Show Youl Youre You're re Not Being Punished for tor II I I Those Coupons CouDons Over Quota til By ANN FRANCE WILSON WASHINGTON Feb 2 20 20 Dont Don't feel youre you're getting your fingers rapped or being punished when your ration board deducts points from your Ration book No 2 for canned goods You'll be allowed five cans for forach each ach person but if you have more you'll surrender one eight- eight point coupon for every can in excess of your allowed quota Only the point eight-point stamps willbe will willbe be torn tom out Even though five two and point one-point stamps would add up to eight these will not be taken from you If you have haye more cans on hand than you have point eight-point stamps the number of cans left rover over over after deductions deductions deduc deduc- deductions have been made will be jotted down by your ration board and you'll have to give some of your stamps in your ration book But youre you're not being chastised for being prudent pru pro dent what dent what in pre ration days would have been called a good planner There are different sizes of canned goods and obviously ration point values cant can't be set seton seton seton on all sizes A simpler method will be adopted Charts will be posted in all groceries with groups of sizes of the same point value For example all cans of fruit juice containing from one oneto oneto to four ounces may have the same point value all holding from four to seven ounces another another an an- another other point value and so on Grades and Points Grades and prices will have nothing to do with point values You'll pay exactly the same points for an inferior grade of 01 canned peas as you will for de deluxe deluxe I grades So though everyne everyone every every- one ne will be given the a same sam a so e amount of points points' to spend it doesn't mean that everyone willbe willbe will willbe L be spending the same amount of 01 money Next Years Year's Food Next year approximately 2 25 i per cent of all the fo food d produced I in the United States will go to tc the armed forces and Am Americas America ricas rica's allies 1942 During approximate approximate- 1 ly 13 per cent of all foods were requisitioned for the services i I and lend The agriculture department expects the higher production goals to take care of the increased demands Odds and Ends Therell There'll be no more chocolate eggs bunnies a and n d chocolate hearts for kids come Easter has ruled them out I t 1943 civilian shares of canned r fruits and vegetables are expected ex expected expected ex- ex to be half of the years year's crop School children who work on farms now have priority priorIty priority prior prior- ity rights in buying bicycles Shoe Sidelights Here are a few sidelights of at the shoe rationing program which may answer some questions questions ques ques- i you may have J Reason for not rationing sole hard-sole slippers is because production of these slippers is 11 going to be curtailed anyway anyway- and this type of footwear isn't I really essential I If your employer formerly j supplied with you safety shoes shoes' J at no expense to you he may continue doing so without re requiring re- re 1 I quiring you to surrender your 11 I coupon And this goes for school shoes i j too If your athletic team provided pro- pro Ii vided you with basketball shoes or sneakers but kept title to i r them they may continue to do doso doso 1 so without requiring your couP cou- cou f P po pon n Under no circumstance may mayyou i t you swap tickets tickets except except with witha I a person of your immediate j family Odds and Ends Railroad watches are badly needed So if you have one oneto oneto to spare go to a retail Jeweler i. i and he will direct you to the local lo 10 10 I cal railroad watch inspector who has authority to purchase it from you 0 OP P A isn't letting letting let let- ting Ung clothing prices get out of control it boasts Though prices started to soar and were 26 per percent percent percent cent higher in May 1942 1912 thanin than thanin thanin in the spring of 1941 ceilings not only halted further price rises but in some cases re reduced reduced reduced re- re them |