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Show Four Years After War Finds Food Rationing In Britain Bad LONDON U.R Britain today is the only country, west of the Iron Curtain with a general ra- tloning scheme still in effect, f four years arter the end of the . war, Week in ' and week out the ; British housewives crowd the? shops and grocery stores to buy, their weekly .rations, which are, j In many cases, less than they j Wv.e at the Height of the war. , Planning a meal is still a big headache for a British housewife, erpeclally one with a- limited budget.: Unrauoned foodstuffs are often beyond her means and a man can, and often does, eat his weekly meat ration at one sitting. Rationing of certain foodstuffs first started in January, 1940. Today, To-day, almost ten years later, the :, original butter and bacon ration of four ounces per head per week are still the same. In 1940 the sugar ration was 12 ounces. Today It is eight ounces. Meat Still Scarce Meat has the sorriest tale to tell. Meat was first rationed in March, 1940, at one shilling, ten-pence ten-pence worth a week. In March this year it fell to only 10 pence worth. Today, a housewife gets one shilling, sixpence worth on each buff-colored ration book. A food ministry official said it will be many years before Britain returns to its normal pre-war meat consumption. The only basic foodstuff that has come off the ration since the war is jam. Bread was rationed and potatoes were allocated rations vary in each district I since the warlmt unlimited supplies sup-plies of each are now in the! shops. j A Briton today gets the following follow-ing amount of rationed goods once a week: Sugar, eight ounces; meat, one shilling sixpence worth; butter, four ounces; cooking' fat, two ounces; margarine, four ounces; bacon, four ounces; cheese, -two ounces; milk, three pints for adults and three and a half pints weekly for children between fhe ages of five and 18 years old and a pint a day for children under five; soap, roughly a small tablet a week; tea, tgvo and a half ounces; eggs are allocated; about one egg a week in the winter months and between two and three in the summer months. Fish Not Rationed A Briton also gets 24 points a nonth to spend. A tin of meat, enough for four people for one meal, costs about 12 points; a pound of rice takes eight points and syrup costs 16 points. One of the few basic foodstuffs which has never been rationed is fish. Cod, herrings and sole are seen on a Briton's table about four or five times a week. Unlike most European countries, coun-tries, Britain has never rationed coffee. There always has been a plentiful, supply of the beans throughout the war and the postwar post-war period. Sweet biscuits, certain tinned vegetables and fruits and condensed con-densed and evaporated milk are all on points. Game, such as goose, poultry, Claw-Sharpening Cat Inspires New Business NEW YORK (U.R) A Siamese kitten that kept sharpening her! claws on the best furniture landed land-ed her owner In a new bulsness. Miss Pierson, production editor of a national' magazine, built a scratching bar to lure the kitten awayfrom her furniture. The kitten, kit-ten, Whisper went for it and so did Miss Pierson's I friends. "It got so I couldn't keep up with my regular Job and fill the requests for the scratching bars, too," Miss Pierson said, "so I turned the production over to the Federation for the Handicapped." Now the bar.. 18 inches long and two inches high, is for sale. in local department stores. The wood Is left bare along half the bar, and the other half is covered with broadloom carpeting. The carpeting is impregnated with catnip. partridge0' and pheasant are not rationed but are extremely x-pensive x-pensive and nearly always beyond be-yond the means of the average British housewife. A chicken for four people generally gen-erally costs about 15 shillings. . Sweets, chocolates and sugared drops are rationed to four ounces a week or two small bars of chocolate. Earlier this year' sweets were de-rationed but the demand was so great and the queues at the sweet shops so long that many people got no sweets at all. Rationing Ra-tioning was re-introduced after Only two months. Mining Incentive Legislation Lags WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UP.) Mining incentive legislation ha passed the senate, but appears to be at least temporarily stymied in the house. . . Economy-conscious members of the house rules committee pre-vented pre-vented its clearance for floor debate de-bate during the last session ' of congress. Earlier this week, the house . public lands committee will make another try at getting rules committee approval. Failing that, members agreed, public lands committee chairman J. Hardin Peterson, DM Fla., should try to force the measure to the floor. He has filed a resolution reso-lution calling for debate. If he fails to win rules committee approval, ap-proval, he can ask speaker Sam Rayburn to recognize him ,to bring up the resolution. If the resolution is approved by a majority vote of the house, the mining measure will be taken up. The bill would authorize the interior department to make incentive in-centive payments to miners for exploration and conservation work. r ZERO ZERO ZERO NORTHFIELD, Vt. (UP) For ah hour, John Santosuoso of the Norwich , universit y , faculty thought he was worth $25,000. That's what the telegram said his prize was in a slogan-writing contest. The correction that finally came along deleted the three zeros and deflated Santosuosso. V - : -) x f fcyT? fmmmmmm fNEA Telaphoto, WINE WAR California Board of Equalization agents drag grocer Charles Hawkins, 37, from his Stockton store (top) after arresting him for selling a bottle of wine tor 39c Instead of 45c. as set by the California Fair Trade Act. Unconscious, Hawkins lies in street with his head on his wife's lap (bottom) while officers wait for him to revive. A crowd booed police and called them "Gestapo" as Hawkins was taken off to jaJO. Grocer Defies Price-fixing Law In California r STOCKTON, Cal., Jan. 13 (U.R) Grocer Charles Hawkins, who was forcibly carried off to jail for selling bottle of wine for six cents less than the state fair trade act, was fighting mad today. Hawkins said he planned to take two steps to get around the price law. He conferred with his lawyer about using his case as a test to overthrow the act He also announced he would run for the powerful board of equalization,' which is charged with enforcing enforc-ing it. Hawkins has been feuding with the board for two years. The fight started when he persisted in selling beer and wine for less than the law said he should. He claimed he could sell his merchandise mer-chandise at any price he wanted to. The board then suspended his liquor license. On Tuesday, a board agent bought 'a bottle of wine from Hawkins for 39 cents Instead of the "legal" price of 45 cents. Then seven agents went to Hawkins' store to arrest him. Warned of their coming, Haw kins barricaded bis store and defied de-fied the agents to remove him. They broke down the door and carried him off to jail, kicking and screaming. He and his clerk, Byron Nor ton, were arrested for disturbing the peace and for selling liquor without a license. Both will ap- DAILY HERALD 0 Friday, January 13, It JO Casual Poker Game Costs Victim Plenty LOS ANGELES (U.R) George V. Waters swears that he'll never again play poker with a stranger. His troubles began when he got Into a friendly game with a Jovial fellow who was not averse to running a bluff. Waters told police. Waters kept winning.'; When they counted up the chips, the stranger owed Waters $1,600. "I don't have the cash," he said, "but I have a check made out to me for $2,400." Waters accepted the check and gave the man $400 cash and a $400 check in return, The stranger's check bounced. Waters leaped into hit car and drove to the address where the man said he worked. He saw him on the corner. "Your check bounced," Waters said. "That's impossible," the stranger strang-er replied. "Let me have your car and I'll run to the bank with tbi check and get it cashed." That's the last Waters saw of the stranger, his money or his car. j ' ' -- pear for a preliminary hearing Jan. 10. . ... . , - .IrK.V has upheld California's price-fix- i 2 M that wiii nnt appealed. However, two other csipi are rending in the state ap pellate court. f. smEii uiuftauutiy LLfbuuuuu vuuuvyu 600V AW6 ICJ Fme 16c No. 303 Can If your Food Budget it feeling the first of the year pinch, then may we suggest you shop hero where Notional Brands ore featured at the lowest low-est possible prices. In quality there is Value, and A. G. Stores stress quality. iLIBBY'S FANCY Peas and Carrots HUNT'S. FOR THE BEST ' ' - LDASPBEBDY JAII lb.ar2Sc Idtt t tntravc ursT - - -- ------ --- - - mm mmmmm mt HOT nOLL I1IX plrg.2Uc CERTIFIED. THE BRAND THAT TOPS m IIAVY BEJUIS 2 lb. cello pkg. 20c ....... .mm. . PEMIHT BUTTEIl 12 cz. 3Sd ut rmn HnMQCCNIZED FuESHIIILK . . qearliua rrmawv'S 11 OZ. CAN TATIH I.ITTICHEOII I TEAT ... 37d nrr iRtirrm. WITH 8XUERKRAUT OSCAR IIAYER WEIIIEBS . can 0d nvrnurr WITH WETHERS ' I DEL II0I1TE SAUEDKDAUT 2Vz Can 15cj RIB STEAK a Gf.inT HAM, picnic style . . lb. 33c HENS, stew, large . . lb. 33c lb. 59c PORK ROAST ... lb. 37c FRANKS . . . . . lb. 39c CHEESE, mild . . . lb. 39c ILVERWARE Beautiful Camalof Paitarn Sil. rar Plated Teaspoons only 50 . . and the front label or box top from either of these products - FRESH ROASTED Viking Coffee lb. 68c INSTANT HOT IKalsloft lLZ . . 27c SPRY SWUM QUALITY GUARANTEED. 3 LB. CAN . A KITCHEN "MUST" IVi LB. BOTTLE NATIONAL FAVORITE. 78 to nrnssnnT? . atonal favo z UUa Ha&&mii3 package of mo Ua" iira ilMHEil MS "-vr 33c TOMATO SOUP, Heinz Cream of Tomato . 3 for 33c mmm u0B miM KIM fMM lb. sack IM 303 2 cans for C0ARANTEID WV AtSTOK WAUMOOCD, CONH. fiiaiB sran -.cobs Peas Hominy Chocolates Walnuts m 11 Star Klst, it ancy I una su. can IT1 I C Huni'a. lomaio Sauce 6C Wesson Oil quart 63c Del Monle. 303 Can Van Campi. IVt Can Potato Chips filberts Mix Nuts Jeppesen's 00 a Party Pack Pk. JUL Nuts OOf. 1-Lb. Celo 00L Old Fashioned 1-Lb. Celo . . . . J7c 15c 1 ORANGES .Mt case SOS-POTATOES SOS-POTATOES ;..53c: GREEN ONIONS . 2 bu. 11c CARROTS ... . 2bu. 15c CABBAGE, new si,, lb. 7c CALAVOS each 23c CAULIFLOWERS lb. 17c gjiBjBfBfjBafjafBBgafjJjBfafjjjjBlJJJJJBJJBffM KING Of- WHITE KIIIG SOAP Regular Listen to Heminff- gifk way's News . . . In- ZllC termounlaln Net- "w work. GIANT !C -Lb. Celo 1-Lb. Celo . 33c 25c 29c 36c 2 SCOTCH CLEANSER i iin ii llirPl cTnnFSTlinDUfillOUT THE STATE ) While King Toilet Soap 3 Bars 19c Lax Flakes 27c Reg. Pkg.. SWIFT'S PMID DOG FOOD 25c 216 ot. Cans ...... TOUTMW Cm Bars 15d 2 for 35o r , 1 JIM'. 2 BATH SIZEBARSl SWIFTS STRAINED HEATS f:r BABES Plenty of Varletr to choose from Meservy's Market 198 Nyijnlv. Ave-Phone 77 B. Y.'s larliet 485 East 6th North Phone SS04 A. & H. Rne Foods 97 East Jrd South Phone S00 Brereton's Marliet , Prore Canyon Koad Phone 04-R5 - Ream's Better Foods 890 West Center Phone S249 Bill's Stop Shop 780.N. 8th West Phene 1411-J |