The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1943-06-03
NOW BABY NEEDS
HIS RED STAMPS
FOR CANNED MILK
Evaporated and Condensed Milk
Put on Ration List We'd
nesday Morning
Parents Can Still Salvage About
Nine Points from Baby's
Ration Book

Parents of babies who have been
using his ration book to buy meat,
butter and cheese for themselves, will
henceforth have to use some of the
red points in baby's ration book to
buy canned milk for his feeding form
ula.
This was Unexpectedly announced
when evaporated and condensed milk
went on the list of rationed foods in
Bluffton stores Wednesday morning.
The order was announced Tuesday
night by the Office of Price Admin
istration to conserve diminishing sup
plies of milk for babies and became
effective one minute after midnight.
No actual restrictions were placed
upon the purchase of evaporated and
condensed milk for adult use, but
canned milk will take red coupons
which most adults are expected to
save for meat, butter or cheese.
The ration value of the milk is set
at one point per pound through the
use of red stamps from War Ration
Book No. 2.
Since rationing is intended to re-
duce all nonessential consumption of
canned milk to conserve limited sup
plies for infant feeding and for those
who require it in special diets as well
as persons unable to obtain adequate
supplies of fresh milk, no additional
points will be made available to con-
sumers for canned milk purchases.
Heavy Military Demand
Heavy demand for manufactured
dairy prudcts to meet military re-
quirements has created shortages in
milk supplies for civilian use and
made rationing necessary, the OPA
announcement said.
Requiring the slke If red stamps for
canned milk is expeered TO discour-
age purchases of the milk for hoard
ing or nonessential uses, since most
consumers will want to conserve their
! red stamps for meats, fats and cheese.
AS infant formulas usually require
condensed milk at the rate of one
141a -ounce can day, the new ra-
tioning will mean the surrender of
about seven points week from
baby's ration book Thus parents
who have been using baby's red points
to buy meat for themselves will still
be able to salvage about nine red
points a week from baby's book.
OPA estimated that from three to
four points a week would provide the
amount of canned milk required by
adults, but urged that only persons
unable to obtain fresh milk spend
their points for the limited canned
milk supplies.
Arrange for Special Diets
Persons whose doctors certify that
they require extra amounts of can
ned milk because of illness may ap-
ply to their ration boards for sup
Elemental ration. Hospitals may ap-
ply for extra points allotments for
patients whose diets require addition
al amounts of canned milk.
Although evaporated milk is now
put UP in six-ounce or 14h h-ounce
containers and condensed milk is us
ually sold in containers of IA or ID
ounces, there are many small cans OF
varying weights still available. To
help customers spend their ration
points to the best advantage, OPA
outlined the following rules for ap-
plying points:
ANY NUMBER of small size cans
whose total weight is one pound OF
less may be bought for single point
ONE SIX-OUNCE CAN of mill
has ration value of one point.
/, TWO SIX-OUNCE CANS may be
bought for a single point.
EACH CAN weighing more thar
eight ounces requires one point.