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D13981-3
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- 1942-11-01 (Creation)
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On Sunday November 1, 1942, all of Tacoma turned in their scrap metal for the Salvage for Victory drive. One of the larger pieces was a 4,000 pound safe donated by Burnett Brothers Jewelers. The safe had been in the Burnett family for 40 years. Union volunteers solved the problem of how to get it on the truck by using a crane and pulley mounted on a second truck. Pictured to the right of the truck are L.H. Burnett (in the suit), president of the jewelery company, and Harry Satterlee (far right), secretary-treasurer of the Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Warehouseman's Union. For the drive, local businesses loaned the trucks and the unions supplied the muscle. Over 2,000 tons was collected, three times the expected collection. (TNT 11/4/1942, pg. 15)
Burnett Brothers Jewelry (Tacoma); Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1940-1950; Burnett, Louis H.; Satterlee, Harry; World War, 1939-1945--Scrap drives; Safes;