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ericr · 10-09-2020, 01:49 PM

Has anybody heard that the scrap drives (with the exception of aluminum) were really not needed and were designed to ballyhoo the population for the War effort?

I know that copper was a much-needed metal for the War, but old frying pans etc.?

One of Dad's friends owned a drug store and to buy a new tube of toothpaste, you had to turn in an old tube. There was apparently some lead content to the tubes. The druggist had a large pile in the back room and when the war ended, he simply threw them away.

10-09-2020, 01:49 PM	#1
ericr Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 1,542	Scrap Drives May Have Trashed Cars, But Were the Drives Necessary? Has anybody heard that the scrap drives (with the exception of aluminum) were really not needed and were designed to ballyhoo the population for the War effort? I know that copper was a much-needed metal for the War, but old frying pans etc.? One of Dad's friends owned a drug store and to buy a new tube of toothpaste, you had to turn in an old tube. There was apparently some lead content to the tubes. The druggist had a large pile in the back room and when the war ended, he simply threw them away.