She Remembers Pearl Harbor

Category: recycle

  • Waste Material to Be Rounded-Up

    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,…

  • Razor Blade Panic

    Source: “Razor Blade Panic.” Business Week, 11 Apr. 1942, p. 48.

  • Boy Scouts Urged to Help Collect Material In Citywide Canvass

    Source: Peet, William. “Boy Scouts Urged to Help Collect Material In Citywide Canvass.” The Honolulu Advertiser, 17 June 1942, pp. 1”“7. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-honolulu-advertiser/137093003/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-honolulu-advertiser/137093141/

  • Here Are Articles Which You Can Save For Scrap

    June 1, 1942 : The U.S. has collected 30 million pounds of scrap rubber during a recent two-week drive. Source: “Here Are Articles Which You Can Save For Scrap.” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 2 Dec. 1942, p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin/137087868/

  • Your Old Stocking Make Good Japs – DEAD ONES!

    Source:”‚“Your Old Stocking Make Good Japs – DEAD ONES!” The Atlanta Journal, 14 Feb. 1943, p. 69. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal/137957383/

  • What! No Silk Stockings! A Real Problem

    Source: Stuart, G. “What! No Silk Stockings! A Real Problem.” The Ottawa Journal, 14 Dec. 1944, p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal/137957731/ TIME CAPSULE: Mending stockings became common for most women during the war because they became scarce and too expensive for those with average incomes. According to Independent Woman’s commentary post-Pearl Harbor, women faced embarrassment due to…

  • Oahu Boy Scouts Colleting Paper

    Source:”‚“Oahu Boy Scouts Colleting Paper.” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 25 Apr. 1945, p. 7. https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin/137133665/ An effort to salvage waste by the Boy Scouts is so successful that the country”™s paper mills are glutted. The Scouts have collected 150,000 tons of paper, to be reused to make cartons needed in the war effort.

  • Sugar Only Food Still Restricted

    Source: “Sugar Only Food Still Restricted.” The Tampa Tribune, 24 Nov. 1945, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune/138320791/