From the files of the Fairfield Recorder:
October 28, 1943: County Scrap Metal Campaign Nov. 1 to 15:
Another scrap metal campaign is being put into effect over the nation in an effort to build up a “National Scrap Metal Bank” of about 15,000,000 tons. This national scrap metal bank is necessary in order that there will be a resource of scrap metal on which to draw in case the lakes and rivers…