Six stages of fat salvage. Separated from the soap, crude glycerine is purified and repeatedly tested by chemists. The housewife's tablespoonful of fat is now almost ready for the fighting fronts. When 98.6 purity has been achieved, glycerine is sent to ammunition plants, munitions plants, plant fac
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