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New Wax Sources Are Being Discovered Racine, uts.• Hm - a new i kind of tanning for those looking for m v: fields to conquer: wax farming. Most of the wax used in this country is imported from Brazil and Mexico. But new sources of this age-old substance an- bem uncovered in plant life in Iexas. Arizona, Kansas. Washington, Ore gon and other state There are many additional sources of wax to be found in the United States. About 30.000.000 pounds of wax air imported each year, at prices that have ranged up to $1 60 a pound. The nation s consumption might rise to MUlOq 000 pounds if a sufficient native supply could be developed. The University of Arizona found appreciable (juantiues of wax m 13 different species of plants in digenous to southern Arizona 1 he Kansas agricultural experiment station succeeded in extracting a good percentage of desirable wax from sorghum. The substance also haj been taken from the bark of the Douglas fir tree and from the jojoba bean Even cotton uas .Meld ed wax. put. not in sufficient quan tities to be economically impor tant. Papa Takes Furlough To See Son Overseas HACKENSACK, N a When Sheriff Martin .1 Ferber learned that his son in Tokyo wr.'Id not get enough 1 -ave from the army to visit his home here the shenif de cided to go -,o Japan to see him. Mrs Ferber thought that a visit from thf sheriff would make .heir son, Pvt. Robert Ferber. vary happy and she agreed that he should go He arrived in Tokyo, and Robert, who wa: o i !ea\e. acted as -nine, ■ showing his father most of the sight- in Jap;.n Shc*i iff !>rber tc mained in Japan several wc'ks Ho says it’s an idea other parents should adopt- when son can ; j make it home, let the parents go to see him. Gunman Refuses All But One-Dollar Bills MOBILE. Ala - A gunman in this city recently showed a desire for only one dollar bills. The robber pulled a gon til a grocery line and ordered Mis Harold Mattie s s. wife of tile pro i priebir. to open the nil The till was shifted with ones toes, tens and twentu ■ The gun man took all the and left (he others, although they were in plain sight.. WHIM CARRYOVER Although the winter wheat crop has gotten off to a poor start, the 1 tilde is not gencraLy concerned since the carry-over on June 30th next from past crops is expected to be 5G0.000 000 buUi-L
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