The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-05
Consumer No+es
Issued Weekly by Consumer
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. C.
Food Stamp Plan Expanded

illinois, to the list, needy families IN Z
cities are now receiving surplus foods
under the "Food-Stamp Plan," accord
ing to a recent announcement of the
Department of Agriculture.
The plan is designed to move sur
pluses off farms and, through normal
channels of trade, bring them to needy
families who benefit from better diets
provided by the surplus foods.
Addition of the Illinois city follow
ed an announcement by Secretary of
Agriculture Henry A. Wallace that
the Stamp Plan is to be gradually ex-
panded to other cities in the country
in addition to the 6 where it has been
operating on an experimental basis.
Other areas where the Stamp Plan
is in operation at present are Roches-
ter, New York; Dayton, Ohio; Seattle,
Washington; Birmingham, Alabama;
Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Tin
cluding the city of Shawnee); and Des
Moines, Iowa.
In Springfield, two variations of the
plan, both voluntary are to be tried
out to bring surplus foods to the city's
5000 relief families.
Families now receiving direct relief,
part of which is in the form of groc-
cry orders, will receive the free "blue
stamps" which can be used for pur
chase of any designated surplus foods
in grocery stores. These families will
receive approximately SO cents worth
of the stamps week for each member
of the family.
Other needy families-those on
WPA or getting Social Security pub
lie assistance and receiving cash relief
will be given an opportunity to pur-
chase "orange-colored stamps" for
cash, and will receive free, one blue
stamp for every 2 orange stamps pur-
chased. The orange stamps can be
used for the purchase of any type Of
food, while the blue ones must be used
only for foods designated as surplus" :"
A family must buy minimum of one
dollars worth of the orange stamps
order to receive the free blue stamps.
Grocers receiving the stamps in
payment for food turn them into the
Federal Treasury for cash
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Remember This When You Buy a
Bath Towel
If it's drying power that you are
after when you buy towel, choose
one with plenty of thick, dense pile.
Towels that absorb moisture have a
drying surface that is made up of lots
of loops.
The more Of these loops there are
to the square inch, the better is the
bath towel. Remember, also,sto look
at the loops closely. Those Chat are
short and are made of loosely twisted
yarns will serve you best. Very long
loops have an added disadvantage be-
cause they may catch and pull out, in
creasing the wear on the towel.
A towel that wears well has firm
base, or strong fabric to hold the
loops. One way to tell if the fabric
is strong is to know the number of
threads lengthwise and crosswise. This
information should be given on the la
bel for consumers properly to Judge
the quality Of the towel. You can also
estimate the strength of the base by
holding the towel up to the light and
noticing whether it has firm, close
weave. If the weave is sleazy and
loose, you can be sure the towel won't
wear very long.
Like cans, towel sizes are not stand
ardized. But remember that very large
towels are expensive to buy and to
launder. For children particularly,
it's wise to buy small or medium
sized towels. When you go to towel
sales, you want to make sure that
towel lengths and widths have not
been cut along with price. Examining
the sizes carefully will guard against
deceptive buys.
Ink Spots On The Carpet
If your ink bottle OverturnS and
spills its contents on your rug or car
pet, it's the signal to run for the salt.
Ink spots should be attacked while
still moist. That means you must ap-
ply cornmeal, or salt, or French chalk,
or fullers earth, or talcum powder to
the fresh stain.
Cover the spot with any of these
powders to soak up the ink and pre-
vent it from spreading. Work the
powder into the carpet with a blunt
instrument until it has soaked up all
the ink it will hold. Then remove the
powder and repeat over and over
again until it will soak up no more ink
Don't stop there but make a water
paste out Of the powder and repeat
the process.
If the ink spot still remains, try
soaking the stain in weak solution
Of oxalic acid. This is poison and
should be kept out of the reach OF
children. After applying the acid So
luton, rinse it out of the carpet first
with clear water, and then in water to
which a few drops of concentrated
ammonia have been added.
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