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Show V time Is Extended For Some Stamps To relieve retailers of an end-of-the-month buying rush, O P A has extended for one week the tiime during which blue stamps G, H, and J may be used for the purchase of processed foods. Simultaneously, it extended for one month the period during which red stamp "J" may be used for the purchase of meats and fats, according to a representative of the Utah war price and rationing board. Thus, instead of expiring on May 31, as previously announced,! the May blue stamps, G,-H and! J will 'be valid through June 7, j and the red "J" stamp will be valid through June 30, the board j member explained. "The month-end shopping would : have been particularly difficult at the end of May since not only iblue and red stamps but sugar and 1 coffee stamps as well expire on j May 30 and 31 respectively," the . representative stated. '"The situa- j tion would have been made even worse by the fact that many ! stores will be closed for Memorial ; day on May 31 so that, from a j practical standpkMTit, ayturday, , May 29, m many cases would have j been the last day for spending stamps scheduled to expire at the end of May. Consumers should i do their necessary buying, there-1 fore, as much in advance of Satur- j day as possible." In commenting on O P A's rayon ! hosiery price regulation, which I became effective May 15, the rep-j resentative stated that the job of i supplying American women with , attractive, serviceable rayon hose has been greatly simplified as a result of the regulation. To com. j ply with the regulation, merchants ! (Continued on last page) ! Stamp Time Extended (Continued from first page) mark the dollar-and-cemts ceiling price on each pair of hose. In addition, ad-dition, if the hose is full-fashioned, the guage number is shown, and if it is seamless or "bare-leg," the needle count is shown. Stockings that are irregular, seconds and thirds are sub-standard and are so labeled. They carry a lower price than hose without flaws. To illustrate this are cited the ceiling prices for 45-gauge full-fashioned full-fashioned rayons. The first quality qual-ity hose of this gauge commands a ceiling price of 81 cents to 92 cents; irregulars 69 cents to 78 cents; seconds 54 cents to 61 cents, and thirds 40 cents to 45 cents. Similarly, seamless first quality 340-needle count has a ceiling' price of 47 cents to 53 cents with irregulars, seconds, and thirds at proportionately lower prices. A 1 1 merchants selling hose are required to post a list of the ceiling prices near where the hose are displayed. v |