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Show MOTHERSBPPOSE PUMPKIN WASTE Fuel Administration Asked to Enforce Appeal on Halloween. Herbert Hoover need not fear that housewives of Salt Lake City are slackening In food conservation. The telephone at the food administration office haa been busy today over the matter of Halloween pumpkins. It seema that soma of the grocery stores. In spite of a patriotic appeal to the contrary, are advertising choice pumpkins pump-kins for jack o' lanterns for sale, and the youngsters, tired of epidemic restrictions, re-strictions, have taken their beloved pennies from their tiny banks and Invested heavily. According to the messages over the purehaaea have not pleased their patriotic pa-triotic . mothers, and In several in stances the kiddies have been made to return the pumpkins to the grocers and get their money back. Several of the Inquirers suited If something could not be done to prevent the sale I of the pumpkin", but were told at 'the local food office that there was no strict regulation in regard to the matter, but that a patriotic appeal had been sent out from the national capital agajnut the use of this food commodity for All Saints' eve pranks. This appeal, however. J made In I all mmm mi. wmim MlIlT HB llUT l pumpkins ran serve the double purpose pur-pose of foodettiff for. human consumption con-sumption and a feed for animals. Kood offlrlttls are hoping that all retailers will bear this in mind, and they are assured from the hearty Interest In-terest shown over the telephone this morning that hnUMw U'es of Unit la.i will see that few of the golden pump-kin pump-kin are wanted. |