The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-05-14
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly BY Consumers
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, d. c.
WAR ORDERS ON GOODS
CONSUMS BUY AND USE

Welcome news for home Gamers is
the announcement that , pounds Of
sugar will be allowed each person hold
ing Il sugar ration book, for canning
fresh fruits and vegetables for home
use, the Consumers Council Division Of
the L. $. Department Of Agriculture
reports
That means that if you have ) in
your family you can get - pounds Of
sugar to put up the foods you grow
in your Victory Garden. But if you live
on the East Coast north of Virginia,
you can have only one pound per per-
son during May and June. because Of
local sugar shortages. Later in the
summer more shuold be available for
home Gamers in this area.
Save your old ZipperS To use again,
warns the Consumer Division of OPA.
To conserve copper, steel, and zinc Il
recent WpB order reduced the amounts
of metal Upper makers could use, ban
| iShed neck-to-hem zippers, Zippers on
| footwear, pocketbools. corsetS, furni-
] tult toNtIS. SloN'N. anu lbII- ilNI VI
other products. There will be enough
slide fasteners for the really useful
garments like work jackets, skirts and
| trousers though.
It's a good idea to save hooks and
eyes and SnapperS, too, because steel
and zinc used in making them will
be cut in half this year.
TO stretch the limited amount Of
elastic thread we have on hand, cor
sets. girdleS. and brasSeres will have
about half as much rubber yarn in
them as formerly. according to a WIPE
order. Cutting down the strength will
double the number of garments that
can be made from present yarn sup
day when you have to do without them.
officials estimate.
Begin to plan on sharing your phono-
graph records with your neighbors, or
cause from now on manufacturers are
going TO make only 80 per cent as
many new ones as formerly. That's to
save our Shellac, that used to come
almost entirely from India, for muni-
tionS, signal flares and other vital
military uses.
Clean up your heating equipment,
coat parts that might rust with grease
or oil or paint to preserve it against
summer deterioration, advises the Con
sumner Division of OPA. If it needs re
pairs, do it now. And don't wait till
fall to order necessary new parts They
may not be available them.
Converting to Wartime Habits
Sooner or later you'll have to learn
many ways To do without goods and
services needed for war. Here are some
peacetime habits YOU can change. and
some wartime habits you can adopt
suggested by Consumers Guide publ
cation of the Consumers Counsel Di-
vision of the /. $. Department of Ag-
culture. Don't YOU want To check the
peacetime habits YOU now have, and
then check the wartime habits YOU are
going to acqurei
Peacetime Habits
You have all the things YOU buy
delivered to your home { }.
You buy all the soups you serve in
tin cans { J.
You have seldom made dishes of
dried peas and beans J, desserts Gf
dried fruits( J.
You frequently forget To turn off
lights when You leave Il room or the
/ house { }: leave tn" radio going
when you are not listening 10 pro
grams J.
You like the house warm in winter.
keep ii around SO degrees most OF the
time { J.
You have been pretty careless about
using fuel when YOU cook { !. usually