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Show INTERESTING ITEMS ANNOUNCED BY NINTH SERVICE COMMAND The Tooele Ordnance depot distributing pennies which been to war and back. 6 , The metal was mined in tjtah fabricated into shell cases by the Ordnance department, shipped to the South Pacific, fired at the Japs, returned to Tooele Orfl. nance depot as a fired cartridge case, reclaimed and shipped to U. S. Mints, and returned to Tooele as a U. S. coin, for pre. sentation as a souvenir of Tooele" Seven and a half billion dol. lais have been disbursed to date by the office, of Dependency benefits in family allowances and allotments-of-pay to dependents of army men and women. Thirty-three thousand casualties were returned to this country during December, making it nn. perative that 10,000 nurses be secured se-cured as soon as possible for the army Nurse corps. After long and intensive re. search, a virtually "dust-proof" goggle has' been developed for army use. Purchase of 18,000 plastic har. monicas for soldiers on duty in overseas theaters. |