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Show ROUND-UP . . . Total U. S. war casualties as announced an-nounced March 9 by OWI were 162,282 including 37,853 dead, 57,-228 57,-228 wounded, 35,565 missing, and 31,636 prisoners of war. WPB announces an-nounces that the ban on two-trouser two-trouser suits, trousers with pleats, vests with double-breasted suits, and other clothing production restrictions res-trictions will not be eased . . . Restrictions Re-strictions on manufacture of such items as baby rattles and teething rings from nitro-cellulose plastics have been removed . . . Phonograph Phono-graph records manufacturers in the second quarter of this year may use one-fourth as much shellack as they used in 1941, due to increased increas-ed supplies. The Department of agriculture announces a 1944 goal of 22 million mil-lion victory gardens, two million more than last year. Achieving the goal would mean 10 million tons of fresh foods or 25 per cent more production than in 1943. |