The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-04-30
Etyites Sign Up Monday
Through Thursday at
Grade Schools.
WHEN TO REGISTER.
WHEN TO REGISTER.
Persons whose last names
begin with the letters:
A through E-Monday.
F through k-Tuesday.
L through O-Wednesday.
r through Z-Thursday.

Ely people will register fol
their war ration books at the
Washington and Lincoln grade
school buildings on Monday
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of next week.
/ The registration covers a
four-day period so that there
will be ample opportunity for
everyone to sign ur.
The hours of registration are from
to 9 p m. daily. Teachers in the
two elementary schools will act as
registrars. Persons should register at
the school nearest them.
First use for the books will be to
secure sugar, but it is understood that
they will also be employed to secure
other articles lined up for future
rationing.
1t is necessary to know TO the pound
the amount of white and brown
sugar in possession of the household
on the day of registration
The AMOUNT of SUGAR will be
divided by the NUMBER of persons
in the family unit, and stamps will
be torn out by the registrar for ALL
SUGAR in EXCESS Of TWO
POUNDS per person.
No ration book will be issued any,
one who possesses sugar above a nor
NAL inventory requiring removal of
more than FOUR stamps from a war
ration book
Issuance of the ration book will be
held up temporarily.
Hoarders will be penalized by
NOT GETTING a book at all or
by having stamps torn from their
books before receiving them from
the registrar.
Registrars will seek the fol-
lowing information from ap-
plicants for war ration books:
Name, address, height, weight,
color of eyes and hair, age,
sex.
Persons registering for a family
unit (see questions and answers on
the rationing in an adjoining column)
will be required to give ALL THIS
information for EACH MEMBER of
the family unit and state their rela-
tionship to each person for whom
they are registering.
This information should
be presented in written form
compiled in advance to
speed up the registration
and to avoid errors.
Next sought is statement on total
amount Of white and brown sugar in
any form owned by the family unit.
This amount will be expressed in
pounds. Persons registering as an in
dividual will state amount of sugar
owned as an Individual
Then the applicant win sign the
application blank recording ell this
information, and in signing it will
certify that he has been authorized
to make this application on behalf of
the person named and described in the
application, that no other application
for a war rationing book has been
made by or on behalf of such person,
and that the statements made are
true and correct.
With the information on the appli-
cation blank the registrar will deter
mine the number of stamps, if any, to
be removed from the book or books
that are being issued the applicant.
The war ration book contains a
physical description of its owner With
1t is an instruction sheet on "How to
Use Your Ration Book"
If, for example, a family unit is
issued five ration books, stamps should
be removed from each of the books
when sugar purchases are made and
not from just one until they are
gone. This is because each person
has determined unit of sugar
that can be purchased for him.
Stamps should be removed only
in the presence Of the store clerk,
or in case of a delivery in the
presence of the person making the
delivery.
Persons entering a hospital for
more than 10 days must turn their
war ration book over to the persor
in charge, to be returned upon leav-
ing the hospital. Hospitals may pur-
chase sugar only in quantity that is
represented by the books Of inmates.
They may also be allowed an addi-
tional amount.