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Show B R I E F S . . . by Baukhage China has received $157,000,000 of assistance from America. Seventy thousand letters dumped into the Tagus river when the Yankee Yan-kee Clipper crashed recently at Lisbon, Lis-bon, finally reached London, a sodden sod-den mass, but were salvaged. Most were addressed to American soldiers. sol-diers. Officials estimated that 95 per cent reached their destination. A two-page newspaper, printed on birch bark by Russian guerrillas behind German lines has been brought to the museum of revolution revolu-tion in Moscow. More figures on food sent to our Allies in 1942: Last year we sent to our Allies: One-quarter of each pound of our cheese; one ounce out of every six pounds of our butter; one out of every ten of our eggs; one out of every 20 pounds of our meat; one pint out of each 10 quarts of milk. It costs the treasury an average of about $2.50 each to "process" an income tax return. The department ' expects that the new taxes will bring in 8,500,000 new returns. The four-masted steel bark, Foz Do Dourg, will carry a cargo of more than 200,000 American Red Cross food parcels for U. S. prisoners prison-ers of war in enemy countries. In 1943, total lend-lease canned fruit and vegetable shipments are expected to total less than 3 out of every 100 cans of the 1943 pack. Shortage of canned fruits and vegetables vege-tables is due to combination of 1 heavy U. S. military requirements, increased consumer purchasing power in 1942, limitations on amount of tin-plate allocated for canning. Almost all of that part of the 1943 pack reserved for government purposes pur-poses will go to U. S. armed forces not to lend-lease. |