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Show 62 per cent of the stores having no stocks in April as compared to 7 per cent in March. Informa j tion concerning supplies in chain stores is not included; this data being obtained from central warehouses and therefore is not ! comparable with the information from individual Independent stores. Only six new 1942 cars were allocated to Utah for the month of May. This is the same number as was allocated in April. At the last count only three new 1942 cars remained in Utah's stockpile. stock-pile. Eligible drivers will have to go out of the state for their new cars when these are sold. It becomes be-comes increasingly important that motorists watch their cars carefully and make minor repairs re-pairs at once. ine were larger All grades and cuts of beef were available the day the survey was made, but over 90 per cent of the city's stores had no veal or mutton. While adequate supplies of lamb chops and roasts were found in March, 31 per cent of tthe itorM had none in mid-April. Less than 10 per cent of the stores had bacon ba-con on hand in April Lard was much more difficult to obtain, charge consumers, this providing a margin of resale profit for placing pla-cing the car in a warranted condition. con-dition. Two valid shoe stamps will bi given American civilians repatriated repa-triated from enemy prison camps upon their arrival in tins country, coun-try, the OPA stated. Many civilians civi-lians released from internment camps do not have any shoes and ale therefore elicible for special shoe rations under the provision that any person not owning two pairs of wearable or repairable shoes ma apply for an extra stamp. By leaving airplane stamps two and three in war ration ra-tion book three, both the ex-internee and the local board will be saved a lot of trouble. Boards must obtain approval from the Deputy Administrator for rationing ration-ing to leave the stamps in the book. RATION NEWS H Grant Ivins. district director direc-tor of the OPA m Utah, announced announc-ed V-E Day that "Until the supply sup-ply of articles which are now ra- : K'j uiueies wnicn are now ra- tioned reaches such a point as to justify uncontrolled distribution. ' We shall put forth every effort to administer the rationing program pro-gram as it is delegated to us. Un-; Un-; tu Congress decides that price ! control is no longer necessary, we shall vigorously fight every tendency toward inflation." Dealers may now charge warranted war-ranted maximum prices for used 1 motor trucks and other commercial commer-cial vehicles only in sales to users on a warranted basis, the OPA Retail sales of loose cigarettes of any brand are now prohibited by the OPA. Also from May 12 to November 12, 1945, retailers who formerly sold two packs e-conomy e-conomy cigarettes per sale may now make single package sales, thus permitting wider distribution. distribu-tion. The current shortage of standard brands resulted in a tendency among some retailers to sell cigarettes loose- Twenty cigarettes sold one by one cost the consumer 20 cents. Todays prohibition is aimed at eliminating elimina-ting unnecessarily high prices. The Bureau of Labor statistics survey of Salt Lake City, considered consid-ered by that agency the representative represen-tative city in Utah, reveals that stocks of meat and lard were smaller in mid-April than in mid-March, mid-March, but supplies of margar- announced today. Beginning May 16 no dealer may sell used trucks or other commercial vehicles to a i dealer or other general seller at prices higher than "as is" ceil-1 ings. The new amendment esta- blishes a spread between the pri-1 ; ces dealers may charge each other oth-er and the prices they may |