The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-08
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Prepared by OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION NpD

Ration Calendar of February 5, l945
Processed Foods: Blue Stamps-X5,
VS., rs, Az, BIZ, now valid; expire March
81. CO, D2, E2, F2, GO, now valid; ex-
pire April 90. H2, J2, K2, LIZ, M2, now
valid; expire June 2.
Meats and Fats: Red Stamps-Q5, Rs,
SIS. now valid; expire March 81. rs, US,
VS., WIS, now valid; expire April %. VS..
Is, Az, BIZ, CT, DE-, now valid; expire
June 2.
Sugar: Sugar Stamp No. "a, good for
five pounds; expires February 20. Sugar
Stamp No. 35, good for five pounds;
expires June 2.
Shoes: Airplane Stamps Nos. 1, 2, and
3 now good.
Gasoline: Ala coupons valid throu
March 81. Rationing rules now require
number and state on each coupon in his
possession as soon as it is issued to
him by his local rationing board.
Rent: No rent under any circumstan-
ces can be increased over maximum rent
without order of Rent Office.
Housewives seem to be in complete
approval of the recent reinstatement OF
expiration datess on Red and Blue food
stamps, w. E. Holcomb, OPA District
Director announced this week.
They realize, he said, that such ac-
ton is l%ong-range protection for every
one. By announcing expiration dates at
A. t.n,n No thu vnlIHptJnn date
the housewife knows how to plan her
buying.
by spreading her spending of points
over the entire four-month period they
re good,' said Mr.. Holcomb, "she elimi-
mates any need for a last-minute rush
to buy. 1t will be easier both on her
and the grocer.
"Also," he pointed out, sit will pre-
vent the piling up of a backlog of I'M
used stamps, such as faced us at the
end Of last year. Such a mounting back
log, if allowed to continue, would make
it impossible to plan ahead with any
security, since the sudden spending Of
those stamps would empty the stores
and cause the entire rationing system
to collapse"
New cars available this month-2,000
for the entire nation-brings the re-
serve stockpile Of new cars down to
just ten thousand, according to W. E.
Holcomh, District Director for the Of
flee of Price administration.
As he explained, this reserve total is
exactly the number of new cars that
peacetime America bought in just enc
day.
ITO make one days supply of new
cars last until production resumes af-
ter victory" Mr.. Holcomb added, "is a
plenty tough job. But it can be done,
by making present cars continue run
ming till the very last mile that's in
them"
He urged all motorists to have their
cars checked regularly, drive them care
fully, and coax them along" Car pool
ing, he said, is the ideal way to pro-
long car life, for when five men ride
to work in the same car, one car does
the work of five, while the other foul
remain garaged and conserve their
mileage.
Setting of price ceilings for the pur-
chase of live cattle by slaughterers
should eventually mean a better variety
of foods at your local butchers, it is
reported by the District Office of the
OPA.
With limits set on the mount the
~slaughterer ian pay, and later regula-
tions setting the percentages he can
buy in certain grades of beef, the new
ruling should ease the price squeeze
for both meat wholesaler and retailer,
and should, according to oPA, result
in a better choice of meats at eason
able prices.