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Show the expiration date, means the loss of five pounds of sugar to the housewife. A new stamp will become be-come valid on April 1, this time for ten pounds instead of the usual five. All sugar stamps, from April 1 on, will be for ten instead of five pounds of sugar. This will include j the 1947 canning sugar ration. NO EXTRA SUGAR AVAILABLE FOR CANNING PURPOSES "It is important that housewives house-wives understand that they will receive no special canning sugar j stamp this year," Frederic A. Adams, OPA regional sugar executive execu-tive stated. "The housewives must save their canning sugar from their regular sugar stamps validated vali-dated from time to time." Mr. Adams explained that the reason for the change in the amount of sugar to be allotted from April 1 on, was the shortage of stamps in Ration Book Four, and to save two million dollars it would have cost to produce new stamps. Adams also pointed out that housewives must not forget that Spare Stamp 53 expires March 31 instead of April 31. Failure to cash in on Spare Stamp 53 before |