The Washington herald., 1918-08-02
PLEDGESIGNER
ONLY MAY BUY
CANNING SUGAR
Is Pounds at q Time Limit /;
Two to the Person for
Table Use.

terday oy the District food admlnis-
tration that hereafter sugar for cam
ming and preserving purposes will be
issued only TO housekeepers present
ing certificates signed by the various
recently appointed representatives Of
the administration.
The following instructions we're
sent to every retail dealer In the city:
/. You are permitted to sell sugar
for canning and preserving purposes
mot more than twenty-five pounds at
any one time) upon the signing of q
home Gamers pledge.
After August you are not to sell
sugar for this purpose Of the pledge
slips which you have used heretofore.
Return all Of these pledge slips, sign
ed or blank, then In your possession
to this ONCE.
After August 1 new form of can
ners' pledge will be issued directly to
consumers by this office or by one Of
It's duly authorized representatives,
whose names will be furnished to YOU.
NO pledge must be honored by you
unless 1t has been counterslgned by
the food administrator or by his rep
resentative.
"2. We will redeem such canning
pledges upon which you have actually
sold sugar. giving you an additional
allotment to cover thes sales.
Must Keep Record.
y. All retailers are hereafter re-
quired to KEEP a record of sales of
sugar for ordinary household use.
Record sheets for this purpose will
be sent to you from this office on
or about August l. On this record
the buyer will sign his name and
address and enter the number of
pounds bought. Each time a sale
is made you are requested to call
the buyers attention to the dec
laration at the head Of each sheet.
limiting each household to TWO
p o VI DS PER PERSON PER
MONTH.
"a. Bear in mind that sales for
ordinary household use must be not
more than two pounds at one time,
and at the rate of two pounds per
person per month. Impress this
upon your customers and say to
them that they should use less
sugar. il possible. Encourage the
use of suarg substitutes.
IS. Address all communications
concerning sugar distribution to G..
Thomas Dunlop, Chief of the Sugar
DIVISION. lthis office.
The local representatives au-
thorized by the administration to
sign these pledges are:
Southeast Washington - Mrs. Allan
Davis. 800 Eleventh street; Miss Lydia
Burklin. Friendship House; Mrs. r.
c. Fowler. 100. @ street; Mrs. R. e.
Adkins, 1913 F street; Mrs. Irwin NJ.
Wollett. s4 A street: Mrs. John A.
Glessner, l5s Twelfth street. From
S to Pm
Southwest Washington-Mr. Maurice
Fitzgerald. 512 Four and a Half street:
DR.. Bernard Judd, Seventh and F
streets; Mrs. P. 8. Neigh. Neighbor-
hood House. All day.
Congress Heights-Dr. Edw. Rich
ardson, 1901 Alabama avenue. All day.
Randle Highlands and Twining City
DIR. 3. T. Woodward, Pennsylvania
avenue and Twenty-nfnth street. to
Z pm.
Benning. D. CDR. W. s. Harsel.
Kenilworth - DR.. Mcleod Harvey,
1903 Kenilworth avenue. to pm.
Langdon and Woodridge-John l..
Knopp. Twentieth and Irving
streets.
Brookland-Lloyd H. Van Kirk.
1850 Newton street noreast, to I
p. m.
lexington and North Capitol
Street Section-Dr. s. Laupheimer
73 Florida avenue northwest, all
day.
Columbia Heights. between Florida
avenue and Irvings streets, and
from Sixteenth street to the Rcser-
voir-Mrs. Ida E. Kebler, communit,
secretary, Wilson Normal School, all
day.
Park View-Mr. John G. McGrath,
community secretary, Park View
School. all day.
Petwirth-Mrs. r. F. McElroy. 702
Randolph street CRock Creek Church
road to Randolph street,; Mrs. P. A..
Knox. $3.50 Fifth street (Randolph
street to Taylor: Mrs. ]. c. Ellis.
A2 Varnum street CTaylor street to
UpshuD: Mrs. C.. F. Haden, 1909 Kan
sas avenue (varnum street to Crit
tenden).
Brightwood and Brightwood Park
DIR. G. B. Heinecke, 5s34 Georgia
avenue.
Takoma Park-Maj. D. 8. Fletcher.
1913 Blair road.
Piney Branch and saurs Addition
j. A. Chamberlain, 1902 Emerson
street; to p. m.
MT. Pleasant-Irving to Spring
road. Sherman avenue to Rock Creek
Park: David D. Caldwell, ArgIye
Pharmacy. Seventeenth and Park
road-Gross' Pharmacy. Fourteenth
and Park road; to Up. m.
Chevy Chase, D. C.-Thomas Arm
strong. Chevy Chase Pharmacy; all
day
Chevy Chase. Md.-Mrs. J. c. Ord,
Is Kirk street, 10-11 a. M; Mrs. w. H.
Greeley, 2ls Elm street, $40 a. m. ::
Mrs. A. Bruce Bielaskie, 12 Raymond
street, $40 a. m; Mrs. Barry Mohun,
Maryland Building. s-1o a. m.
Cleveland Park-Dr. John B. Tor
bert, 34l5 Ashley terrace. 81 p. m.
Georgetown-J. A. oliver, The NJ. e.
Mitchell Company, 1045 Wisconsin
avenue: all day.
Conduit road section and TennaIly-
town-Temporarily at the Georgetown
office.
Section Of the district between
Seventh street northwest and Rock
Creek Park from the Mall to O street