Smyrna times., 1943-05-27
STAMPS Is & 16
CANNING SUGAR
Good For Five Pounds of
Sugar for Home Canning;
Good Until Oct. 31st
REVISED PROGRAM

According to a revised OPA pro-
gram, stamps numbered Is and 16
in War Ration Book One will each
be good for five pounds of sugar for
home canning. Consumers will OBJ
tain this sugar by taking their ra-
tion books to retailers. Stamps Is
and 16 became valid on May "a,
and may be used for obtaining cam
ming sugar in amounts of 5 pounds
on each stamp through October 81,
1943. The change in the program
for obtaining sugar for home cam
ming to relieve local boards of a
heavy load of work, since, under
the new arrangement, only the re-
latively few families who require
more than ten pounds of sugar per
person for home canning will make
application to the boards. This
amount of sugar, explained OPA,
will put up as much fruit as most
families will be able to can or in
tend to use. At the allowed rate
of one pound of sugar to four
quarts of finished fruit the ten
pound-per-person allowance would
provide each person with 40 quarts
of canned fruit. Most families, it
was pointed out, have the use of
several ration books, and even
where the canning budget includes
the making of some jams and jel-
lies, it is estimated that the sugar
available to consumers will be ade-
quate.
Less Than Ten Pounds
Where home Gamers require less
than 10 pounds of sugar but an
amount other than 5 pounds, they
will apply to their local boards for
the exact amount needed. The ap-
plication must be in writing and
may be sent by mail. No change
has been made in the rate at which
sugar for canning will be made
available-one pound for each four
quarts, or eight pounds of finished
fruit, and five pounds per person
Goi making jams and jellies with
q total not to exceed 25 pounds. In
exceptional cases where consumers
require more than the ten pounds
of canning sugar obtainable with
sugar stamps in War Ration Book
One, application for additional al
lotments may be made at local ra-
ton boards, after they have used
stamps Is and 16 in all the books
in their possession. Application to
the boards must be in writing-one
application per family unit-and
may be mailed or presented in per-
son. Each application must be ac-
companed by Ration Book One for
any person for whom application is
made, and should, in addition, pro-
vide boards with the following in
formation:
luIOTlndUIOn DESIRED
1. The number of quarts (or
pounds) of processed foods the ap-
plicant and members of his family
unit have produced since March l
of this year with sugar already OBJ
tanned for home canning, either
with stamps in War Ration Book
One, or by previous application to
the Board.
2. The amount of sugar on hand
for home canning.
3. The amount of sugar that has
been obtained for making jams and
jellies.
4. A statement that all sugar OBJ
tanned for home canning will be
used for this purpose, and at the
prescribed rate-an average of one
pound for four quarts (or eight
pounds) of finished fruit, and five
pounds per person for jellies and
jams).
5. Any other information the
board may require.
Boards will issue sugar canning
coupons or certificates for ten
pounds less than the total require
ment (10 pounds may be bought
with stamps in War Ration Book
One)-and will record on the cover
of each persons ration book the
amount and date of su ar allotted.
If application is made after Octo-
ber 81 (the date on which stamps
Is and 16 in the sugar book expire)
and no sugar has ben previously
granted, or bought with stamps Is
and 16, boards may issue coupons
for the fall canning requirement
in no case more than 25 pounds per
person.
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