's teel mills must shut down, for all new steel is 50% scrap, and the mills have not enough for even 30 days more.

nd one more thing. Help to stop the story—spread by Innocents and ill-wishers alike—that there is lots of scrap already on hand. They point to junk yards, auto grave-

yards, and salvage depots that have not been cleaned

out, as proof that there is no shortage. Kill this talk before it kills our boys!

In spite of the terrible lack of scrap, here is why you may still find junk yards and scrap depots—and why they must be kept that way!

All scrap must be sorted, stripped, and broken up by scrap dealers be- @

fore it can be used. Their yards are full because they are BUSY— preparing your scrap for the mills as fast as they possibly can!

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Auto graveyards strip autos, keep the usable parts and junk the rest

—turning out 450,000 tons of scrap in a typical month. Each must scrap within 60 days as many cars as he buys—that is the law!

Scrap collections sometimes have to stay around because the dealers can't handle them all immediately. Even if they could, the mills could not store it all. The local salvage depot is a stockpile—where your scrap is available for instant use as soon as it's needed. And it

WILL be needed!

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Remember if these places become emply, the mills shut down—and we lose the war!

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So get out your scrap -and help your neighbors with theirs. It's the greatest single contribution you can make right now to win the war!

LOOK FOR THESE ITEMS

METAL BEDS, SPRINGS FLAT IRONS, RADIATORS WOOD OR COAL STOVES WASHING MACHINE, SEWING MACHINE SKID CHAINS, ASH CANS METAL REFRIGERATOR LAWN MOWER, KITCHEN SINK PAILS, PIPE, WIRE FARM, GARDEN, AUTO TOOLS FURNACE, BOILER ' METAL TOYS, SKATES POTS AND PANS, COAT HANGERS METAL FENCE, SCREENS SCISSORS AND SHEARS ELECTRIC MOTORS, FANS, BATTERIES WASH TUBS, METAL CABNIETS JAR TOPS, LAMP BULBS, WASH BOARDS GOLF CLUBS, PLANT STANDS LIGHTING AND FIREPLACE EQUIPMENT ALL OTHER UNUSED METAL

What to De Wit Your Sorap

Place it in one of the 700 des pots in front of every filling: station in the country. 7

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2. Sell itto a scrap metal dealer

3 Donate it to a cha i: y .