The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1943-03-20
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SEEDS NOT RATIoNEn

SEEDS NOT RATIONED
Peas, beans and lentils when
bought exclusively for use as
seed are exempt from the pro-
ceSsed foods rationing program
and do not require the surren-
der of either point stamps or
ration certificates, according to
OPA.
SUBSTITUTE COAL OR WOOD
Fuel oil users who would be
entitled to receive auxiliary ra-
tons of 100 gallons or more for
heating purposes will not be is
sued such rationS If they can
obtain the extra heat from coal
or wood stoves, OPA announced
recently. This order applies to
private home owners, apartment
house and cold-water flat oper-
atorS, industrial plants heated
by oil, and all others who burn
oil for heat. To prevent hard
ship, the order provides for GER
tain exceptions.
STOCKING PRICES REDUCED
Reductions of from S to 40
cents per pair for rayon stock
ings have been announced by
the OPA. New prices, which will
be put into effect by mid-April
at all sales levels, will represent
cuts averaging is per cent.
Stockings made to the stand
ards of OPA, as set for Grade
"a" hosiery, will contain fea-
lures designed to lengthen the
life and improve the service of
the hosiery such as reinforce
ments in the foot and welt (top)
and a minimum number of
stitches in the leg to prevent
"skimpy' construction.
PRODUCTION OF
WAR MATERIAL
January production of GER
tain types of war material, TO-
600 aircraft bombs of 1000
pound size or larger-enough
to bomb the enemy for thirty
days at the rate of 1900 bombs
a day: approximately 5000 air
planes, more than IS per cent
of them of combat type; equip
ment for ground and air forces
-3h times the rate of January
1912; $4,000 carbines; 10000
garand rifles; $1,000 .50-calibre
aircraft machine guns; 1000
20-mm. aircraft cannon; and
$1,000 sub-machine guns.
GARDENING MATERIALS
SUFFICIENT
Supplies of essential garden
| tools, seed, and insecticides are
reported to be sufficient to
meet the needs of the expanded
victory garden program, but
there are none to waste, the
USDA has announced. Wasting
seeds, tools, fertilizer, or insec-
ticides is never desirable and
in wartime is to be condemned.
BANKERS HELP ON LOANS
Local bankers will be asked
to sit with county USDA war
boards and other credit agen-
cies of the Department in con-
sidering applications for reg
ional Agricultural Credit Cor
poration loans to make more
certain that the loan program
will not be competitive with To-
cal agencies extending credit
to the farmer.
NEED MEN FOR
WATER TRANSPORT
Men in non essential occupa-
tons who have actual sailing
experience are urged to accept
I employment in some essential
war transportation activity.
The tightening labor situation
in inland waterways threaten to
become critical in the near fu-
ture because of proposed oil
transportation over lake and
inland routes.
CEILINGS ON HERRING
Maximum prices for process
sors' sales of salt-cured herring,
a staple for many low-incone
families, have been established
by OPA. Prices to the domestic
consumer, which will be estab-
lished under wholesale and re-
tail fixed margin regulations,
will remain about where they
are now.
Ceilings for the herring (ale-
wiyes), which are caught along
the Atlantic Coast, in the Ches-
apeake Bay, and in the rivers
of Virginia and North Carolina
in March, April and May are
based on a price of $40 per
thousand to the fisherman.
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