Word: reclaiming
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...good business principles of the Mormons; the gentle humility and ordered humanity of the Quakers, plus the militant zeal and unselfish devotion of those shock troops of the Lord-the Salvation Army, who fight in the trenches of sin's no-man's land to reclaim the tortured souls and clothe the naked bodies of those whom the rest of a snobbish world forgot...
When the Red Cross asked for blood, 700 convicts volunteered, 144 already have donated. Men in the prison tailor shop cut material for Red Cross sewing units. Soon the convicts will begin to reclaim rubber-covered copper wire salvaged and brought back from Pearl Harbor. In a million-dollar, convict-built factory, 1,000 skiff-type commando assault boats will be made if San Quentin's bid is accepted...
...Aiken charged that the Commission sold seven partially built ships to the Navy at two million dollars over their contract price in order to save a failing Florida concern. To this were added accusations that the Commission is issuing unwarranted subsidies, as well as failing in some cases to reclaim interest and excess profits from private shipbuilders...
Seventy-five per cent of all the lost articles find their way back to their owners, even after the possessors in some cases had not seen their belongings in years. Last June, an Eliot House Senior was called into the office to reclaim an overcoat. At first protesting that no coat of his was missing, he turned to an expression of surprise as he identified a black coat that he had lost in the Union in his Freshman years, and which had just found its way into the Lost and Found office...
...tire industry told WPB that with only 4,500 tons of crude (less than 1% of the remaining U.S. stockpile) and 234,000 tons of reclaim (about one-third of U.S. two-year capacity) it can recap enough old tires, make enough new ones of reclaimed rubber to meet the irreducible minimum-replacement demand to keep all present cars on the road. But the press underplayed the industry's quid pro quo for the miracle: To achieve it, said the tiremen, every car, truck and bus in the U.S. will have to cut its usual mileage an average...