Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
|Poinfless Meats
To Continue
During June
VoIues for Cheese
Cut; Other Items
| Put on Free List
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Meats now ration-free will
continue so through July 1 the
ONCE Of Price Administration
said today in announcing these
principal changes, effective sun
day. In the point values on other
commodities:
Canned carrots, orange iuice.
grapefruit Juice and blended orange
and grapefruit Juice are added to
the long list Of point-free processed
foods.
All varieties of cheese and cheese
products are reduced 2 points 4
pound to new value of 10 points.
The point cost Of canned evan
GRATED and condensed milk is f1alved.
cropping from point per pound to
a half point.
The only increases ordered are for
pineapple juice, up 3 points to is
Tor a No. Q can, and grape iuice.
boosted 4 points to 10 for a pint
container.
Butter stays at 10 points q pound
and margarine at . points.
Choice beef steaks and roasts con.
tinue to be the only meat cuts re-
quiring ration stamps. Values ara
unchanged with one exception--
chuck steaks and roasts are. cut 4
points a pound Flank steak re.
mains point-free.
All grade d beef Is removed from
rationing for the June period. but
OPA said very few steaks and roasts
OF this lower quality are sold at re-
tail. Most Of the meat from, these
animals Is made into hamburger
and sausage.
In continuing the ration free.meat
bargains the agency said overall
civilian supply for June averages
3lO, 136, 900 pounds q week. a 9.6 per
cent increase over the .282 1850 600
pounds a week in May.
Supply Is More Plentiful.
Beef, veal, lamb, mutton and va
riety meats win be In more plentiful
supply in the new period. PORK.
while stin coming to market ii
amounts exceeding demand, viii fail
| slightly in volume.
ALLEGATIONS OF cheese for june
total 81 DOC, 900 pounds, as compared
with $1,000 900 pounds for May ac-
counting for the 2-point reduction
In ration values. s.
An increase to so per cent In the
butter set aside for the Army ard
Navy reduced the monthly aIloca-
ton for civilians to- 1888. O0f O0f,
pounds from las, 000,O 900 in Nav
when 40 per cent of production WsS
put aside. This tightens the SUNNY
but the overall distribution situa-
ton rs regarded as good, !" OPA
said.
It explained that the point yaiiIe
OF evaporated milk is being cut in
half because with most meats re-
moved from rationing only 30 red
points instead of go are being VAL
idated each month.
Eyaporated milk is an important
Item IN infant feeding and halyinr
the point value will permit purchase
OF the same amount with so points
as previously could be bought with
CO." OPA said.
The point increase for pineapple
juice and grape juice reflects short
supply and too rapid movement into
consumption. Slow movement. on
the other hand, brought the add.
ton of carrots to the list of poirt-
free canned vegetables. Carrots 90
to zero rating from 3 points for a
No. can.
In making citrus juices available
without ration stamps, OPA said
the supply this season was larger
than had been expected and that
the new pack was about a month
ahead of schedule.
Current values, eliminated beein-
ming Sunday, are 3 points for a
No. Q can of orange juice, point
for No. 2 can of grapefruit Juice,
and 3 points for a No. q can of
blended orange and grapefruit
juice.