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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-02
$4,000 Left
To omcof

Dedham, Mass, Aug. 2.-fUP)-
The win of Woodbury. Rand, mill
lionaire Boston lawyer, provides
800. 900 for the care Of his tomeat.
Buster, and cancels $4,000 In be-
quests 10 nine cousins because
OF their contempth0us attitude and
cruelty toward my eat,' II was
disclosed today.
IN his win, filed for probate here
Rand left $4,000 10 the cat and
$4,000 30 his houSekeeper 10 care
for the enimal. He directed that
any Of his personal property that
the housekeeper, Mrs, Margaret
Thompson might need for the cats
comfort be placed at her disposal,
A resident of BF00kline. Rand
died July 8, The viii was drawn
May rs, 1913, and May !, 1854 he
executed q e0dieil eaneeling orig
inal provisions for the cousins,
The remainder OF his estate, est
mated ut $1,000, 600, was left 10 an
aunt, Mrs, Sarah A. Woodbury. Of
Br00kline,
IN bis viii Rand said
The 10000 Is 10 be used 10 pros
vide comfortable shelter mainte,
nance and care for my shoFtshaiFed
tiger male cat named Junior, and
also called Buster, who Is nov about
eight-yeaFs old,
THE eat Is 10 be IN the home
Of Mrs. Margaret z, Thompson, my
former h0nsekeepeg, Who nndeTs
stands the care Of Buster better
than anyone else, and for whom she
has q great affection,
sAny personal property 81 mine
when would add 10 the comfort Of
Buster, such as my radio, sweaters,
Blankets, three electric fans, his
lBnsteF'sl comb and brush, bis leash
and harness, and his faV0Fite chair,
shall be a. Mrs ThompsoD's dis
poskl,"
TIE late attorney directed that
Mrs. Thompson should receive the
money ~ tie rate Of $4,000 annually,
but added that she was eligible for
Lhe entire $4,000 even " TIE cat
should die IN the nHaT future,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-02
swarm ACROSS
VSTWk RIVER
IN FLANK drive

Moscow, August 2. - (UPl
- The battle for Warsaw
entered its final stages today
as Red Armies stormed
through the eastern suburbs
and swarEned across the Wis.,
tula river I'm n thanking drive,
while far to the northeast
other Soviet Forces opened
an humiliation campaign
against perhaps 100000 Ger
mans trapped in the upper
Battles.
Berlin Breakfasts said
the Russians had captured
Vilkovishki. IL miles from
the east Prussian frontier
and 40 miles southwest OF
Kaunas; and Kalvaria, 20
miles south of Vilkovishki
and about the same distance
from the border.
Frunt line dispatches reported q
triuInphal Russian march Of historic
scope and speed everywhere between
the Baltic and the carpathians. with
the Germans facing catastrophe OF
Stalingrad proportions in Latyia and
EstoGsia where about 20 divisions were
cut eff by q Soviet drive to the sea.
Marshal Konstantin X. Rokos-
s0vslzy's army gathered at Warsaw
for q massive frontal assault on the
Polish capital while his left wing
and The army Of Marshal Ivan 8.
K0nev / Intensified their attacks
along q a00-mile Vistula front south
Of warsaw 10 Krakow.
The Russians were sweeping across
the Vistllla on pontoon bridges.
dinghies, RATS. rowboats, barrels
and logs. Many pont0ons were cap
tured from the Germans. Reports
that they were using amphibious
trucks were untrue.
"A section OF Shapiro's dispatch
was missing. delayed In transmits
sion or held up censorship. which
perhaps dealt with the Vistula
Continued on Page %
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YANKS drive ON PARIS AND BRIT TAVY
REDS STORM into WARSAW SUBURBS
Turkey Sewers Relations With NaZiS
Fan Out From Pontoroson;
Are Well On Road To Rennes

Supreme Headquarters,
AEF, August 2. - (UPl -
Strong American arm0red
forces are slashing through
the northeastern corner Of
Brittany, tanning out in all
directions from captured
POntOr0sOn and threatening
the highway and railroad
hub Of Rennes, headquarters
spokesman said today.
So fluid was the American
advance that the exact
whereabOut Of the most ad-
vanced elements was not
known at headquarters, but
they were believed well on
the way to Rennes, almost
halfway across the Breton
peninsula and 30 miles south
Of POntOrsOn.
Other American units far
ther 70 the northeast cap.
tured ViIledieules-POeIes.
On the British sector, Ger
man resistance was reported
cracking as the Tomnies
drove almost into Villers BO-
cage and cut the Vire-Caen
highway four miles north
east of Wire.
Supreme Headquarters,
AEF, August 2. - (UP) -
American tanks and infan-
trymen poured through the
shattered German battle
lines on the roads to Paris
and Brittany today, and
Prime Minister Churchill re-
vealed that the doughboys
already may be nearing the
big communications hub OF
Rennes, almost halfway
across the Breton peninsula,
in a dramatic race to exploit
their break-through below
Avranches.
Allied armies that Churchill de-
scTibed as the finest-equipped N
military history were on the move
all along a front of more than 70
miles from Caen to eastern Brittany.
methodicaliy ripping the German
defenses 10 shreds.
Churchill disclosed the lightning
American thrust In war message
to Commons in which he also re-
yealed that British troops at the
center OF the front had broken out
fG.sNkfsaaaaA nsa DQnn A
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Race Violence Grows In
Phila. AS Strike Continues

Ky EWMAAW No AW@1A
lUnlter Press STAR CeFfespen1ent)
philadelphia, Aus. 2-~luPe--Po-
lice broke up dozens OF lights be-
tween whites and Negroes to-day.
arrested almost 200 persons and
called out all their reserves 20 pre-
vent a threatened outbreak Of mass
violence in the wake OF the city,
wide strike OF transit workers
The Walkout began yesterday as
the PFC ordered eight Negro eln-
ployes 10 take out practice trolley
runs under supervision OF white
operators.
Police, breaking up fights In tbs
glaSs-littered streets, conilscated
hundreds OF Faz0rs, knives. clubs
and revolyers. Those arrested were
held ON charges ranging from disc
orderly conduct 10 carrying con-
cealed weapons.
Meanwhile. the areas 100000
commuters for the second day stfug-
gled to get to work by walking,
hitching or meeting fleets OF Army,
Navy and Marine Corps trucks At
main intersections. Taxicabs were
Mt a premium, and were only avail
able for q few seconds after dis.
charging passengers.
War plants reported attendance
seriously cut, but added that abb
sentee lists did not run as high as
was expected. War workers rode
with milkmen. on the running
boards Of garbage trucks and tail-
boards of ice wagons.
All streets were trafile-ehoked as
automobile owners made use Of
emergency gasoline Faiions 10 get
10 work, swelling the TOW Of autos
10 pre-wag levels.
Mld-eity department stores and
speciality shops eOnbatted the trans
p0rtation tie-up by limiting hours
from noon TO 8 D. m,, giving em-
pl0yes time 10 get 10 and from their
Jobs, some by roller skates and BIZ
cycles and Others IN the hastily
formed ear pools,
lGA,.AHs....A
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NAT. ASSEMBLY
DEFIES AXIS
IN BOLD MOVE

London. August 2. - UP)
- Naxi Germany's political
mastery Of Europe cracked
today rs Turkey broke off
diplomatic and commercial
relations i'm a defiant move
that threatened 20 squeeze
EIitler's Balkan satellites out
of the war and force a gen.
eral German evacuation Of
Greece and the Aegean Is
lands.
Turkish Foreign Minister
SukTu Sarac0glu announced
the long-expected break at a
meeting of the National As
sembly in Ankara today. De-
claring that the rupture. ef-
fective Immediately, was de-
cided upon at the request OF
Great Britain.
Saracoglu brushed aside German
threats Of grave consequences
siemming from the break and de-
clared that il is for the Reich to
decide on war or peace with Tur-
key.
The action was expected 70 be fol-
lowed by q Bulgarian attempt TO
make peace with the Allies. with
R0mania and Hungary probably fol-
lowing the Bulgars out Of the Axis
camp.
The Turkish diplomatic stroke
came hard On the heels Of another
blow 10 Gernany'g prestige IN the
NORTH. where Finland appointed
Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Emil
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lUniaeG Press star GorrespenaenD
Washington, Aug. 2-tUP)-See-
rotary Of State cordell Hui In q
move 10 keep discussions Of post
war international affairs. out OF
politics. soon viii name Henry y.
Fletcher, prominent Republican and
former career diplomat, 10 be one
of his special assistants. II was
learned today,
The appointment win have the
same objective as President Roose-
Helt's inclusion Of two Republicans
Henry L. 6timson and the late
Frank Kn0y-An his cabinet iD 1850.
Mr.. Roosevelt sought bipartisan sup
port of his postwar foreign policy.
The 66-year-ld, whtte-haired
Fletcher has had long and distlD-
guished career which began during
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-02
Churchill In Optimistic Report
To Commons Sees Victory Nearby

haps much sllOrteF-thap ] had a.
Npe time sllppofee.'
sAt this moment" b. said.
throughout the word there Is 30
tIleater IN g5ieb Allied mystery
.las D0t become pronounced"
cburebillg optimistic assertion
gas p'aGe lD bis first war review
since Feb ~. ise said the armies 81
Germany and Japan are Teeoillng
90 every battlefront al over Dle
World.
Il haye, upop the sb0lf good
report a. Wsse,' GhufehN. halG
Wien be begap speaking AZ 2;29 y,
10, 1870 g. 40 FWP1
IN the air, Oh the sea ana ~.
deg the sea our wei established
suprrm9ey Increases WIN STEADY
strides
Allied losses 10 Dsboats ul,s year
ilsye been almost DeelielDle ~ COM
DaTisoD with former year., cbuF'
G;iD sad.
"Vast ileets OF tbe Allies sailed
tiDe seas from January 70 June glill
less tbaD Oncsball The losses We
haye Inflicted oD tlle dBindliDg aDa
lsFgely tmmObilf naval resources ~
ille enemy boil 10 de east ane ulf
vest" he sejd,
No lgFlaAbRg
Sc said II always wa possible
that the Germans might resume
their sttaeks with faster subms.
IlneF, and we must DE very eaffty
not 10 FfIag either our support of
eSerilOHs 10 order 10 turn 0pi
strength into other channels
Churchill disclosed that ihf neg
American Burma bRbgay earTles
faF more i0Ilnaee than eyfT MAS DE-
liyfT0d over the Old Burma road,
w. sald In6ia nov has been "iyfs
ce6sfuiIg DEFENDED from INVASION
tCOntinasea 90 Page u
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o. .. yROOps ~ GWSsA

London, Aug, 2 up - a
German TTRDs0eeaD dispatch fioiO
Tokyo SAID today that United States
troops were reported 10 base arrived
90 de Human GF0nt ~ China pre-
slillably No toln Chinese forces ~
an attempt 10 bFeak the siE~BeeS'
sd Japanese enelreieneAt Of fbe
communication center u beig.
gans.
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NanEANnD, A&tR, E~AAK1~EE&&t3e
Aaimislar winsfen Ghnrehill saia
eedaV tiaaf II fear ereafIy 10 RAISE
false homes. bwf ! ne leneeg fees
heunA ~ deDy Ejss1 victory may
s,eslaaus aas.ae sa0n.v
London. Aug. a 0UP) ~ Primf
Minister Churchill said today that
American forces may De approach,
M the Die rau center Of Pennies
helf wav across tie breton Penin-
sIia, 40 q deyel0plng French cam.
naien Nlaieh hag eoa IN GeTmans
el,o,it twiee as many easualties AZ
tlae Allies
nhlrchiu An a War seViey befOfe
tlae HOUSE af Commons, said I'M
latest new from France seems 10
,as extrenely GOOD = ana HAT Gen.
nwtght ID Fisenhoxer's armies non
sale eairlng space 10 deploy, which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-02

naslAH, Ang, e--lupl~Whfu
aalss hlnFiel 3, EldTiage, Is, u
salem was swarm Into Ne
waves today, navy officials
learned that her sister kwniee
4 . WAC IN Italy, her second
sister, Avis, h . Wave In TeEas,
her Rsslhsf n . ilenienani ~
tlae ned Grass, and that ahe
has a. eewslns In 40 branches
sf che nFma6 fornes,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-02

Vatican City, Aug. 2--luPl Pope
Plus XII resolved william &, nni'
No.. former u. u. Ambassador 70
Russia. IN private audience today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-02
Decrease In
FIying Bombs

London, Aug, 2--iUFDWlDe dffF
mans sent fiylDg bombs into sollhs
err England Including the London
area f0r . short period early today,
after one Ut the guletest nlglls ~
more than two weeks,
The lnll gave rise 20 the hope thai
RAP blows ~ launching ramps AND
supply dep0is in France had forced
. reduction ~ the scale o. the Rts
tackg,
The raid today gave L0nd0neFs
their first chance 70 IVY out the
neg warning system for nylne
bombs announced by the governs
ment yesterday, The signal for the
approach Of bomb was three two
second blasts on klaE0ns VT two sec,
Ond Intervals, and the "all clear
vas announced BY continuous STA
second blasts,
London, Aug, 2 --luPD-~ Prime
Minister Winston Churchill an-
nelIneed today that the Germans
had launched $50 fiylng bombs
against Britain 40 far, killing 4,75S
persons and injnrIng $4,000 more o.
less seriously.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-02

here at s:37 a. IA. today 10 attend
The conference of governors.
ED Route with Gov. Dewey, Apg
2-1UPD-Goy. Thomas y. Dewey
COP presidential candidate who Is
pounding a campaign charge that
President Roosevelt failed 10 curb
the pre-war depression. presents 20
q Republican governors conference
today a i5-poiilt program for dis
cussi0n Of domestic problems.
Dewey and his party are due ~
st. Louis. MO. at $50 a. ~, $50
a. 90. lE.WTg and the FIRST con-
ference session is scheduled for 10
a, 10,
In this three-state- swing the
young New YORKER has outlined the
substance Of his campaign strategy.
u rs TO avoid any challenge 10 the
conduct Of the var and possibly 20
minimize foreign relations, but TO
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van Tarm Begins RRpiembeF z, Reg.
islev New, Post 1nnier Gailege Of
lammeFRe, ~ GRnlTal AVe,
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Continues on Page q
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Churchill said be had hefD I'D
increasingly 10 feel that tlle inter-
val between ille defeat ~ Germany
and Japan vii De sil0FteF-~paF.
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The Weather


Fun weather Report rage q
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POPE RgCEIvEs BULLITT

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CONTINUED on Page ~
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14

ers, retailers, and other distribu-
tors of the new maximum prices,
whether higher or lower, when eff
fective, to permit wholesalers and
retailers to refigure their prices for
1914 pack merchandise delivered
to them prior to the issuance of the
new prices. OPA also pointed out
that, simultaneously with the is
supance of this order, it is amend
ing maximum price regulations
AL, 422 and 423 to clarity the po-
sition of wholesalers and retailers
wholesalers and retailers purchas-
ing 1914 pack merchandise on an
adjustable pricing basis.
These amendments, to be issued
soon, authorize distributors to re-
figure their maximum prices upon
receipt of the written notice sup
piled by the professor. Wholesalers
are also required to notify their
retail customers when they change
their ceiling prices. Until receipt
of such notice both classes of sell
ers must continue to use their ex-
listing ceiling prices.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14

Fifth Army Commander that their
unit had discharged itself well in
its initial battle experience. Gen.
eral Clark asked each one the cir
cumstances and nature of his
wounds and wished him speedy
recovery.
Several of the wounded men re-
minded the General that they had
heard his talk to them at the front
the day they went into action.
Those who received decorations
were Pfc Herman Bradley of 928
West 9th street, Indianapolis, Ind;
Pfc. Ernest Hainsworth of Southern
Pines, N. c.; Pfc. Turner Joiner of
Valdosta, Ga; Staff Sergeant Way
ne Slime of Mount Enterprise, Tex;
Pfc. Nathaniel Coffey of 3719 4th
street, New Orleans, La; Pvt
Theodore Coleman of West Hell
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14
State Now Has al
Frozen Food
Locker Plants

Every state in the Union now has
one or more frozen food locker
plants, according to X. F. Warner,
extension meat specialist of the u.
S. Department of Agriculture and
War Food Administration.
In Iowa, which has the most, the
number of locker plants is $50.
Minnesota is second with 470 and
Washington state is third with 404.
Altogether there are 1922 in the
United States.
The July 1914 count of locker
plants in Southern states follws:
Alabama, "a; Arkansas, AZ; Flor
ida, 3; Georgia, 27; Kentucky, 81;
Louisiana, 10; Maryland, IA; Miss
ississip, Al; North Carolina, IA; Ok
lahoma, 102; South Carolina, z;
Tennessee, so; Texas, 201; Virginia,
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14
Purple Hearts to
First Casualties
OF 92nd Division

With the Fifth Army, Italy -
Nine wounded Negro infantrymen
from the 92nd Infantry Division,
now fighting with the Fifth Army,
and on of their officers recently
were awarded Purple Hearts by
1t. Gen. Mark w. Clark, who PIN
ned the medals on them in their
wards at the 56th evacuation hos
pital, the War Department has dis
closed.
Among thief irst casualties of the
Division, which was committed to
the front Incl ate in August, the
Negro doughboys were told by the
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14

20, 1914, packers will be able to
move these products into distribu-
tive channels as they are packed,
freeing substantial amount of
needed storage space. OPA said
that large part of the 1914 pack
of these frozen foods is now being
processed and will be completed
before new maximum prices can be
issued.
OPA emphasized that wholesa1-
ers and retailers purchasing on this
basis must hold such merchandise
unless they wish to sell it at their
present ceilings. In that event, since
adjustable pricing is not permitted
by wholesalers and retailers, they
must risk being squeezed" if their
suppliers later bill them at higher
prices established by OPA for 1914
pack merchandise.
The order announced today re-
quires packers to notify wholesal-
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14

ena, Ark; Pvt Frank Ersery of 1911
West Walnut street, Louisville, KY;
Pfc. Isaac Milton of 18 Northwest
Boundary, Savannah, Ga; and Pfc.
David Foster of 108 Oscar street,
Greenville, S. c.
1t. Col Theodore Kimpton of
7700 Chapel Avenue, Chicago,
battalion commander who also was
among the divisions first casual
ties, received his Purple Heart at
the hospital ceremony.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-10-14
Ration
Reminder

Packers of frozen fruis, berries
and vegetables may make sales and
deliveries of the 1914 pack of these
commodities at maximum prices in
effect on the date of delivery, sub
ject to an agreement with the buy
er to adjust the selling price after
the establishment of new maximum
prices by the Office of Price Adj
ministration, that agency has an
nounced.
Under an adjustable pricing or
der that was effective September
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
Aide To Secretary OF
Navy Is KnOlUn Here

Commander Morton c. Mumma, Jr.,
grandson of L. l.. +. Mumma, a
pioneer Bluffton school teacher, is
aide to the new United States Sec
retary of the Navy, James V. For
restal, at Washington.
Secretary Forrestal succeeded the
late Frank c. Knox by presidential
appointment.
Commander Mumma is the eldest
of five children of Col. and Mrs. Nor
ton Mumma, of Beverly Hills, Calf.
His father is a graduate of the
United States Military Academy at
West Point.
Previous to going to Washington
last February Commander Mumma
had been on active duty in the South
Pacific since the outbreak of war.
He was awarded the Navy Cross for
submarine service in connection with
his South Pacific duties. He was
graduated from the Naval Academy
at Annapolis in 1925.
Morton Mumma III, son of the
commander, will enter the military
academy at West Point on July 1.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
Couple Is Married
In Church Weddinq

A wedding of interest took place
when Frances Irene Hitchcock,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Hitchcock and Evan Burkholder, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. O. c. Burkholder,
all of Columbus Grove were married
in the Ebenezer Mennonite church,
Saturday evening, June "a.
Rev. A. c. Schultz, pastor of the
church officiated in the double ring
ceremony.
The bride was attired in a floor
length dress of white marquisette
with train and finger tip veil with
a crown of beaded pearls. Her only
accessory was sweetheart locket a
gift of the groom.
She carried bouquet of red roses
and baby breath tied with white
satin ribbon and was given away by
her father.
The maid of honor, Miss Dorothy
Hitchcock, sister of the bride, wore a
yellow marquisette formal and car
ried bouquet of gladioli and baby
breath.
The bridesmaid, Miss Mabel Irene
Burkholder, sister of the bridegroom
wore a blue taffeta formal and car
ried bouquet of shell pink carna-
tions.
Sylvan Burkholder, brother of the
bridegroom was best man.
Mrs. Hitchcock, mother of the
bride wore a dark blue dress with
white accessories and a white car
nation corsage.
Mrs. Burkholder, mother of the
bridegroom wore light green dress
with black accessories and corsage of
white carnations. Ushers were Ruth
and Lois Burkholder.
Miss Vera Amstutz accompanied
by her sister, Miss Mabel Amstutz
at the piano sang 20 Promise Me"
and Because. The traditional wed
ding march was played.
A pink and white color scheme pre-
vailed and the altar was decorated
with colonial bouquets of pink and
white roses and white hydrangea
flanked with candelabra.
Following the wedding a reception
was held at the o. c. Burkholder
home for 125 relatives and friends.
The pink and white color scheme was
carried out in appointments including
three tier wedding cake centering
the brides table.
Following wedding trip the cou-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
Phoebe Ann Basinger
Rites Held Wednesday

Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon at the residence for
Miss Phoebe Ann Basinger, 81, who
died early last Monday morning in
the family home, two and one-half
miles east of Columbus Grove.
Death followed an illness of sew
eral weeks.
The daughter of Stephen and
Catherine Basinger, she was born
April 21, 1877, on the farm where
she died. She was a member of
Pleasant Grange, the Order of the
Eastern Star and of the Columbus
Grove Presbyterian church.
Survivors include three sisters,
Misses Christine, Emma and Clara
Basinger, all at home; and two bro
theirs, Edwin Basinger, at home, and
Louis Basinger, of Columbus Grove.
Rev. Ralph p. Thompson, pastor of
the Columbus Grove Presbyterian
church, officiated at the funeral
rites. Burial was in Zion cemetery,
east of Columbus Grove.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-06
RatiOning Calendar

So that you may keep in mind the
important wartime ra-
tioning dates, the Bluffton News ID
this weekly reminder:
MEATS. BUTTER. CHEESE,
FATS, CANNED FISH AND
CANNED MILK-Book 4 red
stamps AS, thru rs good for
10 points each under token ration
ing indefinitely.
PROCESSED FOODS-BoOk
Blue stamps AS, thru rs and
AS good for 10 points each
under token rationing indefinite
ly.
GASOLINE-Stamp IL in A
book good for 3 gallons of gaso-
line thru September 81.
SUGAR-Stamps 30, 81 & 80
in Book 4 good for pounds of
sugar indefinitely. Stamp 40
good for pounds under can
ming allotments until Feb. 2s,
1945.
Spare stamp 81 must ac-
company applications for addi-
tional canning sugar asked from
rationing boards.
SHOES-Airplane stamp l and
2 in Ration Book 3 good in
definitely.