The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-11
TOWN and FARM
In WARTIME .s-v
Prepared BY OFFICE OF WAR MOTIVATION

Processed Foods: Blue KS, Y-5, Us,
Az and BIZ now valid at 10 points each.
CO through CO become valid January
1, 1916.
Meats and rats: Red Q-5, RS now
valid at 10 points each for use with
tokens. T-5 through KS become valid
December 81.
Sugar: Stamp No. "a good indefinite
ly for five pounds.
Canning Sugar: All home canning
sugar coupons and stamps invalid.
Shoes: Airplane stamps No. l, 2, and
3 valid Indefinitely.
Gasoline: Ala coupons valid through
March 81, 1945. Rationing rules now re-
quire that ZACH car owner write his
license number and state on each cou-
pom in his possession as soon as it is
issued him by his local r%ationing board.
Rent: N~inety-day notices of eviction
only apply in cases where landlord has
acquired property after effective date
Of Rent Regulation and desires to oc-
cupy unit as his dwelling.
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The Tightening and expansion Of the
food rationing program for 1915 was a
necessary step in the face of decreased
civilian supplies of sugar, butter, meats
and commercially canned fruits and
vegetables, Major w. E. Holcomb, Dis.
trict OPA Director, said today.
"At no time since the wal began have
food supplies been so low according to
our advices." the OPA official declared
"A good example Of this lies in the but
ter and beef situation. Butter has vir
tually disappeared from many stores
and the supply Of utility beef will be
81 per cent less in January han last
month.
with the greater intensity of the
European War and with working stocks
of foods low, both 1915 stamps and the
old stamps could not lave been honored
with prospective supplies so much small
Ter. 1t would nave been unfair to let
some people spend stamps unneeded in
1914 for food available in 1916, and
when Americans realize this fact, they
will welcome this action, Major Hol-
comb asserted.
Institutional and industrial users OF
rationed food items are required to
take a net point inventory as of the
close of business December 81, 1914, and
file such inventory with the local board
or District office with which he is regi-
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OPA Director, said.
This inventory must be filed under
all circumstances by January Z unless
two or more establishments are regis
tered together. In that case, the inven-
tory must be filed by January H." OPA
stressed.
This action applies to meats, fats and
processed foods having a point value
and to sugar, he explained.
Civilian tire quotas face a sharp re-
duction in the Jackson District in Jan
nary and District OPA Director Hol-
comb today urged complete utilization
OF present conservation facilities until
war needs nave been met. This empha-
sizes proper care of tires including re-
Gaping.
The quota for tires is greatly de-
creased" Major Holcomb stated, "and
the need for prompt r~ecapping is neces-
sary as never before"
Passenger ear and commercial vehi-
Gle owners are swapping local War
Price and Rationing Boards, as we'll as
the emergency truck tire boards, with
applications for new tires. The plain
facts are he declared, that the de-
mands of our military forces must re-
ceive first consideration in the alloca-
tion of tires"