Show ENGLISH MATRON MATR ON WILL 8 R ND SUMMER HERE WITH SISTERS SIS S 1 By Br Conan Truck Just relaxing and taking life easy this week is Mrs Ethel EthelLane Lane sister of Mrs John Jorg Jorg-I ensen and Sarah Sarah- Rudge who Y I recently arrived for a few months visit here from Cardiff in Wales England Mrs Lane left England on June 4 via the Queen Elizebeth Elize- Elize Elizebeth Elizebeth beth and arrived in New York five days later She reached Vernal eight days after she set sail from her home land Mrs Mrs Lane who made m a trip trip to MV Vernal n nini ini in 1936 1938 36 was s am much impressed by Vernal's growth in the past 10 years She said Its more like a city now than thana a town According to Mrs Lane another thing that impresses impresses ses her is the abundance of food and the well-dressed well appearance of Vernal's inhabitants War-torn War England according to Mrs Lane is still sUU suffering from acute shortages She re re- re reports re- re 0 ports the housing shortage is critical but may be eased by the ammunition factories sion that are now making build ing equipment In England gland she said a per per- perso soY so is allowed DO 32 clothing V in cou- cou coupons coupons pons an month eight-month period To demonstrate the limitations limitation of 32 coupons a suit requires 8 coupons shoes 9 underwear 6 8 I gloves one purchase a of 1 household Items such as towels sheets curtain material etc are also limited to clothing coup coup- coupons ons which adds to the restriction tion of clothing purchases S Soap is a rare luxury The monthly soap supply includes one-half one cake of household soap one bar of toilet soap and a small package of soap powder In the food fo d line children are the only privileged to get bananas food ra ra- ra rations rations include one ounce of lard two ounces of butter two oun- oun ounces ounces ces nf of ton ton- tea 12 pound of sugar two ounces of bacon two oun oun- oun ounces ces of cheese If you take sugar you go without jam Thirty food points is the monthly allotment and the only food Item that isn't rationed is fish There is plenty of fish but no shortening to fry it In Mrs Lanes Lane's home was blitzed being in a key industrial cen cen- cen center ter She says that in her home vicinity they have spent as high as three or four days in an air raid shelter and several blocks blacks of houses bouses in the near vicinity of her residence e were destroyed by land mines Mrs Lane declares she will remain in Vernal until Septem Septem- September ber her or October and return to England via the Queen Eliza Eliza- Elizabeth Eliza Eliza- Elizabeth beth or Queen Mary |