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Show Toys Will Be Scarce This Christmas, Too There won't be many playthings for little boys under the Christmas trees this year, toy manufacturers say. Material shortages resulting from the war are responsible. Christmas sleds, for instance, once on every young fellow's list, aren't on the department store inventories and the boy who gets a hand-me-down will be very lucky indeed. There aren't any tricycles or small two-wheel bikes either. Junior won't cry, "Daddy, let me play with my train." Not a chance of it, for Junior and his father won't have any train. Toy trucks, mechanical toys, building build-ing sets and midget cars are off the Christmas lists, too. The leather scarcity plays havoc with the youthful Christmas too by making it impossible to get junior size baseballs, mits and footballs. Wooden guns are available, but they won't be very satisfying because be-cause none of them shoot. Most popular war substitute for the missing toys are the model plane and tank kits that the young craftsmen can put together . . . with dad's help. Little girls' Christmases won't be as disappointing for there are still dolls, cribs, miniature tables and chairs. They're expensive, however. howev-er. And dolls aren't like the old ones for none of them have voices which squeak "Mamma, Mamma." Department stores say the Christmas Christ-mas rush in toy buying has been going on for more than two months despite the fact the most wanted toys aren't available. |