Show Ration Board Volunteers To Be Honored OPA War Service A Awards to Be Pr Presented in Appreciation Citizens of oC the United States during the holiday season should be profoundly grateful to the unpaid volunteer workers on local war price and rationing boards who have been the nations nation's mainstay in the fight against rising costs of or living and disastrous tion These people have sacrificed their pleasure their ease their peace of mind In order to assist the OPA in administering its regulations regulations regulations reg reg- governing price control and rationing of oC scarce foods Without Without Without With With- out their cooperation the program would have failed prices would have risen to ruinous heights and scarce commodities would have been hoarded b by a relatively few people D During ring the week of January 2 these volunteer workers are to be honored by their communities and the tho United States Eight three Eighty three thousand of these volunteers serving serving sef ing more than hours will be presented with the OPA war var service award Nine thousand persons who have served hours or more will receive a distinguished service pin To help distribute the surplus of or pork the Office Orrice of or Price Administration Administration Adminis Adminis- has announced that Spare Stamp No 1 appearing on the first page of War Ration Book Four will wm willbe willbe be worth five points for the retail purchase of oC pork This stamp will willbe willbe willbe be valid until midnight of January 2 The temporary validation of a special stamp provides the simplest and most effective manner of getting getting getting get get- ting the unexpectedly large civilian civilian civilian civil civil- ian supply of or pork into the hands handsor of or the housewives Price control and rationing have been effective e Although the cost of living has advanced since Pearl Harbor 25 per cent this represents but half the advance made during the same period of or time in the first World War After the first World War Var the worst period of Inflation set In and the cost of oC living Jiving Jn- Jn n- n creased per cent By price control control control con con- and rationing it is estimated United States citizens have been saved 22 billion dollars and the government 67 billion dollars a to total total to- to i tal of oC 89 billion dollars I I Motorists are arc urged to conserve both tires and gasoline during the next year Utah's quota of passenger passenger passenger pas pas- tires for the first month of oC 19 14 is a total of 2762 a slight Increase Increase in increase In- In crease over December Tire dealers of Utah have but new tires to keep passenger cars on the road The fhe outlook for trucks is even worse vorse Utah dealers have but COO new truck tires as compared to back orders for Cor tires |