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Show iiiK, salad and cooking oils will be two points a OUnd. Several new items have been returned to the ration lists, such u bacon items and fat pork cuts which will call for one red point a pound hereafter- Nearly $5,000,000 was refunded refund-ed to tenants in rent control areas throughout the United States during 1944 bv action of the OPA. More than $2,800,000 was refunded to 60,000 tenants as the result of formal actions by OPA in eases of over charges, and more than $2,000,000 was refunded re-funded on security deposits. Sugar stamp li'j became valid February 1 and will be good for five pounds of augar. Investigation of toy prices during dur-ing the holidays revealed that of the 1267 toy firms visited 765 had not established their ceiling prices, including 255 manufacturers manufactur-ers who had not obtained OPA approval of their prices, and 510 jobbers and retailers who did not have the required recofda to support sup-port the prices they were charg-! charg-! ing. Typical examples of over-i over-i charges discovered and corrected correct-ed are: a doll priced at retail for $3.9H was rolled back to the proo-er proo-er price of $2.98; a wagon priced at $15 retail was rolled back to $4.50; a child's rockei priced by a manufacturer at $100 was rolled roll-ed back to $2.00. Preparations are already being made for the next toy buying season, plans to be completed in time lor the annual an-nual toy fair in March. OPA says. Grade One pattenger tire quotas quo-tas for February have been reduced re-duced to 6989 tires as compared with 8932 for January, the OPA announces Truck tire quotas, size 7.50 or smaller are 1301 for the month and 734 for those size i 8.25 and larger. Tractor and implement im-plement tire quotas for lize 7.50 or smaller are 74 and for size 7.50 or larger are 48. The OPA does not look for any great change in fire quotas for some time. RATION NEWS Drastic steps laid down by the OPA and the WPB will assure the civilians more low priced clothing within the next few months. Cost increases will now be absorbed by wholesalers and retailers instead of entirely by the manufacturer. Plans call for production of more low priced and essential clothing, better rwality, most clothing to carry OPA price ceiling tags put on by the manufacturer, and firmer controls of prices at all levels, including retail. Red stamps Y5, Z5, A2, B2, C2 and D2 became valid January 28, and red stamps Q5 through X5 I are still valid, the OPA announc-' announc-' es. Blue stamps H2, J2, K2, L2 1 and M2 became valid February j I, and blue stamps X5 through I G2 are still valid. Butter will remain at twenty-four twenty-four points a pound during February, Feb-ruary, the OPA says, but mar i garine will be raised to three points a pound. Lard, shorten- |