| Show Santa Claus Glaus Provided I With i Variety o of Toys Cowboy and Policemen Replace GI Uniforms 1946 style Is geared to reproduction of Americas America's peacetime peacetime peacetime peace peace- time living reproducing in purposeful purpose purpose- ful miniature every phase of homemaking homemaking homemaking home- home making building and road construction construction construction tion transportation science agriculture agri agri- agriculture culture fashion and art Cowboys and policemen have staged a comeback comeback comeback come come- back as juvenile heroes and mini minla- minla at a- a t J Y M Jr l a Y t vV rw a afy J Y Y A 5 p by 6 w l s J lN r 1 l Y 4 S R tures of military equipment are keyed to the armed forces' forces training programs New toys have been tested tested tested test test- ed by children for fun appeal age Interest and safety More than different kinds of playthings with a retail value of ol million dollars a 35 per cen cent t increase over 1945 are ready fo for r Christmas distribution The first firs t lines of rubber and steel playthings In four years will bring back suc such h deeply missed favorites as rubber balls balloons and animals whee wheel 1 toys electric trains movable eyes and voices for tor dolls steel construe construction construction tion sets musical instruments noisemakers and pop guns Ma Manew Many new uses of plastic as well as a bumper crop of wood cardboard and paper toys also will be represented represented in Santas Santa's 1946 pack Special requests to Santa Claus Glaus will call for tor early shopping Although Although Al though volume in most lines Ines is close 0 to prewar levels demand demand de mand is likely to create out of k conditions in popular lines before e Christmas eve This will be due t to the fact tact that in addition to up pent-up demand for toys caused by wartime e P w rr T Ti i a b manufacturing restrictions five million million mil lion extra children o ol of toy age were e added to the population during th the e war years year in comparison with th the e average of the preceding peacetime e decade |
