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Show RATION NEWS The 20 per cent excise tax which went into effect April 1 will reach into all our pocket-books; pocket-books; in fact, the pockttbooks themselves will be taxed. Included In-cluded in the items to be taxed are watches retailing at more than $65, alarm clocks selling at more than $5, synthetic stones and cultured pearls, some types of fountain pens and pencils, silverware or gold and gold-plated ware, fur articles, fur trimmed trim-med articles, most leather goods, and cosmetics. The tax will also reach into "will call" articles and tax the balance to be paid. It will cost you 30 per cent more to go to night clubs, or any place where a floor show is held. You'll pay dearly for luxuries from now on. "Farmers deserve a good price for their efforts, not only under war conditions, but permanently, as an essential part of our war industry " says Chester Bowles, OPA administrator. Mr. Bowles feels that the job of OPA is to see that there will be no recurrence recur-rence of the postwar collapse that hit farms in 1920. He believes be-lieves a successful war on inflation infla-tion today will prevent deflation tomorrow. Binder twine, which fanners use in the harvesting of small grains and other crops, will have the same OPA ceiling price this year as last. During the last war, farmers had to pay twice today's price. The story behind this price control effort is interesting. The two fibers, sisal and henequen, which normally make up the twine, come from territory within with-in the Pacific War zone. The supply in storage is short, so jute is being combined with the amount allotted; however, the use of jute as an extender would have increased the cost of the twine had not several government agencies got together on a price stabilization plan. The Defense Supplies Corporation agreed to sell the binder twine to the manufacturer man-ufacturer below cost, thus making mak-ing it possible to continue, in 1944, the same OPA ceiling prices pric-es under which the farmer bought his twine last year. I Spare ribs are now point free. Who doesn't like spare ribs and 'kraut? Save your points by shopping for point-free items. All frozen fruits and vegetables are point free, temporarily. That means we can have some good ol' shortcake before the fresh fruit gets on the market. Watch the April point value lists posted in your markets. They'll tell you what points have been lowered and what foods have been taken off the rationing lists. The closing of the intensive drive on endorsement of gasoline gaso-line coupons does not mean that we can let up on our drive to oust the black markets? Chislers and black market devotees cannot can-not imp rmmnno uVtinh Vimm Kaon not use coupons which have been properly endorsed. Help get this "stolen" gas back into your own tank. Endorse your coupons at once. Red and blue stamps are now good indefinitely. The red stamps will still become good every two weeks and the blue stamps monthly. - |