Saturday's a holiday for most of the nation's small fry, but to these youngsters of Roanoke, Va., it's fat-collection day.

Saturday's a Holiday for Most of the Nation's Small Fry, but to These Youngsters of Roanoke, Va. It's Fat-Collection Day. ca. 10-1942

A soldier of the home front saves all waste fats and greases so that they can be processed into ammunition for America's soldiers of the battlefronts.

What's a home without it's sidewalk scrap pile? Junior Commandos of Roanoke, Va., see to it that each home has given enough scrap to make the scrap collectors monthly visit worthwhile.

A couple of husky Junior Commnados add to a neighborhood scrap pile in Roanoke, Va. Bedsprings, coal buckets, bird cages, stoves -- no piece of unused metal is safe from the hands of these patriotic youngsters, who are out to see that their older brothers in the armed forces have the guns and ships

The charge of the scrap brigade in Roanoke, Virginia, includes such methods of collecting as this pony cart. The patriotic and energetic youngsters of the town are making an all-out effort to corner every available piece of scrap in the city, so their soldier and sailor brothers will have the shells

Butchers Will Pay Householders for the Fat and Sell It to Rendering Plants Where It Will Be Processed Into Ammunition for America's Fighting Men. ca. 06-1942

New York City Boys organize tin club. These patriotic young men not only collected but also processed more than half the amount of tin needed to build an Army fighting plane - and all in one day.

I'll carry mine. Delivery vans, 1942 style, line up outside a Greenbelt, Maryland, grocery store awaiting customers. Tire scarcity and gasoline rationing have placed such service at a premium, and these youngsters who are using their express wagons to carry home Mrs. America's purchases are doing th