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Show ADJUSTING TO THE TIMES COLUMN Being a collection of news worthy items about a variety of subjects whose common denominator denom-inator is: "It's never happened just this way before". FROM THE LOCAL RATION OFFICE " Every consumer in Bingham district must register for war ration book No. 1 before the December 15 deadline and must have in their possession this book before they can receive war ration book No. 2, early in 1943. Book No. 2 will be used in dispensing several items. Those who for any reason rea-son have not as vet registered for ration book No. 1, because they had surplus sugar or other oth-er reasons, must register at their local ration office in the City hall. MissiXorraine Caulfield, Caul-field, clerk says importance of this order cannot be over-stressed. over-stressed. Book No. 1 is to be used in rationing of coffee. XMAS MAILING There are many reasons why the post office department will be handiqapped in handling Christmas mailings. The extraordinary extra-ordinary job of moving millions of pieces of mail every day to and from soldiers, sailors and marines throughout the world, loss of experienced personnel to the armed services, difficulty in borrowing trucks from army, private agencies or rental from private owners to handle the extra mail all boils down to this: Mail well ahead of the usual December 15 to 23 peak mailing period; send Christmas cards first class mail to insure delivery, Postmaster Earl T. James states. ABOUT COFFEE Beginning November 29 no persons will be able to purchase coffee without surrendering a ration stamp to the retailer. First ration stamp for coffee will be No. 27 of war ration book No. 1, which heretofore has been used only for sugar rationing. One pound of coffee will be allowed for the stamp, good over a five-weeks' five-weeks' period. Ration books of children whose age is shown as 14 years or under will not be good for coffee. All institutional users of coffee should have made application to their board earlier this week. " |