The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-03-26
New Foods Included Under RaiiOning
System Starring Monday. 0PA Orders

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feeds wn 60 o. sale Menday
unsw the rauonins efa
Ths fact that there "a a No
previous ~afning Of tae treenine
Of TIE ase 81 butter and fais pre-
chadcd any boarding b house
wives and many NtTn csught
With lstsie aF ne reserve II has
been kneswn for several WEEKS
that uyest cheese and cannSd
fish could he bought only 81 tbs
expenditure % points beginning
Monday @nd these Aesns have
been fruxen for the past ulonth
bat butter and fats and related
iterrlx were sddcd to the last hy
an order ma6c public Sunday n
ternoan TIE red stamps in Wa
Ration Book No ; viii ~ used
for the purchase Of foods Ia this
list
Tire freezing Of sales toF the
week proceeding the raiionine
was necessary because at the Inn
tied supply 81 these ieods which
would not Sand 3 wefk Of fren
zicd buying by persons enaeavar
ing 10 lsy in a supply prior 10 the
curtailed sales, OpA officials OK
planned
Due 70 the fact that from urse
60 time certain shelves ia gro
cery stores in this ares arr empty
and shoppers have become more
or less accustomed 10 depleted
stocks the disappearance al lard
and oiis and even butter failed
90 excite the general public Mon
dsv morning Those who had
been caught short were inclined
90 be philosophical about the
whole mstter. The meat cases
were entirely empty IN almost
every store the first part ~ the
week but this had nothing 70 do
with snv freezing Of that product
The meat situation has beer be
coming steadily worse due 20 the
increased population and the de
creased siloimenis and meatless
DAYS are being as universally &C
cepted through force OF circum
stance IS they we're through pa
trfotism during the last war.
Point Vslues Posted
Choicer cuts Of meat viii nat
urally require more points under
rationing than hamburger and
other more common market Of
ferings There will be . limit Of
approximately two pounds per
person each week Point values
viii be posted
Ceiling prices destined 10 cut
the prices Of cabbage, snap beans
and green peas became effective
IN Mississippi last week end Re
tail prices may moi exceed 81
cents = pound for cabbage. 30
cents 3 pound on snap beans and
II cents q pound on green peas
The purpose Of this IS 10 ~ out
price inequalities and bring about
. more even distribution Of avail
able supplies. OPA explained
Tomatoes, carrots. spinach and
lettuce are not covered by this
order but they were previously
controlled to some extent by an
order that the price on the FIRST
two named may not exceed the
highest price charged BY each
seller during the r~uod February
1872 and that the price on let
tuce and spinach cannot exceed
the highest price charged during
the period Of February 1924
Other fresh vegetables are not 81
present under price control reg
uisfiuns
Details Of the order are being
furnished by the state 0PA Of
flee IN Jackson and b the Price
Panel Of the local Va Price and
Rationing Board which Is located
81 go Ker street Mrs Ada
Schaeter IS price clerk al she
board and members Of the Price
Panel are r W Cox. chairman.
Alton Thompson and r z
Schmidt