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Show O. P. A. Changes ! Rationing Rules On Passenger Car Tires ; i Use of an automobile in an essential es-sential war occupation, rather than the distance driven in a given month, will determine eligibility for , passenger car tires under ration- i ins regulations. j The critical shortage of all types of tires, Maeser Dalley, chairman of the Iron County war price and rationing board, said today, has dictated dic-tated the shift in the OPA tire-ratlonlng tire-ratlonlng program from a "mileage" to an "occupational" basis. (Formerly, only persons holding rations to drive 601 or more miles a month could qualify for Grade I tires. But beginning February 1, a change In OFA regulations permits per-mits any person driving a car in an essentlul v.r.r occupation over 121 miles a month to apply for Grade I tires new pre-war or synthetic rubber tires. If such tires are not available, he may obtain a' certificate for Grade III tires, consisting of used tires or new tires made .principally from reclaimed rubber. Drivers doing work the must essential es-sential to the war effort, to public pub-lic health, and to jmbllc safety will come first, the chairman said. The remaining supply of Grade III tires will go to persons doin? occupation. al driving of a less essential nature. Grade I tires, available durln? February to all Utah drivers, will amount to but a total of 2.835, T. II. Azblll, district mileage rationing ration-ing representative, reports. Grade III supply of tires, 3,032; tubes, 3.400; truck tires, 1,865; truck tubes, 1.723; tractor tires, 105; tractor tubes, 88; bicycles, 58; and automobiles, automo-biles, 69. |