Word: ib
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scientific farm search for critical materials, castor beans will be a major U.S. crop in 1943, with 750,000 acres planted. The U.S. Department of Agriculture should have 4,000,000 Ib. of seed beans ready for distribution, harvested this year from 8,000 acres in eight states...
With this program U.S. castor oil production should top 150,000,000 Ib. in 1943, equal to the average pre-war annual importation, but not enough to meet increased needs...
...tung oil, formerly imported from China for use in inks, paint, varnish, linoleum, lubricants, etc. But" U.S. tung production is growing too. Orchards of tung-nut trees now cover 250,000 acres, scattered from South Carolina to Texas (most are in Mississippi). They have produced 5,000,000 Ib. of oil a year, may double that figure in 1942. But the trees do not produce until after their fourth year, so no quick increase is possible. At least 150,000,000 lb. yearly are needed...
Workers in heavy war industries receive ration cards for 1 Ib. 9 oz. of bread daily; monthly allotments of if 1¾b. of butter; 4 Ib. 7 oz. of meal; 1 Ib. 2 oz. of sugar; 4 Ib. 14 oz. of meat; 2 Ib. 3 oz. of fish; 14 oz. of salt; 1 oz. of tea. Those doing less heavy work, children and dependents get roughly two-thirds as much. But ration cards cannot provide food when there is none. Doctors estimate that Russians have lost an average of 15 pounds each during the past year. Although bread lines...
Born. To Cinemactress Maureen O'Sullivan, 31, mate of Tarzan on the screen, wife of Lieut. Commander John Farrow of the Royal Canadian Navy off it: a son, 9 Ib. 8 oz.; in Hollywood...