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Show Rationing of ofGas ofGas ofGas Gas and FoodsNow Foods FoodsNow FoodsNow Now LiftedGasoline Lifted LiftedGasoline . ' Gasoline Gasolme all blue point pomt foodsfuel foods foodsfuel foodsfuel fuel oil 011 and oil 011 stoves went off offratlonmg offrationing offrationing ratlonmg rationing WednesdayThe WednesdayThe Wednesday WednesdayThe The blue point pomt program cover covered covered covered ed canned fruits and vegetables vegetablesand vegetablesand vegetablesand and such products as catsup catsupChIlI catsupchili catsupchill I ChIlI sauce and grapeJUIcePrIce grape3uicePrice grapejuice grape3uice grapejuicePrice Price Administrator Admmlstrator Chester ChesterBowles ChesterBowles ChesterBowles Bowles said that meats fats and andoIls andoils andoils oIls butter sugar shoes and andtIres andtires andtires tIres will viI1 stay on the ration hst list listuntil hstuntil listuntil until military cutbacks and m in mcreased increased increased creased production brings brmgs CIVIl CIVIlIan civilian civilian Ian supplies more nearly in m bal balance balante balance ance ante with civilian demandNobody demandNobody demand demandNobody Nobody is any happier than thanwe thanwe thanwe we in m OPA Bowlos Bowlcs Bowles said that thatas thatas thatas as far as gasoline gasolme is concerned concernedthe concernedthe concernedthe the day is finally fmally here when we wecan wecan wecan can drive our cars wherever we weplease weplease weplease please when we please and as asmuch asmuch asmuch much as we pleaseThe pleaseThe please pleaseThe The OP OPA A chief said rIght rIghtnow rightnow rightnow now it s impossible to estimate estimatewhen estimatewhen estimatewhen when other commodities can be beremoved beremoved beremoved removed from rationing ratlomng He Headded Headded Headded HeaddedIt added addedIt It certainly certamly cant can t come too toosoon toosoon toosoon soon as far as we are concerned concernedYou concernedYou concernedYou You may be sure that the other otherItems otheritems otheritems Items will vill go off the list hst the themmute theminute theminute mmute minute we hear that supphes supplies suppliesare supphesare suppliesare are anywhere big enough to go goaround goaround goaround goaroundGasoline around aroundGasolme aroundGasoline Gasoline Gasolme rationing ratlOnmg began l11 in l11the inthe inthe the east May 15 1942 and was wasextended wasextended wasextended extended throughout the nahon nation nationDec nahonDec nationDec Dec 1 1942The 1942 , The canned fruit and vege vegetables vegetables vegetables tables program began m in March March1943 1943 while fuel oil 011 rahonmg rationing rahonmgcame rationingcame rationingcame came to the east in m October October1942 1942 and to to'the tothe .the the 'the ' . rest of the na nahon nation nation hon tion March 1943Bowles 1943 1943Bowles 1943Bowles Bowles said that while lmme imme lmmedlate immediate immediate dlate diate removal of several maJor maJorclvl.han majorcivilian majorcivilian clvl.han clvlhan civilian . commodities fi fiom flom om ra- ra ratlOnmg rationing ra rationing - - tioning tlOnmg may mean . local short shortages shortages shortages ages for a while the supply supplyagenCies supplyagencies supplyagencies agenCies assure us that the re- re return return re return - - turn to normal channels of ms cbs mstrIbutIon cbstribution distnbution trIbutIon will take care of these thesetrouble thesetrouble thesetrouble trouble spots pmomptlyAsked plomptlyAsked piomptly plomptly pmomptly piomptlyAsked Asked if it 1t \ - v sas as necessary to toretam toretain toretain retam retain gasoline gasolme coupons in m order orderto orderto orderto to qualify for tires OPA answer answered answered answered ed with a flat no The agency agencysaId agencysaid agencysaid saId it expected to make anearly an anearly anearly early announcement regardmg regarding regardmgthe regardingthe regardingthe the effect of the end of gasolme gasoline gasolmerahonmg gasolinerationing gasolinerationing rahonmg rationing on the procum procuiement proculement ement of oftIres oftires oftires tIres tIresI I |