The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-01
.0PA Hikes Ration
Value Of Butter
Il To Is Points
Is third increase and largest
in as many months. Sharp
increases seen in process
ed foods also.

Pinal county housewives can be-
moan the increase in ration cost
of butter this week, following an
nouncement by the Office of Price
Administration that 1t would be
jumped from IL to 16 points begin
ming Sunday.
The increase in butter points is
the third and largest to be made In
the last three months. Original
cost was eight points. OPA ex-
plains this by pointing out that the
amount of butter available for ci-
william use has steadily dwindled
through September.
other announcements by OPA:
Regular cuts of beef, veal and
lamb are unchanged in point val
ne. Some lamb and veal variety
meats have been reduced a single
point.
Eight standard pork cuts, in
cluding center chops and loin
roasts. are increased from one to
two points.
3-Eighteen meat cuts, mostly
variety types such as brains and
kidneys, are now point-free.
4-Some cheeses, including
cream, cream cottage, Swiss and
some others, are increased a point
a pound
The increase in point value on
pork cuts will make the ration cost
OF center cut chops. tenderloin and
loin-center, II points.
In variety cuts removed from ra-
tioning are beef, veal and lamb
mutton brains and kidneys, and
pork ears. tails, kidneys and
snouts. Canned pigs feet and
brains were also eliminated.
In processed foods were seen
these increases:
No. 2 size cans of red sour cher
ries IA to 25). all other cherries
except Maraschino. IA to 23),
grapefruit 10 to 1S); No. 2h size
apricots (27 to 36), figs (13 to 21)
and prunes or plums & to 15).
There is also a rise of three points
quart for grape juice.
No. cans of asparagus are up
4 points, but green and wax beans
were cut points, vacuum packed
whole kernel corn was dropped 4
and other corn Except on the cob
was lowered 3.
Mushrooms, the four-ounce
size, were increased from to
| points.
The new point value table for
processed foods. made public by
the Office of Price Administration,
shows point increases in 8 items
against reductions in 4, but, In
terms of quantities of foods involv-
ed, the point reductions outweight
the point increases.
Temple F. Penrod, district ra-
tioning officer, stated the new Of
ficial table of point values for pro-
cessed foods is the eighth to be is-
sued under rationing and becomes
effective Sunday, October 3.
A comparison of the present
table and the new shows:
Increases in canned or bottled
| fruit items, and in / fruit iuice.
The fruits are up 8 to IL points
for popular can sizes, the Juice
item 3.
Decreases in canned vege-
tables, and point rises in g. The
changes range to points either
way.
No change in frozen foods
One dried fruit item reduced to
0. The present value is 1 point a
pound.
The point advance in 6 canned
fruit items reflects their shortages
of supply and military needs. CT
william supplies are lower than a
| year ago. In order to spread these
available supplies over a longer
period, and to insure fair distribu-
ton. sharp advances have been
made necessary in apricots, cher
ries, (both red, sour, and all 9TH
ers), figs, grapefruit and plums.
Blue stamps from War Ration
Book II have been validated for
use in buying processed foods dur
ing the next ration period starting
next Sunday. Blue stamps U, V,
w will be good through October
20, and the new series x, Y, z may
be used starting October / through
| November 20.