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Show ' cembcr. Of tractor and imple- j ment tires, size 7.50 or smaller. j the allocation was 91 and 7.50 or larger, 40 tires- There will be no decrease in ! the price of used cars and trucks at the present time the OPA 1 stated. The present prices will be continued until July I, 1945 instead of ending January 1, 1945 as previously announced. Ceiling prices on used cars were due for a four per cent reduction on January 9 and used truck ceilings were to be reduced January Janu-ary 1. stun s in the east are out of butter but-ter half the time. Greatly increased in-creased government demands and an annual civilian consumption amounting to 191 quarts of milk per capita as compared with 158 ; quarts in pre-war days have j caused the shortage. Meat Utility beef alone will i be 51 per cent less in January than in December 1944. Armed forces of 11.000,000 men and women wo-men require a lot of meat-Sugar meat-Sugar Civilians normally consume 6,700,000 tons. Available -applies for 1945 will be 5,400,000 tons. The 1,300,000 ton shortage ! is obvious. Not only is the demand de-mand -greater, the supply smaller, small-er, but sugar is being used for rubber, explosives, plastics and industrial alcohol An October survey revealed that consumers had ration stamp accumulations equal to nearly I three months supplv of food. Had housewives been warned of the approaching change in rationing policies a run on food stores similar sim-ilar to a run on banks in panic times would undoubtedly have been precipitated. Twelve months supplies would have been cut to nine months supply by hoarders. The OPA had to make the hard choice, Mr. ( Bowles concludes, and protect a' vital war reserve, the nation's food supply. Housewives are urged to destiny de-stiny all food ration stamps that have been declared invalid, the OPA said today Use of these i stamps by consumers, as well as j acceptance of them by retailers, is a serious violation of rationing ration-ing regulations, and may have a serious effect upon the present food situation. Red tokens will still continue in use, the OPA added, and grocers will continue to give them in change for red tamps. Red stamps now valid are Q5, R5 and S5 and five more stamps T5, U5, V5. W5 and X5 became valid December 31. Blue stamps X5, Y5, Z5, A2 and B2 are still good and five more blue stamps C2, D2, F2 and G2 became be-came valid January 1. Sugar Stamp 34 is the only sugar stamp or coupon now valid. A new one will be issued February 1. No expiration dates have oeen set for the stamps thai still remain valid. In reply to complaints received receiv-ed by the OPA that motorists are being told they must purchase pur-chase their tires where they have them inspected, the OPA an nounces that motorists holding tire certificates may purchase the tires any place they please. The same thing holds good for any other rationed product. The RATION NEWS FACTS ON RATIONING What are the facts about the food supply? Was OPA arbitrary and despotic when it restored a long list of foods to rationing December 26, increased the value of others, and cancelled the value of ration stamps in the hands of itlivi.nc HPA Arlminietratni OPA does not in any way at tempt to influence the purchasers' purchas-ers' selection of a buying place Tire inspectors for the OPA have ways of detecting whether-; whether-; a synthetic tire nas been driven over the wartime speed limit of 35 miles an hour for any length of time. Motorists found to be abusing tires in this manner will be denied the right to purchase I new tires, and may lose their I right to obtain gasoline rations. January tire quotas for Utah ' are lower than those for December, Decem-ber, the OPA stated. Utah motor- ! Lsts will have 8,957 grade one passenger tires in comparison to 10,01)2 for December Heavier demands de-mands by the military are re-1 fleeted in reduced truck tire tlUOtas. Utah will get 713 truck tires size 8.25 or larger as again St 761 for December. There are 71,400 running wheels in the ; state using 8.25 or larger tires at the present time. The quota sup-plies sup-plies only one-one hundredths of a per cent of the total wheels. A I large cut was made in truck tires size 7.50 or smaller. Utah gets Only 1293 against 1583 for De- Chester Bowles answers these questions: "Present estimates indicate less meat, less butter and less sugar and processed foods for civilians in the first quarter of 1945 than in any three months of the war. An end of the war against Germany Ger-many in 1945 will not alter these shortages significantly." Continuing his analysis, Mr. Bowles' reports on the outlook for the various foods: Processed foods Military de- mands are taking 41 per cent of the total 1944-45 pack, six times the amount in 1941-42. Butter Three-fourths of the |