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Show Kiddie Car Becomes All-American Jeep Plenty of Nonpriority Toys For Santa's Pack. NEW YORK. The kiddie car has become an ail-American jeep and youngsters are all out for war games, but they'll play with non-priority non-priority equipment. Santa Claus' pack may be bulkier with armament miniatures, but It will weigh less this year. Wood and cardboard have replaced metals, met-als, rubber and other materials needed by grownups at war. The little toy soldier won't collect rust. About all that could attack him successfully would be fire or termites. Tanks, planes, battleships, jeeps and the complete list of war equipment are armored in heavy paint. Some even come already camouflaged. Many are of a size for the junior warrior to man himself. There's a super - dreadnaught battlewagon wmcn would strike terror into tne heart of any foe. "Games of strategy are popular with young boys," a toy store salesman sales-man said. "We've had a steady stream of intellectual type boys in here after them. Sometimes grownups, grown-ups, too." Besides the strategy game, map and flag puzzles have been added to parlor game counters. "More people are buying parlor games because they're staying at home more," the toy land representative represent-ative declared. Setups of army encampments may be had complete from barracks to sandbags. For those with a rural taste, the farmyard setups point to food prpduction efforts. Identification nVidels of planes of all belligerent natiVit, provide a real means of helping the 'var effort because be-cause they can be uPel for teaching spotters. Even dolls fall in wish war styles. |