The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-11-09
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Shop Early II You Want A Break In
Buying Christmas Gifts This Year

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ping list you've been saving for
tour wears may have a few dele
tons again this year, but If you're
a tireiess hunter you may find
MANY things that have been miss
ing since before the war.
Biggest, brightest and most
eagerly awaited additions to the
l945 Christmas pack are nylon
stockings, already piling up in
manufacturers stock rooms. They
are due to appear on dealers
shelves in time to supply at least
a part Of the Christmas rush.
Every woman on your list will
consider this the gift supreme
but You'd better edit the list well,
as initial sales will probably be
limited to INC or two pairs per
customer.
Household Gifts In Demand
Household gifts, to replace the
war-worn equipment of u. S.
homes. will be most in demand
this Christmas, and no wife VIII
complain in AS about the gift Of
q washing machine, a refrigera-
toI, an electric mixer or q vac
ulm cleaner. All these long
missing items are rolling off as
sembly lines already, but deliv-
efy usually is still on a priority
basis-those who have had their
names on the list the longest get
their orders first.
A few lucky families may even
snare a new 1896 model car in
time for Christmas-or at least
a surplus jeep. And radios are
appearing in increasing numbers,
though not yet fast enough to
supply fully the pent-up demand.
II Sister and Junior are to get
those skates, tricycles. metal con
struction sets and prewar dolls
they've been writing TO Santa
about. you'll have to assist the
old gent with the white whiskers
by some early and determined
shopping, The toy situation still
is tight, says the Toy Manufac-
turers OF America. Even though
metal restrictions G relaxed
after vi day, less than 8 percent
of the TOYS available this Christ
mas will be metal.
Limit On Steel Rubber Toys
"There will be only a token
showing of wheel TOYS, electric
trains and mechanical toys" saws
James l.. Fri, managing director
of the toy association. The only
metal toy lines which will be
produced in any volume will be
the simplest type of stamped
out metal toys"
Rubber toys also will still be
scarce, and plastic toys viii be
available in about the same voM
ufne as last year. manufacturers
predict. Textile restrictions will
continue to limit production OF
dolls.
The scarcity of toys is further
aggravated by the fact that more
than five million extra children
have been added to the toy age
population as a result of the high
wartime pirthrate, purchasing
power is at peak level, and pro-
duction still has moi reached high
gear.
Games Are Plentiful
Most plentiful on the toy list
will be games-all the old fay-
orites such as Rock, Pit and
Finch. as we'll as newer and fan
cier word games, and the COM
petitive board games such as
Monopoly Camelot and Bononza.
A limited supply of dart games
is available, and t%oylands will
start off with some miniature
croauet and bowling games.
The l945 Christmas doll is go
ing to be hard to find, but when
YOU find her she may have NOV
able eyes once more and say
"Mama." She'll have an extern
sive wardrobe, too, and perhaps
hair that can be combed.
Babyette dolls, exact models OF
a newborn baby, arc available
with elaborate layettes. with or
without bassinets, and in twin,
triplet or %quadruplet eombina-
lions.
In the masculine gift line.
many long-missing items will be
available in time for Christmas.
These include new streamlined
fountain pens, watches, sports
equipment, bar equipment, pure
silk ties and maybe-if you are
lueky-White shirts.
And of course. now that shoe
rationing is ended, the most pop
ular gift, next to nylons, will be
new shoes for all the family.
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