Patriotic American civilians are volunteering to collect junk items to be re-used to make rubber gas masks. Old shovels are converted into hand grenades; old radiators are used to make .30 caliber rifles and used ladies stockings are gathered to make powder bags for naval guns.

Source: “Waste Material to Be Rounded-Up.” The Kaplan Times, 12 Mar. 1942, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kaplan-times/136823109/