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LAND LANDDisposal LANDDisposal Disposal Dtsposall'oltry Dtsposalloltry J'olii Jolii ' Policy PolicyGovernment ' ' Government disposal of surplus surplusland surplusland surpluland land acquired acqufrt'd acqufrtd ' In connection dmnectlon chnriection dmnectlonVith with \Vith Vith \ the thewar thewar thewar war program but no longer needed neededwill neededwill neededwill will be directed toward tuward sale of prop prop- property property property - - erty In family sized tracts tor for Indl indi Indlvidual individual Indlvidual vidual cultivation cultivaUon the surplus war warproperty warproperty warproperty property ageicy agelcy agercy announcedWith announced dnnounced announcedWith With all property to be appraised appraliedby appraisedby by expirienced expulenced experienced and disinterested disinterestedmen disinterestedmen men drawn from the communitySWP community communitySWP communitySWP SWP SWPsaid said the policy will be to sell sellas sellas sellas as quickly as p asible sSlble 5sible at c current currentvalues currentvalues rrent rrentvalues values w thout disruption of the themarket themarket themarket market give former owners oppor- oppor opportunlty oppor opportunity - . tunity tunlty to repurchase repurchaqe and avoid salesto sales salesto salesto to speculat ira iraThe > ) rs rB rsThe The Reconstruction Finance cor corporatlon corporation corporatlon poratlon poration will hdndle handle the disposal disposalprogran disposalprogran disposalproeran progran WSP la sa d ci despite the Na National National N Ntional tional Fanner Partner l ' armer Uni Unl i 1 s 5 opposition on onthe onthe onthe the gr ) / irfds J/1ds J 1ds that RFC supervision supervisionwould supervisionwould supervisionwould would leid le"ld leld be-sd be sd " - to control by the NationalAssociati National NationalAssociati NationalAssociati Associati n of Re il II Estate BoardsIACLF Boards BoardsPACIHC IACLF PACIHC PACIfIC IC Fannticnl Fallatu'ul Fallatuul Frnurtieal ' fo foSup FOP roe FOPSupi Supi Sup ted by ti It U e I . 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MARRIACrPopular MARRIAGEPopular [ Popular Aftnin Afmn Again AgainPartly AftninPartly . { Partly becau c e of an increase in inthe inthe Inthe the marriage rate sinc since @ 1B40 1940 and andpartly andpartly andpartly partly be beiausc because ( ause millions of ot single singlemen singlemen singlemen men arc are in the araned IIrmed armed services thenumber the thenumber thenumber number of civ lian han bachelors be between between between , tween 20 and 34 years of age has hasdroppt'l hasdroppe hasdroppf droppt'l dropptl droppe ' i from 7 100 000 to 1 I 700 000Indicat 000 000Indicdt , Indicdt lndlcat Indicat ve ye of the rev val in mar marrlage marriage marriage rlage riage whici whlct whirl always suffers a slumpunder slump slumpunder slumpunder under dt dci dtireshcd . rt'sb'd rtsbd ressed ' ( ' economic condltions condi coridi conditlons coriditions tlons tions the U ' S < , census bureau re reported reported reported ported that F3 fJ i3 per cent of the fe female female female male populit popuht n 14 years old or over overare overare overare are wedde wt'dde wtdde ' 1 I it II contrast to 60 < 0 percent per percent percent cent In 1940 104(1 1041 1940If 104(1If 1 40 40It ( It If the eXl ext experience ertence erience of World War 1 I 1Is Iis Iis Is any cr ten ten n there will be a alarge alarge alarge large increase in marriages follow following following following ing the end f t the Ute present con1lJct conflict con1lJctthe conflictthe conflictthe the bure burclu IU s dOIL d dOIL OILRecord OILRteord OIL Record Rteord nil OutputDest Output OutputDCS t put Dest DCS Des [ te Ie Ic a r cord production of ofcrude ofcrude ofcrude crude 1 I d r K I g { the flrst first six months monthsof monthsof of 1944 it tI t ) e c 1 I stry lo 10 Red kt'd ktd ked ' forward forwardto to an r I re s c , d r1 output f r the Isst last Issthat lasthalt lasthalt hat halt ! f t the sear > ) ear Pllr to lake take care of new newrefinl newrefini newreflnl refinl refini K g C'll Cll c-i c i rl ' - ) .1 1 . < ir ie ( ' ( ty y to be put into op operat operat operat erat t 1/1 1 t 1 eli el ( ' / | n neet net et ex ext extanded anded war wardem wardem wardem dem i IsW is isW , Witt W tt e > lJ II I ) S . , , rep rtedly rtediy supply supplyIng supplyIng supplying Ing 1 7 i 1 er N t S of th thp thl " 1 I for the theUnitt theUnite theUnite Unitt Unite ' 1 I N t t during the prescr preser preset presetcooP t tconll tcond conll cooP t I ( U lJ I S < ; [ rod I t i t o 0 it ) f crude crudelIVt'f'lk crudeaveriL crudeaverik lIVt'f'lk lIVtflk averiL ' ' 1 I 4 4t 41 4 ( I 1 1 010a 0(0a 0(0 00 010 ( a dny d"lY dlY diy " d r ng the thefirst thefirst thefirst first i a " tl It II s q of 1044is 1844 19t4 1044 1 fi is < . against against391q against3glq against3 391q 3glq Biq < ( 1 I ! t1 t > } , t < rA rA r rAt A At 1 I gt 1:1 11 gI : 11 It dustry felt It co en lid ild ildpr lidpr lidpr pr I I I e t C ' the 1 I Hitioial iltlo litio 1al ial oil 011 needed neededd d r J . ) , tl ti e ( ' li 11 Ii t I halt half of 11)44 1144 l'44 l44 1 ) < ' M4 it de dedarll declar declari darll clar 1 I I t [ r i alliiiitl IIll1ldtl alloiti of hea\y hea y heasy heayduty heasyduty heavyduty \ duty I t rs rcs ft ( _ . 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