The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-09-04
Ration Reminder


valid through September p. B and
c coupons expire according to dates
on individual books. All gasoline
coupons in the possession of car
owners must be endorsed with the
owners license number and state
of registration.
Sugar-Stamp No. IA good for
five pounds through October.
Stamps Nos. Is and is are GOOD
for lbs. each for home canning
through October 81.
Housewives may apply to their local
ration boards for more if neces-
sary.
Shoes-Stamp No. IS q pair) is
valid through October 81.
Stoves-Consumer purchases of
rationed stoves must be made with
a certificate obtained at local war
price and rationing boards.
Meat, etc.-Red stamps X and Y
valid through October 2. z be-
comes valid September 5, and re-
mains valid through October 2.
Processed Foods-Blue stamps R,
S and T remain valid through Sep
.tember 20. U, Y and w become
valid September 1 and remain
valid through October 20.
Hershey Shows order Of Induction
The selection of men needed for
the armed forces and the defer
.ment of men required for agricul-
.ture, war production and war sup
porting activities are much more
difficult in the days when we had
ample men from which to choose. .
said Major General Lewis B. Her
.shey, Director Of Selective Service
i'm a recent letter to local boards.
He said, available men will be
called for induction in the follow
ing order-D single men without
.dependents-(2) single men with col
lateral dependents-(3) married
men without children - (D men
with children (nondeferrable ac-
Invites and occupations)-(5) men
with children"
Small Engines to Farmers
Distribution of about $4,000 air
land HQuid-cooled internal combus-
.tion engines of 20-horsepower and
under will be controlled by county
farm rationing committees. Prefer
.ence rating certificates will be is
sued to farmers or operators OF
farm machinery for hire, based on
the need for the engine in essen
tial production Of crops, livestock
land livestock products, poultry and
.eggs, and bees. When the farmer
receives such a preference rating
certificate, he can take it to his
local dealer and buy the engine.
Drops BOmbs-Gathers Corn
When the B-24 Liberator bomber.
''Lemon Drop" Of the u. S. Army
Ninth Air Force came back from
its bombing mission of bombing
oil refineries at Ploesti.
corn stalks were clinging to its
bomb bay doors. The bombardier
Captain Herbert Light, Anes, Iowa,
.observed-"Why back in Iowa
you'd have to fly % feet off the
ground to get above the corn tops.
No risks involved in that. But
when you're heading for target
lin the Rumanian oil and corn
country, you've got to tear along
about six feet off the ground to
skim the corn tops"
Some Boots Are Ration Free
Certain kinds of rubber boots
useful in farming and similar
work but no longer being manu-
featured for general use have been
released from rationing by a re-
cent OPA amendment. All olive
'drab clay, or khaki colored rubber
boots, all over-the-shoe rubber
boots and all lightweight ankle
fitting rubber boots which depend
upon stretch at the ankle for fit
ting are included in the order.
However, quantities will be small
because dealers do not have COM
plete stocks on hand.
10 Help You Get Truck Tires
If you own a truck and have
tire rationing certificates but can
not locate the proper tires within
your county, you may apply to the
nearest Motor Transport District
office of the Office of Defense
Transportation for assistance, the
ODT has reported.
Price Support for Sweet Potatoes
To encourage farmers to cure
and store as much as possible of
this years expected crop Of 81 mill
lion bushels of sweet potatoes, far
mers viii be assured a minimum
of S150 per bushel for U. S. No. 1
or better grade cured sweet pota-
toes properly packed in bushel
crates, baskets or hampers and Of
fered during January, and $1.65
per bushel beginning February /,
1914. Prices of u. S. sweet potatoes
containing not less than rs percent
No. quality will be Is cents per
bushel less than the above prices.
Farmers desiring information con-