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Show No Substantial Change. Anticipated In Shoe Rationing This Year OPA denies that only one more shoe ration stamp will be made, valid for rationed shoes this year. No substantial change in the shoe-rationing shoe-rationing program is anticipated. Although it is still too early to state definitely how many pairs of shoes will be available for civilians ci-vilians in 1944, indications now are that the present ration stamp -a new stamp approximately every six months will be maintained. main-tained. Thirty days notice will be given if cancellation of either of the two valid shoe stamps becomes be-comes necessary. Remember that after Feb. 27th storekeepers will begin using ration ra-tion change. Help your local merchant by knowing how the plan works. Just keep in mind that all red and all blue stamps in ration book four will have a value of ten points each, regardless regard-less of the value printed on them. Don't throw your book down on the counter for your over-worked merchant to wrestle with. Tear out the required stamps, horizontally, hori-zontally, not vertically as formerly. form-erly. If you make meat purchases totaling 13 points, tear out two red stamps valued at 20 points. In turn, your merchant will give you for change seven red ration tokens each worth one point. Blue tokens will be given as change for blue stamps in the purchase of processed foods. Tokens have no expiration date. |