Evening star., 1943-09-05

governs the rationing of sugar
and shoes.
Blue Stamps, War Ration Book No.
2-To be used for canned fruits,
canned vegetables, fruit juices.
soups, frozen foods. catsup, etc.
Stamps lettered r, S and IT are
valid now and will remain good
through September 20.
Those marked U, V and w be-
came good Wednesday and will
remain valid through october 20.
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
Coupons x, Y and z are good
now and through October 2.
A stamps in War Ration Book
3 drown stamps are good be-
ginning September IL and through
October 2.
Servicemen of the United States
or Allied nations may obtain
special food ration certificates If
going on leaves of 72 hours or
longer A "furlough ration unit"
certificates good for points of
canned goods, points of meats
or fats, and Il pound of sugar
will be issued the serviceman for
each three days of his leave or
fraction thereof.
War Ration Book No. 3-Mem-
bers of the armed services who
are eligible to use ration stamps
should mail their applications for
the new ration books to the OPA
Mailing Center, Chicago, H., by
Saturday, September H. They
may obtain the forms from their
commanding officer.
These books have been mailed
to all civilians in the District who
completed their applications prop
erly and returned them by last
June 10.
Civilians who have not received
their new book in the mail should
apply to their local ration boards.
Those who mailed their applica-
tlon to the OPA on or before last
June 10, but still have not received
their book, should take with them
to the ration board the identifica-
tion stub they detached from that
application. Brown stamps in the
new books will be used for meats,
ETC., beginning September IL. One
set of new stamps will become
valid each Sunday after that date.
Sugar-Stamp No. IA is good for 5
pounds and will remain valid
through October 81.
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 5 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. In any
event, not more than Is additional
pounds will be allotted to a family.
Fuel Oil-Period No. ! coupons for
next seasons ration may be used
now or at any time before next
January 5.
Be sure to note whether the
value printed on the face of each
coupon is stated in gallons or units.
The period No. coupons are good
for 10 gallons per unit.
Coupon No 5 from last seasons
allotment is still valid and may be
used anytime through Septem-
Der 80. Each unit represents 10
gallons.
Gasoline-All old-type B and Ccou-
pons (those in books numbered
SGT, 527A, 528 and 528Al became
invalid September l.. Motorists
who still have some of these cou-
pons should exchange them
through their local ration board
for the new-type BIS and C,s.
The swap will be on a coupon for
coupon basis.
Ration boards in the District
open at 9 am. all weekdays and
close at 4:30 pm, except on Satur-
days, when the closing hour is
noon.
Motorists may handle the ex-
change of coupons by mail, but
the District OPA warns that this
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