The Skyland Post

Ship
A Carload Of
Scrap Iron

Here she is about ready to be sent to "scrap the Axis."
A carload of scrap iron collected in Ashe county. Looking
it over at the Todd Drug company here are Salvage Chairman
Roy Crouse and Supt. J. B. Hash.
(Staff Photo)

692,000 Pounds
Scrap
Iron
And 28.000 Pounds
Paper
Collected In Ashe
County

Nearly
$170 Worth Donated
To Red Cross. Program
To Be Continued
A grand total of 692,000 pounds
of scrap iron and rubber and 28-
000 pounds of waste paper have
been collected and sold in Ashe
County from December 1, 1941
to May 15, County Agent Roy
Crouse, chairman of the salvage
committee, announces.
In announcing
these figures,
Mr. Crouse and other members of
the committee, urged every one
in the county to continue to col-
lect scrap.
If the WPA does not provide
for hauling the scrap, arrange-
ments will be perfected to have
local trucks pick it up in various
places.
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SCRAP COLLECTION IS
CONTINUED IN ASHE

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In the meantime, citizens are
urged to bring their scrap to the
Todd drug company here.
Bill Todd announces that the
Red Cross has raised nearly $170
through the sale of scrap iron and
rubber, and around 10,000 pounds
of paper.
As yet, the Scouts have not
sold their waste paper, but it will
be shipped as soon as a big load
is accumulated.
"Our scrap program will not
be over until we win the war, so
let's keep up the good work," Mr.
Crouse insists.
Donald Nelson, WPB chairman
has written a letter to all farmers
in Ashe county, urging them to
co-operate fully with the salvage
collecting program.
"Badly needed scrap still remains on the farms. It is valueless in the war effort there. Final victory depends upon how fast
we can give our fighting men the
weapons and the machines to do
the job. We need every ounce
of scrap from every farm and we
need it now," wrote Mr. Nelson.
Each letter contains a post card
addressed to the WPB, which is
co-operating in the program.
Under the plan, a farmer can
either donate or sell his scrap to
the government. If it is sold, the
government will pay 30 cents per
cwt. for scrap iron and steel and
one-half cent per pound for scrap
rubber.
The government will
then sell the scrap on bid to dealers who must prepare it and ship
it to war factories and mills within 60 days. Dealer prices will be
in line with the government's
scrap price ceilings. If scrap is
donated, the money from its sales
goes to the U. S. government to
aid in the war.