The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-11

meat to each other without exchanging
points, but when rationed cuts are sold
or given away, red points must be COL
lected," OPA explained. t.
Farm butter remains at IL red points,
although creamery butter is now up to
"a points. s~-- ,+t
The exact number of points to collect
for any home canned food is listed on
the official table of point values, Major
Holcomb said. s,tt t...r a. aFt #,
Advance announcement that ceiling
prices of the 1945 crop of watermelons
will be about 80 per cent below last
year has been given growers by the
OPA. .s.t s.l ID "a
The lowered fob shipping point prices
are not expected to decrease growers
income on watermelons materially be!
cause, OPA said, 1914 prices generally
were well below the established ceilings.
The fob shipping point ceiling prices
for the 1945 crop in Mississippi will be-:
beginning of season to June 9, $4,000
per ton; June 10 to July 4, $1,000 per
ton; July s to enc of season, $23. 90 per
ton. l1 80 a. *
At the same time, OPA explained that
red ration tokens continue good and
housewives may use them for buying
meats-fats. Grocers will continue to
give them to housewives as change for
the red 10-point stamps.
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not been good since October 1 and,
therefore, cannot be used for cameo
fruits and vegetables. They are no
longer needed as change for the 10
point blue ration stamps used for pro-
cessed foods because point values for
these items are set in multiples of ten.
Lend-Lease Food Deliveries
War Food Administration reports that
deliveries of food and osher farm pro-
ducts for shipment to the Allies under
Lend-Lease during November totaled
467, 5000 pounds, or 251 S00,0 00 less
thar in October. In November 1943
shipments were LOIS, 900 900 pounds. Of
these totals the United Kingdom and
British possessions received SO per cent,
lhAooAo II pei 'Ohhs VIZ olSSACt Z
Africa, North Africa, the Netherlands,
Poland, Yugoslavia and the French
Committee of National Liberation, 7 per
cent.
Ration Action For Fairer
Distribution
The mounting exactions of a length
ened war and the failure of past partial
rationirE to fairly distributeavailable
foods to all Americans are causes re-
ported by the OPA for tightening and
increasing the ration system on foods.
Cancellation of unspent ration stamps
w l;dated prior to December l was done,
OPA said, because supplies are just
not large enough to permit spending
both 1945 ration stamps and all those
unspent in 1914. Stamps issued for this
past December and for January are to
provide for current needs. Major facts
on the supply situation are:
Sugar-the home canning ration this
year is severely frightened and coupons
for no more than 700, 900 tons can be
issued in the 1945 season, compared
with 1,150,0 900 tons last season. This re-
fleets an excessive use of 1914 supplies
and the fact that 1916 will see no more
than 100000 tons available for civil
lians as against 6,100, 900 in 1914, s.
700. 900 in 1943 and 100000 in 1941.
Butter-Civilian stocks are
at such a low level that supplies in the
hands of wholesalers and retailers must
be increased if a fairer distribution is
to be obtained. The total available for
1915 is expected to be smaller than last
year.
Processed Foods-Needs of the armed
forces for canned fruits are expected TO
remain heavy and military procurement
needs and set aside requirements for
canned vegetables from the 1914 pack
were bigger than in 1913. The supply
now on hand must be made to last until
the e canning season. The present
stocks of commercially canned vege-
tables on December /, 1914, was about
sc per cent of the quantity On hand for
civilians IL months previous.
Meat-Prospects at present are for
supplies during the first three months
of this year are about Is per CEN be-
low the last three months of 1914 and
also the first quarter of last year. This
applies to both rationed and unrationed
kinds. Hog production available for
slaughter is about Is per cent below
. year ago.
sure a continuous supply Of fuel wood,