Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-11-19
NEWS FROM THE
RATION BOARD
Nov. 23rd Last Date For Buy
ing Oil on l. o. U. Basis;
Stores to Register
MUST HAVE RATION BOOK

No. Attention All Users of
Fuel Oil-November % is the last
day on which deliveries of fuel oil
may be made to customers on an
LOU. receipt basis. After this
date deliveries of oil may be made
only in return for coupons equival-
ent to the amount of the delivery.
This means that all consumers of
fuel oil must get their applications
in to their local rationing boards
Immediately in order that these ap-
plications may be processed and
ration coupons distributed to en-
able those who may need fuel oil
to purchase same on and after No
vember %.
Stamp No. 81 For Coffee
No. 2-Coffee. All persons and
commercial houses who sell coffee
to the consuming public at a profit
must register with their local ra-
tioning board on November 23rd,
oath or 25th. By so doing they
will be enabled to receive their al
loted inventory for the next two
month period. Those who fail to
register will not be eligible to re-
ceive such an inventory.
No. 3-Stamp No. 81. Stamp No.
II in War Ration Book No. 1 will
become valid at 1901 o'clock, No
vember %, for the purchase of 1
Id. of coffee per person for all
those who are over Is years of age.
All retailers selling coffee should
check the data on the face of War
Ration Book No. 1 to see to it that
those who seek to buy coffee are of
the prescribed age limit of Is.
Stamp No. u will be valid for a
five week period, at value of l lb.
of coffee per person.
Illegal Use of Book
No. illegal Use of War Ration
Book No. l.. Persons in this Board
area are again reminded that War
Ration Book No. l, which was is
sued to men or women who have
gone into the Armed Forces since
the book was issued, must be re-
turned to the rationing board at
once. 1t is also necessary to re-
turn the ration books of deceased
members of the family within a
period of five days after that per-
sons demise. Under no conditions
should such books be retained for
period exceeding Is days. 1t is
hoped that the speedy return of
tese overdue War Ration Books
may be effected on a voluntary
basis by some other member of the
family. Should this not be the case
it will become necessary for the
OPA to exercise its enforcement
powers in this matter.
Needed For Fighting
The public is reminded that 2300
lbs. of sugar are required for mil
itary purposes in the firing of every
5-inch shell. Should these illegally
possessed War Ration Books be re-
tanned for use unlawfully by per-
sons other than those to whom the
books were originally issued, it
would mean that thousands of
pounds of sugar and coffee would
be illegally consumed. In time
such practice might defeat the
whole aim and practice of the ra-
tioning program. To even contem-
plate the illegal use of these books
constitutes a direct violation of
the spirit of rationing.
All Must Have Ration Book
War Ration Book No. l will be
used to ration coffee and will also
be used to issue War Ration Book
No. 2, and may be used to ration
other commodities. 1t is, there
fore, essential that every individual
have a War Ration Book No. /, re-.
CARELESS of whether or not he buys
sugar or coffee. No one who does
not have War Ration Book No. l
will be eligible to receive War Ra-
ton Book No. 2 when it is time for
this second book to be issued. War
Ration Book No. may be btain-
ed by proper application to your
lcal rationing board Office.