PAGE TWELVE
National Advertising
To Keep Scrap Pouring Into
Industry Under Way Tins Week
WASHINGTON, July 20 Final details of the nation-wide
Advertising campaign, designed; to help stimulate the flow of
crap metal into war production, have been approved by Lessing
J. Rosenwald. chief of the conservation division.
Rosenwald's approval followed conferences with members of
the American industries salvage committee, sponsors of the $2,-
000,000 campaign. The committee.
Plywood Price
List Revised
American industry, was organized
bv the industries concerned at
the suggestion of the conservation
division. The committee has rais
ed the fund to finance the cam
paign and is responsible for the
selection of the advertising and
publicity mediums' used.
WASHINGTON,
The price
Douglas fir plywood was revised
"This campaign" said Rosen-'
Monday by the
wald, "was undertaken by a.
group of the nation's leading in
dustries, at the request of the
conservation division of WPB,
and is closely integrated with
WPB'i new national salvage-campaign.
The committee includes
member companies of the Amer
ican Iron- and steel institute,
which is concerned with assuring
continual flow of scrap metal
into its plants, but is also using
its ads to stimulate the flow of
other needed materials. The im
mediate response of industry in
setting up machinery for the cam
paign was particularly gratifying,
in so far as it helped us to clear
the' tracks for an all-out drive
to bring in the scrap." J .
TVi ramriaim sets under war
on July 20, with newspaper ad
vertisements in . every state, in
addition advertisements . will be
carried by weekly papers, farm
press, trade papers, magazines
and the radio.
Mine Watch
Established
SEATTLE, July 20.-fl5)-A ci
' vilian mine watch force is the
latest defense arm of the 13th
naval district.
. The duty of its enrollees is to
assist in reporting and guarding
unexploded enemy or United
States mines. The Washington
state defense - council announced
Monday the enlistment in the new
organization of citizens' defense
corps volunteers in tidewater
areas of Washington.
The announcement said the
Washington state patrol, previ
ously assigned as a statewide
clearing house for reports of un
exploded bombs, would use the
same reporting system or mines.
Air raid wardens and other ci
vilian defense personnel will
guard areas where mines are dis
covered,' aid in rescue and first
id work after explosions and re
port all observed mines.
Portland Jfaces
Fuel Shortage
: PORTLAND, July 20mTP)-H
OPA restrictions are not relaxed,
Portland will face a critical fuel
shortage this winter, City Com
missioner William A. Bowes said
Monday.
He said that OPA regulations
" prohibit persons from selling
slabwood for more than their
"nearest competitor," meaning
that dealers outside the city must
sell at Portland mill prices, he
said. Slabwood is' virtually the
only fuel obtainable now, Bowes
.said.
City Sees Hope -For
Materials
PORTLAND, July 20-(VRear
Admiral Howard L. Vickery's an
nouncement that the US maritime
commission would take charge of
housing construction in the Port
land-Vancouver area gave hope
Monday that the materials bottle
neck might be broken.
It was expected that higher
priority ratings would permit
builders to) overcome delays in
obtaining materials for war work
ers' homes.
Gervais Merchants
To Help Harvest V
G E R V A I S At a conference
held Friday the business men de
cided that they must help the
larmers harvest their crops and
all business houses will be closed
Tuesday and Wednesday fore
noons while all are out working.
This will be repeated later if it is
round advisable.
Koehn Enters Duty
PORTLAND, July 20-JP)
ueorge I Koehn, PortlandVAmer
lean Legion department , comman
tor in 1936, said Monday he would
report for active duty with the
army quartermaster corps as a
major next Monday.
Doctor Promoted
PORTLAND, Jul 20-(ff)-Pro-xnotion
of Dr. J. p. Lind, who left
here .last week for Fort Riley,
Kas., with the 46th general hos
pital unit, from major to lieu
tenant-colonel in the army med
ical corps was disclosed Monday.
Two Drown in Lake
MADRAS, July 20-tf-A fish
ing boat overturned, drowning
Georse Meacham. ' chief of the
Warm Springs Indian tribe, and I
Donald Sanders, 15, Portland, in I
Trout lake Saturday. . v
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Campaign
ministration to make it conform
to the recent limitation order of
the war production board specify
ing grades which may be, pro
duced. The OPA put a maximum price,
at the producer's level for a new
grade of plywood, called "sound 1
side," a grade which was estab
lished by the WPB order. Elim
inated from . the price schedule
were, some grades whose manu
facture was prohibited by WPB.
The ceiling established for
"sound 1 side" plywood was com
puted by calculating its relative
value compared with other stand
ard' grades, OPA said. Other
methods of pricing were not feas
ible, it was explained, because the
industry has had insufficient ex
perience to determine production
costs. .The price arrived at is
July 20.-;P)
ceiling schedule on
somewhat higher than that for
office of price ad
wall board.
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How can you helpt The answer is on this page. I hope
every American citizen will read it and act on it.
0. M. HEiOH, OMKMAK WA PtODUCTKX KUSD
A crisis exists in our war production pro
gram which can be solved only by the
patriotic cooperation of the American
people.
Wc arc faced with a serious shortage
of steel scrap, rubber and other 'vital
materials.
This shortage must be filled. : -
By ' 'scrap" we mean the ordinary Junk
which today is lying in the barnyards
and in the gullies o? farms; in the base-
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ments, attics-and garages of homes and
stores throughout the country.
The steel industry operates on the
basis of half-and-half about 50
per cent metal from pig iron and
SO per cent remelted scrap metal.
Therefore, about 50 per cent of
every tank, every ship, every tub
marine and every gun is made of
scrap iron and steel.
The steel industry has been rapidly
stepping up its production from 67,
000,000 tons in 1940 to a record-breaking
83,000,000 tons in 1941. Production in
1942 is already ahead of 1941, but we
need to get production up to the indus
try's full capacity of 90,000,000 tons a
total equal to the output of the rest of
the world combined.
This volume of production cannot be
- attained or increased unless an additional
6,000,000 tons of scrap iron and steel is
obtained'promptly.
We are faced with the fact that some
csverflxc-Rcnf paid for by tho
OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Tuodar
Requests for Living Quarters
For Officers Surge Into Salem
By telegraph, Oby mail and by telephone from all parts of
the United States requests for, houses and apartments in Salem
are coming in daily from army officers due to arrive soon at
Camp Adair, Business Manager Clay C Cochran of the Salem
chamber of commerce; reported
commerce,
Monday.
"The. housing need is growing
every day," Cochran declared.
"We don't know where it is all
going to end." '...'.
Thumbing through a ' sheaf of
letters and telegrams from St
Paul, Minn., Fort BennlnSNQa.,
Oakland, Calif, - Fort Leaven
worth, Kan, and way points,
Cochran said the officers, many
of them majors or colonels, were
in many instances authorizing the
chamber to rent living quarters
for their families at any reason
able figure, before they arrive.
Calls are for small houses, apart
ments," two-bedroom houses and
a few larger : ones,
unfurnished.
The chamber is doing its best
to comply with requests but needs
manv additional
houses and apartments at its hous
ing bureau, Cochran
Cochran and
city transportation - committee
chairman,, are going
again this morning
pile
steel furnaces have been allowed to cool
down and that many of them are oper
ating from day to day and hand to
mouth, due only to the lack of scrap.
The rubber situation is also critical. In
spite of the recent rubber drive, there is a
continuing need for large quantities of
scrap rubber.
We are collecting every possible pound
. of scrap from the factories, arsenals and
shipyards; we are speeding up the flow
of material from automobile graveyards;
we are tearing up abandoned railroad
tracks and bridges, but unless we dig out
an additional 6,000,000 tons of steel and
' great quantities of rubber, copper, brass,
zinc and tin, our boys may not get all the
fighting weapons they need in time.
Fortunately, the material exists in
America's great "mine above the ground."
There is enough iron and steel on
farms alone, if used with other materials,
to make:
Twice as many batHethips as thre
are In the whole world today, or
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Enough 2000-pound bombs to drop
three per minute from feifiT bombers
incessantly for more than three years.
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Locating and collecting this scrap is go
. ing to require a canvass of every house
and every farm. Even one old shovel
will help make 4 hand grenades.
We have set up the machinery for this,
but it is not perfect. It is a problem that
can be licked only by American resource
fulness, American organization ability,
American muscle and American will to
win. J
We now have in every state a State Sal
vage Canrnjttee of volunteers working
directly under the governor.
Under these state committees we have
v county committees and local committees.
We have special- industrial committees
working with executives of plants in 421
industrial centers.
In rural communities we have the
County War Boards.
These committees can tell you the
quickest way to get your Junk into action.
In behalf of the governor and the state
committee we urge every committee to
mcsscrgo approved by Conservation Division
Arr.zriccn Industries Scvc-a Cc.-rjr.-.ca (reprettnt'inj end vrilh fvnds providsd by a
MorningJuly 21. 1942
speed up designation of Salem as
a critical housing area and to work
on plans for providing bus service
to Salem men and women employ
ed in Portland war industries. '
Third Lumber
Mill Burned
KLAMATH FALLS, July 20(f)
The Lakeview Lumber .company
sawmill at Lakeview with a ca
pacity of 40,000 board feet, daily
was completely destroyed by fire
early Sunday, it was reported here
Monday. ' r ' ' ,
" Firemen checked the blaze be-J
fore it destroyed the dry kilns
and .yard stock. .
It was the . third Oregon saw
mill ! hit by fire In : two weeks.
furnished or
reristrations ' of
said.
Hay J. Stumbo,
The others were the Dant & Rus
sell mill at Redmond and the Peli
can Bay Lumber company , plant
here.-' : ' '
to Portland
to attempt to
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organize itself into a band of "Salvage
Commandos."
You can either sell your scrap to a
Junk dealer or you can give it to a
charity, which in turn will sell it to a
Junk dealer who performs an important
function by sorting it, grading it, pack
ing it and shipping it to the right place.
We urge local charities and civic
organizations to cooperate with the
Local Salvage Committee and devise a
plan of action and collection.
We urge the scrap dealer to co
operate as fast as he can in the collection
and shipment of materials.
We urge industrial executives to
appoint Salvage Managers who have
both the responsibility and authority to
salvage obsolete .machinery, tools and
dies. .
We urge every farmer and every
householder in America to act at once.
Go over your premises with a fine
tooth comb. If you have already turned
in your scrap, look again youH prob
ably find more;
If you do not have enough of your own
to warrant someone coming aftetit, form
a neighborhood pool, or take it yourself
to the nearest collection point.
' . If there is an old heater or boiler in
your basement too heavy for you to
move, get your neighbors to help you. -
This is a People's job. It is something
you can do without interfering with
other war work or personal duties.
It is not enough to pile up a little stuff
and expect somebody to come and get it
Most of the work is being done by
patriotic volunteers with inadequate fa
cilities. They need your help in collecting
scrap material in the largest possible
amounts and in getting it to the right
place. - -
It is a direct and personal obliga
tion to all of our boys on all fronts.
You may think, "My little bit"
won't help, but your "little bit"
- multiplied thousands and millions
of times can create a mountain of
raw material which can actually .
turn the tide
. The situd tion , is serious. Your
help is needed nowi -
V Stickers
Planned for
AlLOut Home
WASHINGTON, July 20-CflVA
nation-wide muster of American
homes," in which all householders
cooperating fully in the war ef
fort wfil be awarded V" certif
icate to display in their windows,
was announced Monday by the of
fice of'civilian defense. -
To obtain a V certificate, a
householder must: ,
1. Demonstrate to local defense
officials "that his home meets the
essential protective requirements
as to blackout, provision of a shel
ter "room, and fire-fighting equip
ment as deemed necessary local
ly." -
t. Give his word to local de
fense officials that his family Is
eonseryinr' feed-clothlnr, trans'
portatlan and health; Is salvag
ing essential materials; refusing
to spread rankers designed to di-
vide the nation, and boring war.
savings stamps and bends regu
larly. -, ' !
- The window sticker' wittV pro
claim that "This is a V home" and
will bear a large "V" superim
posed on a picture of a home. Oth
er certificates will be granted to
business establishments in stra
tegic areas which have taken
proper precautions against air
raids. V
Pendleton Said Out
WASHINGTON, July 20
Senator McNary (R-Ore) was in
formed Monday by A. H. Bunker,
chief of the aluminum and mag
nesium division of the war pro
duction - board, that ; Pendleton,
Ore., was not being considered
at this time as a site for an alum
inum plant. - ,
HOW SCRAP IRON AND STEL
GO TO WAR
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The steel used in our war machines is made by melting
together
1. Pig iron (about so)
2. Scrap generated in the steel plant In the
process i of stcelmaldng (about 2S) ,
3. Scrap purchased from outside Junk
Sources (about 25)
We have plenty of iron ore to make the pig iron needed.
But our furnaces operate faster when there is plenty
of scrap to mix with the pig iron. I
.. This so-called "scrap which goes into the furnaces
to make the steel for tanks, ships and guns is actually
refined steelwith most impurities removed. Some of
the finest quality steels are made 100 from scrap.
The iron and steel scrap which you collect is bought
by the steel mills from scrap dealers at established,
government-controlled price.
throw YOUR scrap into the fight!
JUNK needed for War
; Scrap Iron and Steel
Needed for tanks, ship, guns all machines and aims of war.
Other Metals Rubber Ragm
T.Tsnils Rope Durlsp Dsi
Needed to soak bombs, fuses, binoculars, planes, tirea for Jeepa,
gaa maaka, barrage balloona, parachute flaw, andhaca. 1
1 HOW TO TURN IT III f y
Sdt to a Junk alaaiar ... Give to a charity ... Taka'tt
yeurself to nearest collactiea paint er cansult yeur
Lecal Salvage Cmmlttaa
- - ' nwnes: Salem 4943 . S77S - tlSS
If jrttf thrt en a farm, phtm r writ yeur CtmtyYar
:yeur '
1KUTE HITS After they have TIN CXXS TPanfwf onfy in
erred maximum cooking uae. - areas cloee to dmtimmmg
Straia Into a Urge tin can and ; panta, ae announced IocmDj.
dltoyourmeatdealcrafteryou ; WOTt FtfCI Needed only as
have collected a pound or more, i axmoancedbytocalcomsnittees.
croup cf hading hdvdrie! cencsrns).