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Show 00 NEW TOBACCO MACHINES USED IN OHIO TO REPLACE GIRLS (By lnterntlonal Newt Service) BETH BSDA, hlo Labor shortage ' Is held responsible for the installation of tobacco stripping machines in many ' Belmont Countv cigar factories These machines replace girl work-I work-I ers. Rollers who earn S a thousand, 1 I liki the mschlne-sl ripped b-af ne-i'aue ne-i'aue it cuts clean, eliminating thei necessity of trimming ragged edges which, It Is claimed, are unavoidable' ' in hand trimming. Thus these machines it i estimated effet a savin in tohaee, amounting :o from 4rt to 70 rents per 1 000 1 Igars Previously most of the Eastern 1 Ohio tobacco was shipped to other ' eonntrie? to be used for dyeing pur- -gr poses, some going to Australia. N'ov t.i however, the demand from Eastern 3Ei''- cigar markets has materially In- !l8? creased One manufacturer in BarnesTllle turning out ocr 100,000 Cigars with hurley fillers dally Is nearly 2p,Q0 )0 behind in his orders- ,f |