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Show - . JJ . ; Fa rm rmWAR WAR NEWS i ' ' lightly JlghUy Inconvenient InconvenientAre ! Are you all burned up because becauseyou becauseyou you couldn t get that drill for forspring forspring spring planting ? It your blood bloodI bloodup . up because the county irsDA USDA war warboard warboard , board couldn t keep your son out outof outof I of the army ? Are you sure that thatthe thatthe the coun country try Is going to the dogs dogsbt dogstxca bt ca ise you had to till f11l out a PD PD310 310 and you haven t heard from It Ityet Ityet yet ? War Is just what Shennan Shennansaid Shermansaid said It was But don t go to the theBrlthh theBritish Brlthh farmer fanner tor for sympathy . 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' ' Then 'I1len I1len sometimes af aftE"r atter tE"r tEr " I t e f ' gpt gets < ; U tI e crops planted some somecar someearless car Ie ' > . nazi nazl comes comt " > along and andblow andblows blow , > it all to smithereensPrlcE"s smithereens smithereensPrices Prices PrlcE"s PrlcEs " of o ! all his comm commcditlesare ( dlUe < ; arE " fixed and If 1C he should happen happento to make a profit above $400 400 $ the thetaxes thetaxes taxes get him He has to pay l\ l \ lhE"avy n.heavy nheavy . hE"avy hEavy " Income " tax ta.x . and If his pro prortts profits rtts this year are above a fixed fixedlE"vei fixedlevel lE"vei lEvei " he mu must < ; t give up for the theduration theduration duration of the war exactly 100 100per 100per per cent of the surplus profit un unit unit it r U tI ( ( PX ex ( < e ess < ; , < ; profit taxlip tax taxHe He lip lIa lias , > U to ) I i se 'ie ie ' < ; stamps taml b > r cou coupons coupons pons to obtain feed for his lIve livestock < ; tock They re on rations too tooSo < ; So 0 little s < ; npath n path } can be Ix ' PX ! ) { > ( ' ( { d from the British farmer1 farmt'rI farmt'r farmtr ' I < ( s < ; t ( o 0 b l isy ' > y ' dodging c'odging codging bombs bombsw w . . . . N New f W > Ceilings on Beef and lamb lambI I amb ambRetail I Retail ( ( oiling elllng prlc prices { ' < ; for fer beef beefand beefand and lamb will be reduce rt'ducE rtducE ' " i 1 { ( I i { < to tothrec tothree thre-c thre c - cents a pound bcl bel w tl U e eI ecellmg ecelluigs I I cellmg & ori originally inally scheduled to totake totake take efY effect ct April April 15 The new nt'v ntv ' . prices pricesbecome pricesbecome become effective May 17 a and nd v . willbe 1111 1111be I be inlform lnlform throughl throughout ut the tht ' ccn em ntryI ntryfor ntry for stores store : ; of th the same m tyi tyiParts I . tYII I I Parts Parlll for Trucks BUSTS BUSTSContrary s sI sContrary I I Contrary to general opinionIOWI opinion opinionowi IOWI owi ( { r rs < ; of trucks and buses buse ' ! do ru nl t tneed tneed need a preference rating to buy a areplacem areplacement replacem nt part If the i eededI eededpart ceded eeded I part Is not available avallable locally a eededI pur I I 'hase hase ( ' order orde-r orde r - may be placed with adealer a ai I I IRSOalty i dealer . . . ) I { < asualty RSOalty GoalsI GoalsAnnounced Goals GoalsAnnounced Announced casualties of the theUnited theUnited I United States Armed Anned forces from fromtI fromtl tI e out break of the war to date datewhose ( v . hose next-of next of - - kin ha\e ha e \ been beennotified beennotified I Iv notified total 78,235 78235 78.235 . , This total totalI totalarrl'd totalarrived arrl\'d arrl 'd d \ { ' at by combining war and andr I r avy reports rE"ports " Includes dead 12 12123 123 wounded 15049 mIssing missing40435 40435 prisoners of war 10628 10628Why ' Why 'hy hy ' Ra Rn Ion M.acl1lneryFarm . Machinery M.acl1lnery Macl1lnery MachineryFarm Farm machinery rationing Is a aproduct aproduct product of war wlLr Although the theUnited theUnited United States Is producing Itsgreatest 1ts 1tsgrelLtest grelLtest volume of steel th the ! ' tot total total al demands of the war program programrt'qulre programrequire rt'qulre rtqulre ' all that ts Is produced producffi and andmort andmore andmoreWars mort ' Wars are an gluttons for sl steelA 'el el ' A 35 000 ton battleship consumes consumes81 81 million m1ll10n pounds of rough steel steelThl steelThe Thl ' 3538 3 538 000 pounds of rough Bteel Bteelwhich steelwhich which go Into a destroyer are en enough enough ough to hage hag-e hag e - 2 2000 000 tractors The Thegtee Theste gtee 1 l going In Into to a hea heavy vy tan tank k . 1s 1senough isenough enough for 200 2 ( ) plows plowR The War WarITrciluctlon ( , Iuct1on Board has the tJ1e ree- ree ; . - reeponstbil1tv ree--ponslbllltv ree ponslbllltv - - ponstbil1tv- ponstbil1tv ponstbil1tvof . - of deciding for what whatI whatpurpose whatpurpose purpose t . tne e IL available vallwle supply of ofcriUcaJ ofcritical I criUcaJ materials mat.ertals matertals . shall be usedIt used usedIt It must murt : ; ty bP remembered that we wehaH weha\e weha e haH \ rationing because th there Is a ashort aBhortagt short .g'e .ge ge . ' we do not have a short shortage because ause there tilere Is rationing |