Show RATION NEWS Items Worth or Reading I From the Office of Price Adm HousewIves es are arc urged to destroy destroy destroy de de- de- de stroy all food ration stamps that thai have been invalid the theOPA theOPA theOPA OPA said this week Use of these stamps b by consumers as well as acceptance of them by retailers Is a serious violation of rationIng rationing rationing ration- ration Ing regulations and may have havea a serious effect upon the present Present pres Pres- ent food tood situation Red t tokens kens will still continue In use the theOPA theOPA theOPA OPA added and grocers will continue to give them In change for red stamps Red ned stamps now valid are through Blue stains stams through and A through are now valid Sugar Sug Sug- ar 34 Is the only sugar stamp or coupon now valid A Anew Anew Anew new one will ill be Issue February 1 No expiration dates have ha been set for the stamps that still remain remain remain re re- main valid In reply to complaints received ed by the OPA that motorists are being told they must purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase their tires where they have them the OPA announces that motorists holdIng holdIng hold- hold Ing lug tire certificates may purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase the tires any place they please The same thing holds good for any other rationed products pro pro- I ducts The OPA does not in any anyway anyway way attempt to the tIle purchasers' purchasers selection of a buying place January tire quotas for Utah are lower than those for tor December December December Decem Decem- ber the OPA stated Utah motorIsts motorists motorists motor motor- will have grade one one passenger tires In comparison to for December Heavier 1 demands by the military are arc reflected reflected reflected re re- re- re I in reduced truck tire quotas Utah will m get truck tires Ures size or larger as again again- st 7 1 for There are 71 running wheels in the state using or larger tires tire at the present time The quota supplies only one-one one hundredth of a per cent of or the total wheels A large cut was made in truck tires size or smaller Utah gets only 1293 against 1583 for tOr December Of tractor and Implement Implement implement ment tires size or smaller the allocation was 91 nand and 7 50 or larger 40 tires thes Tire inspectors for the OPA have ways of detecting whether a synthetic tire has been dr driven dren en over o the wartime speed limit of or 35 miles an hour for any length of time Motorists found to bo be abusing tires Ures in this manner will willbe willbe willbe be denied the right fight to purchase new tires and may lose their right to obtain gasoline rations There will be no decrease in inthe inthe inthe the price of used cars at the present time the OP OPA A stated The present prices will be continued continued continued con con- until July 1 1945 instead instead in- in stead of ending ending- January 1 1 1945 as S previously announced Ceiling prices on used cars were due for tor fora tora a four per cent reduction on January 9 and used truck truc- ceil cell ings lags were to be OP reduced January January January Jan Jan- uary 1 |