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Show Gas Tickets Don't Expire Supplemental Rations Remain Valid Supplemental gasoline rations no longer "expire" as in the past, but remain valid for the purchase of gasoline indefinitely O. Guy Car-don, Car-don, chairman of the Cache County war price and rationing board announced an-nounced following receipt of information infor-mation from the OPA state office. According to a recent amendment amend-ment to the rationing regulations, the board cnairman saia, a aim "C" rations as well as "E" and "R" coupons may be used beyond the fixed period for which they were issued, and until renewal are obtained. Thus they expire at the "earliest renewal date" instead of on ''expiration .date" as in the past. "While B and C books will be issued on the basis of estimated three months needs, the rations will not expire at the end of that time," the chairman said. "Since it is difficult to tell exactly how much gas will be needed in advance, ad-vance, some motorists with supplemental sup-plemental rations have come to the end of the ration period with 'left-over' coupons. The new arrangement ar-rangement avoids taking the time of the applioant and the rationing ration-ing board to issue new rations until un-til the coupons are all used." The new amendment also replaces re-places the old method of Issuing "B" books, it was explained. On the old ''time tailoring" basis, war price and rationing boards issued a full "B" book in all cases but fixed an "expiration date" three months to a year later depending upon the monthly gasoline needs of tire applicant. In the future, coupons in excess of those required for the estimated three months needs of the motorist will be removed re-moved from the "B" book in the same way as '"C" books are tailored. tail-ored. Supplemental ration holders were advised to submit their applications ap-plications for renewals to the local lo-cal board at least two weeks before be-fore their supply of coupons is exhausted. |