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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yourturntoloveit, post: 211304, member: 57&quot;]Just an idea but . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>After a quick look around for information I found that paper was one of the &quot;rationed&quot; items during WWII.&nbsp; There were &quot;paper drives&quot; during the war (they were &quot;recycling&quot; back then).&nbsp; I&#039;m wondering if that container was a &quot;specified&quot; paper collection container.&nbsp; What better way to designate a &quot;paper collection&quot; container than to make it out of paper.&nbsp; Surely no self-respecting garbage collector would have thrown (or emptied) that can into the &quot;garbage&quot; truck.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find it interesting that (apparently) paper was needed for packing/protecting war equipment &quot;parts&quot; which had to be shipped/flown from the USA to lands overseas where WWII was raging.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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