Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-21

Registration 10 Begin
In D. {. tuesday for
Ration Book No. !
Housewives Count
Their COINED Goods,
Study Point System

Housewives all over the District
are wistfully counting their treas
ures of canned goods and trying to
absorb the fact that the laissez faire
system of keeping the larder stocked
now belongs to the past
Registration for War Ration Book
No @ which will govern the ration
ing of all foods frozen last midnight,
will begin in LOG District schools
Tuesday. But the number of cans
each person, or each family, has on
hand must be counted as of last
night.
Every one is entitled to have five
cans on hand without having any
coupons deducted from his new ra-
ton book A family of four. for
example, may have 20 cans or jars
of rationed foods piled up on the
pantry shelf Every can in excess
of five per person must be reported
to the OPA.
Items to Be Reported.
The following canned or bottled
items must be reported: Fruits, veg
etables, fruit and vegetable juices,
tomato catsup. chilli soups.
1t is not necessary to count the
following: Any cans less than eight
ounces in weight, pickles, olives, jel-
lies and jams, canned milk, spa
ghetti and macaroni, meats and
fish.
When the count is completed. this
information should be written in
the proper place on the declaration
form which appears In today's Star.
Registrars must also write in the
number of pounds of coffee they
had in excess of one pound per per-
son for persons over ID years of age
on November %, 1912. They must
then state the number of persons
included on a single declaration the
name of each and the serial number
Of the Ration Book No. issued to
each person.
Sample Form In Today's Star.
The consumer declaration that
appears in today's Star is the actual
form to be filled in by applicants.
1t should be clipped out, filled in
at home and taken to one of the
registration centers next week. 1t
may be signed either at home or
at the registration center, but in
any event, it must be signed by
the adult member of the family
who brings it to the school.
The No. 2 ration book will con-
tain blue and red stamps. The red
stamps are being reserved for meat
ratloning, expected around April !.
The blue stamps are redeemable,
along with cash, of course, for the
canned foods which will be rationed
beginning a week from tomorrow.
They will be issued in denomina-
lions of 3, and points. Each
stamp will also be lettered. Stamps
A. B and C, totaling 48 points, may
be redeemed in March.
When the applicant presents his
declaration at one of the schools
next week, he will have to surrender
one 8-point coupon for every can in
excess of five per person he had on
hand last night. Thus, If a person
has three extra cans, he will lose
three 8point stamps from his
March quota. He will retain "a
points worth of 3 and 5 point
stamps, however.
May Lose Future Stamps.
If he has more than three extra
cans, 8-point stamps from future
periods will be taken out of the
book. In no event will a registrant
lose any but 8-point stamps, no
matter how much canned goods he
has on hand. But, if the total num-
Der of excess cans reported is greater
than the number of 8-point coupons
In the whole book, a notation will
be made in the front cover listing
the excess cans for which no stamps
were removed When the next ra-
ton book is issued, an equivalent
number of 8-point stamps will be
torn from it.
Meanwhile, the values of the va
rious fruits, vegetables and other
items on the rationed list remained
a deep secret. OPA announced it
would release the list sometime to-
day for publication in tomorrow's
newspapers. The reason for the ret
icence. it was said, was to prevent
consumers from stocking up on those
foods which are to be given high
point value.
No matter what point value may
be announced for the various
canned foods, registrars will deduct