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Show Price Comparisons Indicate Benefits Comparison of last year's food prices and this show that the "hold-the-line" policy i has been i maintained by the office of price j administration, announces Thatcher Thatch-er Handley, chairman of the Milford Mil-ford war price and rationing board. "A glance at advertisements of last year show that prices have i changed very little," the chairman says: ".For instance, No. 2 cans . ef peas of various grades sold for 12 to 22 cents in 1943. This month jthey are selling for 13 to 19 cents. ; Cream corn sold for 13 to 17 cents in 1943, and is now selling for 14 to 18 cents for a No: 2 can. Tomatoes To-matoes have undergone a slight change. In May 1943, a No. 2 can sold for 13 to 16 cents, and this month they are retailing from 13 to 17 cents. Coffee was retailing retail-ing at 33 to 37 cents in 1943, and I is now selling at 32 to 37 cents. Butter has been held fairly steady, I the May 1942 price was 50 to 52 I cents a pound, and this month it was selling for 51 cents." The prices quoted above vary according to the grade of the item how it was packed glass or tin land the size of the containers, j Prices also vary according to the 'group type of the store in which j they were purchased. I The job of holding down prices ! has not been won in spite of en-jcouraging en-jcouraging reports. They must check prices continually in order to keep them down. Beginning May 1, airplane ! stamp 2 in war ration book 3 may be used for buying one pair of rationed ra-tioned shoes, OP A has announc-' announc-' ed. The new stamp and airplane stamp 1 will be good indefinitely. Stamp 18 in book 1 will expire I April 30. From May 1 through ;May 20, children's low-priced shoes (maximum $1.60 per pair) in sizes 8 through 12, and misses' 1 and little boys' shoes in sizes 12 j through 3, will be ration-free. In 1942 sales of 'civilian rationed I shoes exceeded production by more than 53 million pairs, which made j it necessary late last year to decrease de-crease the number of shoes available avail-able to civilians, i V |