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Show Federal Agency Officials Indicate There Will Be Sugar for Canning WPB reports that every effort is being made to have sugar available avail-able this summer for home canning. can-ning. "While the supply may be some what limited," reports John Schmutz, chairman of the Washington Wash-ington County AAA committee, "just as the supply for consumption consump-tion is already limited, we are told it will be sufficient to enable housewives to can what they need". Reports have come that housewives are buying more sugar than they need for normal family consumption with the explanation that they want to be sure to have a supply on hand for home canning. can-ning. Such buying is not: only unnecessary but also unwise, because be-cause it aggravates a situation that is already difficult." Auto Graveyards WPB has enlisted the aid of the USDA war boards in canvassing auto graveyards and listing the names of the owner or operator and approximate number of "jalopies" "ja-lopies" on each lot. "War boards will make the survey in rural areas and the WPB in metropolitan metropoli-tan areas. As a follow-up, scrap buyers from steel mills are asked to report cases where auto graveyards grave-yards refuse to sell scrap. If considered con-sidered advisable, WPB will requisition requi-sition the entire collection of cars on lots. In years past, there have been some cases of burning rubber for smudges, or of farmers burning old rubber tires to dispose of I them. Needless to say, burning of rubber is now considered unpatriotic. un-patriotic. If there is no junk dealer nearby who is buying old rubber, save it until a plan for collection is worked out. In Washington county, the Scouts are collecting scrap iron. Those having it are asked to get in touch with them, or if theyi have a large amount which they prefer to turn direct to scrap metal dealers, they are asked to get in touch with one of the group who are collecting it in this county. |