The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-25

Meats, Fats-Red stamps AS through
rs, good indefinitely.
PROGRESSED Foods-Bl stamps AS
through QS, good indefinitely.
Sugar-Sugar stamps 80 and 81, each
good for five pounds indefinitely. sugar
| stamp 40. good for five pounds OF can
ming sugar through February. next year.
G~asoline-In II East Coast state, A-10
coupons, good through August 8. In states
outside the East Coast area, ALI cou-
pons, good through June 81.
Fuel oil-Period 4 and 5 coupons,
good through September 30.
Shoes-Airplane stamps l and 2, good
indefinitely.
Plentiful Foods:
Eggs, white potatoes, canned peas and
canned green and wax beans will be IN
plentiful supply throughout most OF the
country during June, the War Food Ad-
ministration reports. Other plentiful
foods now include-oranges; frozen
vegetables; frozen baked beans; peanut
butter; citrus marmalade; ~raisins; dri-
eu pTuntS, ufN~miA WV
soups; soya flour, grits and flakes;
wheat flour and bread; macaroni. spa
ghetti; noodles: oatmeal; and rye
breakfast foods.
Sugar For Home Canning:
Sugar consumers may apply for their
1914 home canning allotment in two
periods, the Office of Price Administra-
ton reports. In each period, users may
obtain up to 10 pounds of sugar per
person in addition to five pounds avail
able with sugar stamp 40 in War Ration
Book 4. Persons not applying in the
first period, but who need sugar in the
second period, may obtain up to their
full ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS allowance if
the application justifies that total.
Wheat Loans To Average $1.28:
Wheat loans that will average SIPS
a bushel at the farm will be made on
the 1914 crop by the Commodity Credit
Corporation Of VIA. The average last
year was $1.2S. Loans will vary from
the basic national rate of $1.2s to take
into account location, grade and quality.
Loans on farm-stored and warehouse
stored wheat will mature on demand.
but not later than April 80, 1945. Any
loan may be liquidated bf payment in
full, plus three per cent interest from
date of note. Loans will be administered
in counties by County Agricultural Ad-
justment Agency Committees under the
supervision of the state committees
More Telephones Coming:
Resumption of manufacture of civil
lian-type telephones to the extent of
200 900 sets per quarter has been auth
orized by the War Production Board.
First deliveries are expected by fall.
Approximately 100000 new orders for
telephones hat cannot be filled because
Of lack of equipment are accommodating
each month.
Proper Methods For Home Canning:
The "open kettle" method and the
"oven" method of home canning cannot
be depended on to kill harmful bacteria
in food, say canning specialists in the
Department of Agriculture, and in ad-
dition oven canning has caused serious
accidents when jars explode. The spec
ialists recommend that fruits, tomatoes,
and picked vegetables be precooked and
packed boiling hot in hot jars, with lids
adjusted correctly, then processed in a
boiling water bath Gamer with suffi-
cient water to cover the jars. Peas,
beans and other non-acid vegetables
should be packed in the same way, but
prOcessed in a steam pressure Gamer.
Some of the 400, 900 new steam pressure
Gamers authorized by WPB for the can
ming season are now available in GER
tain areas in the South and others
should be available throughout the
country before long. Many community
food preservation centers provide local
home anners with equipment and su-
pervised instructions on proper canning.