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Show Point Rationing Program Outlined By Snow Point Values To Be Issued For Over 200 Foods Under 1st Rationing Period Rationing of commercially canned, bottled and frozen fruits and vegetables, veg-etables, including juices, all soups, and dried fruits, under the point system will being Monday, Mar. 1st, it was announced by E. Eric Snow, chairman of the local War Price and Rationing board. Retail sales of the foods to be rationed will be suspended as of midnight, Feb. 20, and registration registra-tion of the civilian population for War Ration book two will be conducted during the six days beginning be-ginning Monday, Feb. 22. The first ration period will cover the month of March. Each 5 holder of War Ration book two, except those possessing more than w? the allowable maximum of five be cans, will have 48 points to lte spend for the rationed foods when 'o- retail selling resumes on Monday, m- March 1st. Represented By Letters These 48 points will be repre sented by blue stamps bearing the serial letters "A", "B", and "C". This gives each person three 8-point stamps, three 5-point stamps, three 2-point stamps and three 1-point stamps. Stamps for succeeding months will be used in alphabetical order, but the exact ex-act number of points to be allowed al-lowed will not be disclosed until the middle of the preceding month. Official point values for the more than 200 food items covered by the processed foods program will be made public as soon as retail sales have been "frozen". At the same time, distribution will begin of the official table of point values which each grocery , store must display prominently for the information of its customers. Registration sites will be announced an-nounced by the local War Price and Rationing board. In some areas where population is scat-tered scat-tered widely and weather conditions condi-tions make travel difficult, local boards are authorized to use the ' mails. The procedure for obtaining (Continued on page eight) Point Rationing (Continued from first page) War Ration book two Is extremely simple. One member of a family may apply for all by presenting 1 copy of War Ration book one for each person. The applicant must present a "consumer declaration" of canned ijoods anil coffee on hand. One declaration will cover all members mem-bers of a household. Point stamps will be removed from the ration book for all canned goods in excess ex-cess of five cans for each person. The following need not bo declared: de-clared: Canned olives, canned meat and fish, pickles, relish, jellies, jams and preserves, spaghetti, spa-ghetti, macaroni and noodles, or home-canned foods. Copies To B Available Copies of the declaration sheet will be made available to all newspapers news-papers by Feb. 15th. Householders Household-ers may clip these sheets from the newspapers if they desire, or may use declaration sheets available avail-able at registration points. OPA officials emphasize that the removal of stamps from the ration book is in no sense a penally. pen-ally. It is recognized that many families customarily buy canned goods in quantity, especially in rural areas, so that any implication implica-tion of hoarding is completely unjustified. un-justified. However, it is pointed out that heavy penalties may be assessed if false information is given on the consumer declaration sheet. Restaurants, hotels, hospitals and other "institutional users" will register for their allotments during the first ten days of March. Details will be announced later by the local WPR board. Retail stores and wholesalers of rationed foods are not required to register until April 1 to 10. |