California Miners Dig up Real Treasure in 1942

[jeff of pa]

Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent Date 1942-10-25

 

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[OtakuDude]

A whole $2 worth of scrap rubber donated? I know about the drives and how they went to the war effort but it really must have been a slow news day for this to make the paper. lol

 

[aa battery]

the only reason jeff posted this is because the year was close to his birth.

 

[jeff of pa]

the only reason jeff posted this is because the year was close to his birth.

only 13 years off

 

[huntsman53]

I wonder if the last paragraph meant that they were going to drop the whole pile of scrap rubber on Japan from a Bomber??!!


Frank

 

[Honest Samuel]

April 16, 1942 I was born. My last birthday was on Easter.

 

[dejapooh]

I wonder if the last paragraph meant that they were going to drop the whole pile of scrap rubber on Japan from a Bomber??!!


Frank

One of the biggest propaganda efforts of the war was to keep the general population INVOLVED in the war. The scrap drive allowed people to empty their drawers and cabinates THINKING they were helping, thus keeping them involved in the war. This had the additional benefit of increasing demand after the war.

 

[KirkS]

A big thumbs up to Joe and Earl for their part in the war efforts.

But I wonder how they liked being called 'grizzled miners' in the newspaper. What is a grizzled miner anyway?

 

[Doc Arey]

It was a different country then....