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Show Ration Board Chairman Explains Use of Ration Books 1 and 2 Ration books one and two, when the stamps contained in them are no longer valid, will cease to have any value, E. Eric Snow, chairman of the St. George war price and rationing board, said today. All of the stamps in these two books have expired except stamp 18 in war ration book one, used in buying shoes, and blue stamps X, Y and Z in book two, which expire on Nov. 20th. The shoe stamp will be valid until further notice. If it ever becomes necessary to set an expiration ex-piration date, 30 days notice will be given to holders. "This information is being given," said the chairman, "in response to a number of inquiries as to what citizens should do with their copies of war ration book one and two. I am now in-( in-( Continued on page eight) Ration Bocks Expire ! (Continued from, first page) formed by the OPA that the covers of the old books will not be used again for rationing purposes, pur-poses, and when the stamps are no longer valid, these covers will not have any rationing value for the owner." Under no circumstances whatsoever, what-soever, said the chairman, will any more ration books one or two be issued by war price and rationing ra-tioning boards. Owners, who have lost their books, will have to go without stamp 18, good for one pair of shoes, and blue stamps X, Y and Z in book two. The familiar war ration books one and two are giving way to war ration books three and four, i Within a short time, housewives and other persons will have to carry but one book, war ration book four. |