Evening star., 1942-03-22
u. 5. Bans Sugar
Sales for Week
For Registration
Public to Enroll
For Rotion Books
Moy a to 7

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 81. - All
sugar sales in the United States
will be halted at midnight April
q for approximately one week,
Government officials announced
today after they had set six days
in April and May for the Nation
wide sugar rationing registra-
ton.
John E. Hamm, acting chief OF
the Office of Price Administrator.
reported that sugar would be of the
market on April % and would not
be available to buyers again until
about May S.
Mr.. Hamm explained that the
ban was ordered as a step prepara-
tory to sales under rationing.
which will go into effect as soon
as the moratorium on sales ends.
Earlier, dates were fixed for the
national Observation-Disclosures in the
history of the United States and
involving every man, woman and
child in the country.
Public Registration in May.
Frank Bane, field chief of the o.
P. A., announced that individual
or family consumers would register
May 4, S, and 7 at public ele-
mentary schools and that whole
salers, bakers, confectioners and
other industrial users would register
April % and 20 at high schools.
The periods for recording the
data concerning $1,000 900 Ameri-
cans were scheduled at a confer
ence of rationing administrators
from the 48 States.
Mr.. Bane reported that it had not
been determined finally whether the
weekly individual ration would be
a half pound or three quarters Of
a pound.
.Ofncials stated it would be the
first general registration of Ameri-
can citizens of all ages and the
largest task of its kind ever under
taken although the census covered
as much ground on a head count
system. 1t can be used as the
basis for rationing of all kinds.
Spokesman said that the registra-
ton would follow this pattern:
Individual consumers will 60 to
designated public schools in their
neighborhoods at hours to be fixed
locally on any of the May dates.
Teachers-probably 1.250000 to l.
500 900 of them-will serve as regis
trars.
Life Of Stamps Limited.
One member of family can
register the entire household. He or
she will fill out and sign an appli-
cation giving the name, age and ad-
dress of each applicant. and the
amount of sugar on hand.
Each person will receive a war
ration book. 1t will contain %
stamps. Each stamp represents a
two-week sugar allotment. THAT
is, each will permit the holder to
buy pound or pound and half of
sugar during the period but the
exact amount has not yet been
determined) If the stamp is not
used in the buying period, it will
not he Uood tberoafte
The registrar will tear out of the
book sufficient number Of stamps
to cover the amount of sugar in
excess of 2 pounds per person on
hand at the time of registra ton.
Consumers will give stamps to store
keepers when purchases are made
and the storekeepers will use the
accumulated stamps. in turn, when
they buy fresh supplies.
1t was estimated that registration
would require 5 minutes per person
registered.
Industrial consumers will use GER
tificates instead of stamps. The
exact formula for their allotments
has not yet been fixed.
o. P. A. spokesmen emphasized
that a number of administrative
details remain to be worked out,
(See SUGAR, Page A-i6)