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Show SHOE RATION PLANEXPLAINED The operation of shoe rationing, ration-ing, which became effective Sunday, Sun-day, February 7, 'is explained as follows by Francis J. Quinn, chairman of the local War Price and Rationing Board. Ration Order No. 17, the provisions pro-visions of which were announced Sunday, covers unused shoes made in whole or in part of leather lea-ther or with rubber soles, including in-cluding all ordinary types and hard-soled moccasins, casual, play, platform and rubbcr-soled athletic shoes. Shoe repairs are not rationed. Neither are the following types of footwear: waterproof rubber footwear, soft and hard-soled house and boudoir slippers, soft-soled soft-soled infant's shoes, and ballet slippers. Ration Order No. 6 already al-ready covers six types of men's rubber boots and rubber work shoes. Rationed footwear now may be purchased by using stamps from War Ration Book One. Stamp 17 from this book entitles a consumer to buy one pair of shoes during the period ending June 15, 1943. Other war ratio.-i stamps will be designated later for periods specified by the Office Of-fice of Price Administration. Stamp 17 may be used by or for the person to whom issued, or for a member of his immediate imme-diate family. When shoes are ordered or-dered by mail the stamp may be detached and sent with the mail order. A consumer who does not have a valid shoe stamp and who cannot can-not get a War Ration Stamp from any member of his family, and "wnflnvTuld suffer htrrdshtp1ftm' able to buy shoes, may apply to the local War Price and Rationing Ration-ing Board for a special shoe stamp or certificate. Shoes are rationed because wartime demand for leather and manpower have slowed down the production of civilian. shoes. Local Lo-cal board members point out that the only way we can make sure that everyone will have enough shoes to protect health and safety, safe-ty, is by sharing our limited supply. sup-ply. Rationed sharing, they say, means shoes for everyone, not just for those who get there first with the extra time to shop and extra cash to spend. O |