Evening star., 1945-08-01
Canning Sugar
Requests Jam
Ration Boards
Four Times as Many
Applications Made
As Can Be Filled

Thousands of applications for
nome canning sugar are backing up
at local ration boards throughout
the city as District OPA officials
estimate at least four times as many
applications as monthly sugar quotas
for Washington will permit handling.
A check of local boards disclosed
that any one applying today for
home canning sugar will have to
wait from two weeks to two months
before the stamps will be mailed out.
After that, there will be the prob
lem OF finding store stocked with
enough sugar to permit purchase
for other than normal household
use. Reports have been received by
the OPA that some retailers are not
honoring home me-canning rations,
saying their limited sugar supplies
are earmarked for the regular sugar
stamps.
None Issue Top Ration.
No board in the city is issuing
the maximum Is pounds a person
allowed by the canning sugar regu-
lations. The average ration being
issued is around pounds a person.
At least four boards reported they
had backlogs of applications dating
to late in June, at which time, it ap-
pears that many boards ran out OF
their quotas for the month.
With the issuance this week OF
their August sugar quota, many
boards only now are filling their
June and July requests.
Here is the situation at number
of boards picked at random:
i Board 3l-Until August quota
arrived this week no raSons have
been issued since June 27. situa-
ton blamed on overissuance that
month. A clerk estimates that
hundreds and hundreds" of appli-
cations have been received.
Board 30-About 900 applications
pending, which the board hopes
will be processed on its August
quota. No promise could /be made
on when an application filed now
would be acted on.
\ No august $RuOtd heceiVed.
7 Board 20-No August quota re-
ceived to date, an undetermined
, number of applications pending and
no estimate made as to when a new
: applicant would receive his stamps.
Board 32-No quota issuance since
, June Is, and August ALLEGATION will
carry the board only to applications
received up to July IS Hundreds
of applications pending.
Board 33-Board has received no
: quota in more than a month. more
than 1000 applications on file and
won't promise any rations before
September.
Board 21-About 900 applications
, pending and dating back to June 26:
! probably be September before new
applicants taken care of.
A worker at one board observed,
I'VE don't know where all the peo-
pie are coming FROM" and raised the
question whether all applicants were
, actually planning to do home can
ming or just wanted 10 lay aside the
, sugar for future use.
Use Monthly Quota Early.
District OPA Director Robert K
Thompson stated that I'VE must
have four times as many aprlica-
tions as we have quotas" He re-
ported all boards were out Of their
monthly quota before the end OF
!; July, but with new quotas. these
boards will be able to resume is
F suance of stamps.
The July ALLEGATION granted
Washington by the regional OPA
/ office in New York was lower than
the June quota, Mr.. Thompson said
but the August quota is slightly
higher than the preceding two
months. He declined to make pub
lie the amounts of sugar available
explaining, Il don't think the fig
ures will do any good"
Mr.. Thompson said the agency at.
temptS to grant higher quota tc
/ an area served by board in which
| there appears to be smore victory
| gardening as opposed TO an area Of
! apartments, where less home can.
, ming would be eXnecte6