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Show Shoe Sale Extended-Shoe Extended-Shoe retailers will be granted an additional week to sell their odd lot shoes, because the recent freight embargo on non-essential goods has caused a delay in shipment ship-ment of shoes from wholesale- to retailers. The period of ration-free ration-free sales to consumers of odd lot shoes will extend from February 19 to March 10. During this period per-iod retailers may sell from their own stocks as well as from stocks bought ration-free from other es. tablishments. Trade shipments began be-gan February 5 and the final date for these transfers remains February Feb-ruary 24. The extra week for sales to consumers is granted to permit wholesale shipments that have been tied up by civilian freight embargo- to reach stores In time to be disposed ration-free. |