The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-02-11
Covers Point
.Rdfioning
In Detail
.
Mysteries of New
System Fully Explained
By Local Official.
REGISTERING CIVILIANS
STARTS ON FEB. %

Rationing of commercially carr
ned, bottled and frozen fruits and
vegetables, including juices, nj
soups, and dried fruits, under TIE
point system will begin Monday
March /, 1t was announced by H. B.
Wallace, clerk of the local WaF
Price and Rationing Board.
Retail sales of the foods to BE-
rationed will be suspended as Of
midnight Saturday, Feb. 20, and
registration of the civilian popula-
ton for War Ration Book Two will
be conducted during the three days
beginning Monday, Feb. q.
The first ration period will cover
the month Of March. Each holder
of War Ration Book Two, except
those possessing more than the al
loWable maximum Of five cans, will
have 48 points to "spend" for the
rationed foods when retail selling
resumes on Monday, March /.
These 40 points will be represent
ed by blue stamps bearing the serial
letters "a 4tB' and "c". This gives
each person three 8-point stamps.
three 5-point stamps, three 2-point
stamps and three 1-point stamps
Stamps for succeeding months will
be used in alphabetical order, but
the exact number of points to be al
lowed will not be disclosed until
the middle of the preceding month.
Official point values for the more
than 200 food items covered by the
prosessed foods program will be-
made public as soon as retail sales
have been frozen" AT the same
time, distribution will begin of the
official table OF point values which
each grocery store must display
prominently for the information of
its customers.
Registration sites will be an
nounced by the local War Price and
Rationing Board. In some areas
where population is scattered wide
| ly and weather conditions make
travel difficult, local boards are au-
thorized to use the mails.
The procedure for obtaining War
Ration Book Two is extremely SIM
pie One member of a family may
apply for all by presenting a copy
Of War Ration Book One for each
person.
The applicant must present a
consumer declaration" of canned
goods and coffee on hand. One
declaration will cover all members
of a household. Point stamps will
be removed from the ration book
for all canned goods in excess of
five cans for each person.
The following need not be de-
clared Canned olives, canned meat
and fish, pickles, relish, jellies,
jams and preserves, spaghetti, mac
aroni and noodles, or home-canned
foods.
Copies of the declaration sheet
will be made available to all news
papers by Feb is. Householders
may clip these sheets from the
newspapers if they desire, or may
use declaration sheets available at
registration points.
OPA officials emphasize that the
removal of stamps from the ration
book is in no sense a penalty. 1t is
recognized that many families GUS
tomarily buy canned goods in guam
tity, especially in rural areas, so
that any implication of boarding is
completely unjustified However, it
is pointed out that heavy penalties
may be assessed if false information
is given on the consumer declara-
ton sheet
Restaurants hotels, hospitals and
other institutional users" will reg
lister for their aiiotments during the
first ten days of March Details
will be announced later by the local
MpR board
Retail stores and wholesalers of
rationed foods are not required to
rnoicfe,. until Apri1 1-10