The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-01

marked for government require
ments only. However, the WPB
has just released these canned
goods into civilian channels.
Except for asparagus and straw
berries, most frozen fruits and
. vegetables of the 1913 pack are
expected to remain about the same
, in price. However frozen aspara-
. lgus will be increased about one
. 1cent pound. And if Mrs. Ameri-
. lea should want frozen Strawberres
with cream, it will cost her three
or four cents more per pound for
berries processed n the 1943 pack.
Mrs. America has the answer
!, to many a war mothers wish {.
, to send picture of the baby to
daddy who's fighting for his
, country on foreign battlefields.
. The War Department has an
nounced that under certain condi-
lions photographs of children un-
der one year of age of soldiers
serving overseas or of children
born after the father left for
overseas duty, may be sent by
lV-mail.
. The regulation form must not
be, altered in any way and the
, photograph is limited in size to
. not more than one-third of the
correspondence space on the "
mail form. The photograph must
, appear on the upper left portion
of the correspondence space. 1t
. may include the mother or some
. other person holding the child.
When Mrs. America goes shop
Iping this month, here are ration
. ling dates for her to remember.
Il Sugar stamp Is in War Ration
Book one remains valid for one
lpound through Aug. Is.
Stamps Is and 16 are good for
five pounds of sugar each to be
fused in home canning.
Red stamps for 16 points of
meats, fats, oils and cheeses, use
able until July 81, are P which
became valid June 81, @ which
will be in effect on July 4 r on
July IL and S on July Is. T.. 'ii
In purchasing canned, frozen
and certain dehydrated foods,
blue stamps K, L, and M remain
valid through July z, blue stamps
lin, P, and @ become valid on
July and may be used through
August z. n. + a.,-@s..+. -e...r. p
4 Those handy cartons used to
carry soft drinks can no longer
be made Manufacture has been
prohibited by WPB order to save
lpaperboard for use by the armed
forces and lend lease, and for
packaging food for civilians. Fur
thermore, restrictions have been
placed on the manufacture of car
tons and wrappers for cigaret
packages, certain wearing appar-
lei, accessories, boxes and rubber
heel boxes. However, Mrs. Am
erica will be glad to know that
the order does not affect paper
shipping sacks or grocers' variety
bags. WPB expects that approx
mately $4,000 tons of paperboard
and 1000 tons of paper will be
saved annually by these conser-
vation measures. . .n"rsgcszs. sE.
III Good news for the coffee
drinkers in Mrs. Americas FAM
lily. In view of the present fav-
orable supply situation, the OPA
has increased the coffee ration
to one pound every three weeks.
STAMP 81 in War Ration Book
One becomes valid for one pound
lof coffee on July 1 and will ex-
lpire on July 81. Stamp % will
be valid from July % to August
I'LL. It is the first time since cof-
flee rationing began, that supplies
have reached a normal level and
that imports to sustain that vol
June can be anticipated.
"Ladies-In-W Waiting" will be in
] lterested in the recent WPB am
lendment which permits matern-
lily dresses to be cut with a six
inch fuller sweep. This increases
the maximum width from 80 to 86
| Inches based on Misses size 16
i and Junior Miss size Is. Wrap
around types may have a maxi
mum sweep of 81 inches. In all
! other respects, however, matern-
lily dresses are subject to the
same regulations and restrictions
Irelating to daytime and suit
dresses. ~ a...-. .sr Pr. " e." q.
i Reversible raincoats for wom-
L len, misses and children hereafter
may only have two pockets on
i the outside and two on the in