Prairie Forge: The Extraordinary Story of the Nebraska Scrap Metal Drive of World War II

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209 Index Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations. Abbot, Bud, 67 Adams, Michael C. C., 155 advertising: national scrap campaign, 4, 131; Nebraska Plan, 44, 62, 89–90, 106, 106–7, 112–15, 115, 172–73n20, 179n45 aluminum salvage campaign, 28, 48, 173–74n29 America First Committee, 21 American City magazine, 142 American Industries Salvage Committee , 2, 133 American Iron and Steel Institute, 19–20 American Legion, 102, 109 American Newspaper Publishers Association, 5, 118–19, 125–30, 141, 144 Antelope County, 94, 159 anti-interventionist movements, 21 Associated Press, 136 Atkinson, Rick, 151 auto scrapping industry, 27 Barrett, William J., 148–49 Barringer, Edwin C., 105 Batt, William, 149 Beatrice Sun, 116 Bee-News (Omaha), 37, 53 Benkelman Post and News-Chronicle, 77, 85–86, 116 Bennington ne, 109 Bergen, Edgar, 4 Berry, Brian J. L., 80 Bessemer converters, 16–17 Billotte, Bill, 64–65, 69 Bilstein, R. R., 120 Bird, William L., Jr., 8 bonfire, Omaha, 118, 189n31 booklet on Nebraska Plan to news publishers, 119 Bosco sculpture (Elmwood Park, Omaha), 111–12, 188n20 bottleneck of 1940–41, steel, 22–25, 147 Box Butte County, 88, 159 Boy Scouts, 71, 74, 88 210 / Index Bradshaw,V. A., 58 Brewer, Mrs. C. T., 70 bridges as scrap, 64, 136, 177n30 Bureau of Campaigns, 156 Burk, Robert, 64–65 Burlingame, Robert, 81, 181n4 Burlington Railroad, 83–84, 94, 95, 119, 182nn14–15 Burt County, 86, 92, 94, 119, 159 business contributions. See Nebraska Plan, business contributions to Business Week, 25 Butler, Dan, 60 Butte mt, 140, 141 Cabot, Paul C., 6, 28–29, 142 Cagney, James, 4 Camp Fire Girls, 71, 74, 88 Carson, Johnny, 96 Casey, Steven, 155 Cass County ia, 132, 140 Cass County ne, 94, 109, 159 Caster, Mark T., 45, 60, 107, 114, 120 Chadron Chronicle, 105 chairmen and chairwomen of salvage . See salvage chairmen and chairwomen Chase County, 88, 160 Cherry County, 94, 160 Cheyenne County, 88, 90, 94, 160 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad . See Burlington Railroad children: and national scrap campaign, 7, 132, 134–35, 136, 139, 140, 142; and Nebraska Plan, 48, 52, 74, 95– 98, 107–8 Christian Science Monitor, 140 Churchill, Winston, 19 Clark, Chase A., 132 Clay, Lucius D., 124 Coatesville pa campaign, 41–42 Coghlan, Ralph, 138 collection of scrap metal. See scrap metal collection Collier’s, 30, 132–33 Columbus Telegram, 79 committees, local scrap, 27, 135 competition: national scrap campaign, 131–32; in Nebraska Plan, 3–4, 46– 47, 70, 72–75, 79–85, 99, 112–14 competition and camaraderie. See Nebraska Plan, competition and camaraderie theme of Connecticut, 140 Coons, Maude, 56 Costello, Lou, 67 county competition of Nebraska Plan, 79–85 county mobilization of Nebraska Plan, 85–91 Cowley, Malcolm, 157 crisis strategy. See Nebraska Plan,crisis strategy of critical timing of scrap campaigns. See timing Crosby, Bing, 135 Cuming County campaign, 42–43, 43, 95, 160 curbside collections: national scrap campaign, 135–36, 138–40; in Nebraska Plan, 70–71, 72, 107–8, 108 Daffy Duck, 15 Daily Telegraph (North Platte), 90, 184n28 Davis, Elmer, 126–27, 129, 144 Dawes County, 88, 94, 113, 160 Index / 211 Dear, Walter M., 130 deficit, scrap: Dunn Report on, 22–23; scrap metal exports, 12–14, 21–22, 168n22; and steel bottleneck, 14–15, 22–25; in steel industry, 24–25, 101, 173n28; wpb and opm efforts over, 26–31, 123–24, 128, 169nn34–35, 190n1 Den Danske Pioneer (Omaha), 53 DeVore, Robert, 130–31 Dodendorf, Helen, 54 Donald Duck, 15–16, 19, 20 Donnell, Forrest C., 138 Doorly, Henry, 3, 33, 35–39; Howard and, 79; Nebraska Plan beginnings, strategy, and planning, 32–35, 44–50, 89; Nebraska Plan nationalization , 118–19, 127, 130; Nebraska Plan results and impact, 121, 122, 153–54, 157–58; radio broadcasts by, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52, 54, 146 Doorly, Margaret Hitchcock, 32, 35, 50 Douglas County, 70, 76, 78, 119, 160. See also Omaha Douglas County Historical Society, 10 Dr. Seuss cartoon, 133, 134 Dundy County, 77, 85–86, 94, 109, 119, 160 Dunn, Gano, 22–23 Dunn Report, 22–23 Durbin, Deanna, 4 Early, Stephen, 124 Editor & Publisher, 98, 110, 114 ethnic support of Nebraska Plan. See Nebraska Plan, ethnic and racial support of Evening State Journal (Lincoln), 93, 105, 109, 114 exportation of scrap metal, 12–14, 21–22, 25 Export Control Act, 21–22 fact and fancy theme. See Nebraska Plan, fact and fancy...