The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-15

for the following groups of food
products: Breakfast cereals, cam
ned fish, coffee, sugar, cooking
and salad oils, canned vegetables,
dried fruit, lard, rice, hydrogenat-
ed shortcomings and other shorten
ings. The action, which will result
in Slightly higher" prices for
consumers, was taken to relieve
pressure on wholesalers and re-
tailers caught between March quo
tations under the General Regu-
lations and the amounts they must
pay producers. Mr.. Henderson
said the groups of food affected
represent about Is percent of all
food purchased in the nations
$4,000 food stores. Mr.. Hender-
said said American housewives
should check the prices of food
brought under price control last
week by making a list of prices
paid from September % to Octo-
Der 2 for the various items of the
same quantity and quality.
Civilian Supply
The War Production Board cut
production Of flashlight batteries
80 percent and other types of dry
cell batteries 10 percent from last
year levels. The Board announced
that construction using non-metal.
lie materials and equipment to in.
sulate buildings so that fuel can
be saved may be undertaken with
out specific authorization. The
order will not apply to %construc-
ton begun prior to January I,
1943. No heavy forged hand tools,
such as bars, hammers, picks, ETC.,
which do not conform to the size,
type, grade, finish, weight and
quality established by WPB, may
be produced except on approval
of the Board. The WPB ruled that
plastic tubes are not acceptable as
turn-ins for new tubes of tooth
. paste and shaving cream, and cut
the percentage of tin which may
be used in t%oothpaste tubes and
shaving cream tubes.
War Grimes
President Roosevelt &c. "'rha
barbaric crimes being tnmitted
by the envy against "Hilian POP
ulatione occupied countries"
are, cont ing, and "J now de.
clare it to = the intention of the
Gov = nent nat the successful
r. % % the W. include provisio,
- Ike surrender to the United
Nations of war criminals . The
per- ctrators of these crimes shall
answer for them before the courts
Of law"
Price Administrator Henderson
has completed major details of
the tire conservation program and
this week limited the passenger
vehicles of the nation to five tires
apiece and set November 9 as reg
istration for nationwide gasoline
rationing.
Effective November % every
motor vehicle will be under gaso.
line rationing and every a will
be subject to periodic tire inspcc-
ton, and every m~otorist must
come within the five-tire limit.
Violation of any of these regu.
lations or the 35 mile an hour
speed limit will mean less gasoline
for the violator.
But, If everybody abides by The
rules and if the rate Of tire wear
is thus held to the absolute min
imum, Mr.. Henderson promised
that enough tires and recaps will
be available to keep essential We
hicles rolling.
All motorists will be entitled 10
apply to their local boards for re-
caps, but whether tho get them
or not depends on low they use
their cars and the status of the
rubber supply.
All passenger cars and some
trucks, but not all trucks, will be
subject to the five-tire limit.
When motorists start register
ing November 8 they will also be
required to file tire inspection GER
tificates and list the seria! num-
bers of all the tires they own. If
more than five. are listed for any
one car, the motorists will be de-
MED gasoline rationing books un-
til they have sold the excess to the
Federal Government.
The November 9 registration
will be for basic "A coupon books
which provide for 16 gallons OF
gasoline "a month -. enough to
drive 1880 miles a year. Motorists
may apply for supplemental ra-
tions then if they wish, but extra
gasoline is provided only for es-
sential driving.
The tire-gasoline program meets
all the recommendations made re-
Gently by President Roosevelt's
special rubber investigating com.
mi % headed nv BERNARD M Pa.