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canned vegetables, fruit juices
soups, frozen foods, catsup, etc.
Stamps marked K, L, and M will
remain valid through July T.
Red Stamps, War Ration Book No. 2
TO be used for all meats, includ-
ing canned meats, and for butter
margarine, lard, cheese, canned
fish, fats and oils and canned milk
Stamps lettered J, K, L and M
are now valid through June 80.
The stamp marked N will be good
until June 80 after it becomes
effective on June 20.
Servicemen of the United States
or Allied nations may obtain
special food ration certificates if
going on leaves of 70 hours or
longer. A "furlough ration unit
certificates good for 8 points of
canned goods, points of meats
or fats, Il pound of coffee, and
u pound of sugar-Will be issued
the serviceman for each three
days of his leave or fraction
thereof.
War Ration Book No. 3-Applica-
tions for this book should have been
filled out and returned last Thurs
day at latest. Those who failed to
return theirs will not be permitted
to register until after August /.
Mailing of new books to those
who have complied with instruc-
tions will begin Tuesday and con-
tinue through July 81
sugar-Stamps Nos. Is and 16 in
Ration Book No. may be used
to obtain sugar for home canning
purposes. Each of these stamps
will be good for pounds through
October 81.
Families needing more than 10
pounds OF sugar per person for
home canning purposes must make
application to their ration boards
for all over this amount. Applica-
ton to the ration board previously
has been necessary in order to OBJ
tain any extra sugar for home
canning. In any event, not more
than Is additional pounds will be
allotted to a family.
These new rules governing sugar
for home canning do not affect
the regular sugar allowances for
general use. Stamp No. 13 is now
valid and will be good for 5 pounds
from that date through August Is
Coffee-Stamp No. "a is good for
l pound and will remain valid
through June 30. Another stamp
will become good on July l.
Fuel Oil-Coupon No. 5 is valid for
10 gallons through September 80.
Householders facing undue
hardship due to abnormal condi-
tions beyond their control may
apply to their local boards for
supplemental rations for domes-
tic hot water.
Consumers who have used their
fuel oil coupons should retain
the coupon stubs until further
notice from the OPA.
Apartment houses, rooming
houses, hotels, and similar resi-
Dental buildings using fuel oil
for hot water may apply to their
ration boards for extra fuel Gil
rations if their basic hot water
needs have increased recently.
Gasoline-Pleasure driving is now
forbidden to holders of all types
of gasoline rations.
No "a coupons are good for
3 gallons each but must last
through July 81.
"B" and &C" coupons, good for
2!2 gallons each, expire according
to dates indicated on the indi-
vidual books.
"T" rations are issued by local
rationing boards after approval is
obtained from local Offices of De-
fense Transportation on the basis
of certificates Of war necessity.
All "T" gasoline rations have
been reduced about 40 per cent
by a new order from the Office
of Defense Transportation EXTEND
ing the valid period of all existing
CT rations from June 80 to July
25. For those essential CONNER
cial services which would be put
out of business by the 40 per cent
cut, priority list of those eligible
for additional ct" allotments now
is being drawn by the War Pro-
duction Board.
New Automobiles-Any one gain
fully employed or doing voluntary
work for the war effort or the
public welfare is eligible to obtain
rationing certificate for the pur-
chase of cars with list price
of over $500, or convertibles, re-
gardless of price. The applicant
must show need for a car to get
to or do his work and must show
that his present car, if any, is not
adequate.
Eligibility for automobiles with
list price of less than $500,
except convertibles, is confined to
persons who can show the need
for car in any of the essential
occupations (such as war workers,
physicians, ministers. etc.) who do
not now have the use of an ade-
Quate car.
New 1912 model passenger cars
with list price of more than
$4,000 and 194l model cars driven
less than 1000 miles are available
without rationing certificates to
any one who has need for a car
in gainful occupation, or who
needs car for volunteer work in
connection with the war effort or
the public welfare. Both dealer
and buyer are required to send
to the OPA inventory unit here
a statement certifying the eligi-
bility of the buyer and giving the
description of the car sold.
Tires-All classes of drivers may
now have tires recapped without
obtaining certificates from their
boards.
All motorists whose gasoline ra-
ton cards are intended to permit
them to drive more than 240 miles
month are eligible for the best
grade of tires. Grade l includes
pre-Pearl Harbor tires, factory
seconds" "change-overs" (tires