The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-03-18

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normal meat shortages in certain
areas, do not expect to find every
kind and variety of meat available
in the first day or so Of rationing,
which begins March &c., 1t may take
a few weeks of the new program
to adjust the situation. Rationing
and the future uniform dollarS-and-
cents retail price ceilings assure Mrs.
America of a double-barreled blow
against the black market meat with
its attendant health dangers.
Look for new uniform dollars
and cents prices on rayon stock
ings after April Is. And here's good
news for Mrs. America to whom
rayon is the mainstay of hosiery
needs, because OPA's new uniform
prices will reduce the cost of stock
ings IS to 40 cents a pair, This
new price regulation also should
increase the. wearing qualities for
prices will be pegged to specific
standards, and hose will be graded
accordingly. Certainly Mrs. America
should have no difficulty, in deter
mining the legal ceilings for the
regulation also provides that the
price be stamped on the welt of the
hose: In addition to price, the grade
and other information must be in
dictated. ".-
On the subject of hosiery prob
lens, cosmetic stockings" should
be plentiful. No scarce ingredients
are needed for this cosmetic, which
is rather like liquid powder with a
deeper coloring. Actually, when the
good old summer time comes around
leg makeup is expected to help
stretch the hosiery supply again.
Wash day in wartime may mean
an introduction for some housewives
to the washboard. The housewife
who does not possess washing
machine certainly will not see any
new ones being made, for the tons
of critical materials formerly put
into this equipment has been divert
ed to war production. However, re-
pair parts for old machines are still
being made. But even the metal
wash board is a past number in
household gadgets. Only the small
est amount of metal may be used
in washboards. That's why Mrs.
America will find two tyres from
which TO choose. Boards with glass
scrubbing surfaces in wooden frames
provide one answer. The othe-
is an atwood dashboard held to-
gether with wire. And don't worry
about splinters because this model
is made of hard wood which should
not wear down too readily.
Speaking of doing the family
laundry, don't be surprised if the
old-fashioned iron which is heated
on top of the stove re-enters Mrs.
Americas household. For one thing,
the number of electric hand irons
left on the market is getting smaller
and smaller and none has been made
since last May. At the same time
the wPB is allowing half the normal
amount of pig and scrap iron to
go into the production Of flat irons.
Long ago these were known as sad"
irons-not because of the work of
Anglo-Saxon word, "sad," meaning
pressing, but because of an old
heavy, which was taken to describe
the weight Of the iron.
Attention Victory Gardeners! If
you buy peas beans and lentils for
use as seed, you will not be re-
quired to surrender either point
stamps or ration cetificate. Seed
marked or labelled in accordance
with any applicable federal or state
seed law or in compliance with
standard states in the federal law
are point free for this purpose. The
bulk of supplies of peas, beans or
lentils available as seed is said to
meet these requirements so it should
not be difficult for gardeners to find
planting supplies.
The War Production Board has
simplified the procedure of obtain
ing repair parts for electric ranges