PAPER FOR THE GUNS
BRITAIN COLLECTS 100,000 TONS IN ONE MONTH In a single month the local authorities of Great Britain have collected 100,000 tons of waste paper for munitions. This record quantity was amassed by displaying to the public how the British industry turns the dustman's waste paper into ammunition for the guns: chewing it up by hot revolving knives, converting it into a thick liquid in huge containers which come out at last in long clcan sheets of cardboard. One used envelope is transformed into a cartridge wad; 12 old letters become a box to hold cartridges; 0 bocks, a mortar shell container! 2% lbs of waste, paper make 448 washers for rifle grenades. Bren guns, Lewis guns, 2 inch mortars, Vickers guns, 'Tommy' guns and ordinary rifles are 1 all now using in their ammunition the results of Britain's rccord drive.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 55, 20 May 1942, Page 5
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144PAPER FOR THE GUNS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 55, 20 May 1942, Page 5
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