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Show i LUMBER, PAPER ARE CRITICAL WAR MATERIALS Lumber and paper used in packing pack-ing may become such critical items in connection with war use that the Army Ordnance Department Depart-ment will ship loaded artillery shells abroad in steel tubes. The quantity of steel that will entrmous. It is estimated, in some quarters, that 7 million tons of i m i jj rm-s a Lee win ue neeueu. xms is more the automobile industry used in 1941. The farmers of this section who have been urged to provide pulp-wood, pulp-wood, will readily see from this announcement that there is great need for their continued exertion along this line. The pulpwood campaign cam-paign is not based upon imaginary needs or to provide newsprint. It is a vital raw material of warfare and every farmer who makes it his business to provide pulpwood contributes to relieving a serious shortage. |