Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-11-11 | Page 2 | Hoarding Hit as Cigarets Grow Scarcer

Hoarding Hit HitAs As Grow Scarcer WASHINGTON Nov 11 ii UP if I There Is 18 no good reason for foran nn an acute shortage at this time say says Thomas I. I Emer Emerson on enforcement chief of the office of ot price administration Emerson attributes the present present present pres pres- ent shortage to two possible possible possible pos pos- sible causes an Increase in smoking and hoarding by the public While production of ot this year for lor domestic consumption tion is less than in 1943 1913 it is greater than in 1942 he says Expressing concern over what he termed a growing black market in Emerson said that 0 OP P A field officers have been instructed to take Immediate Immediate immediate im Im- Im- Im mediate action to meet the situ situ- Without naming specific areas Emerson claimed that in some cities type racketeer practices in ln the sale of ot have been appearing appearing- He said the flow of ci into regular trade channels channels chan chan- nels has been diminishing and andin andin andin in some places sales are now on a bootleg basis