Show red stamps to be used fo for r meat rationing red stamps from war ration book two will be aumend surrendered d by consumers throughout the united states when they purchase meat but butter terr other edible fats fata and oils cheese and canned fish sh after midnight of sunday march 28 accord ing to a news release from the OPA during the week beginning mon man day march 29 these commodities will be rationed after the point system during april each holder of war ration ratio book two regardless of age go will have a basic allotment of 16 points per week to spend As in the case of processed foods one member of the family may shop with the books of all members red A stamps will become va lid on march 29 B stamps on A april 4 and C D and E stamps will become valid on each succeeding monday through april 25 all of these stamps may be used until A betl 30 when they become invalid the meats and fats rationing pro gram will include fresh frozen cur ed slaked and canned meats and i ed cd smoked and canned meats and veal lamb nui mutton tto and ad pork park as well iu as variety meats hoart heart tongue etea etc and ea sausages ag it will also include canned fish most natural and processed cheeses butter lard margarine garine shortening salad and cook ing oil oils the program will not ra tion fresh frozen smoked or pickled fish fish in containers not her mati matica cally liy sealed scaled poultry and game whether fresh frozen or canned olive oil salad dr dressing ag a and d mayon you nime naise soft 0 or r perishable cheese such as cream cottage neufchatel neuf chatel pot bakers camembert lied lieder kranz ekr drus and blue cheese aea spreads and cheese products containing less the than 30 per cent of rationed cheese also are pot not rationed whether lot sales will 11 be frozen prior to ratio rationing niong will R depend pd on how the buying public proceeds in the remaining period it was stated at cit in any case it is not a anticipated t that sales of meats will be frozen OPA antim anticipates pates hows housewives wives will have little difficulty with the meats and fats program since they will h have ave had a a month of exper experience omee with point rationing in some ways this program will be simpler than the processed foods rationing pro gram as no registration will be ne essary nor will consumers declare their supplies of meats and fats on hand point values of the meats and fats to be rationed beginning marca ath will be made public sometime during the week of march 22 A mong uie the factors to be taken into account in assigning the values will be the relative sear scarcity city of ta the le v vanous 41 foods and in th the e case of in meats Is those hav having ing a greater proportion pre portion m of bone will wil 1 be assigned lower point values atte attention tion of the public was called to le the first change in point val announced since the beginning of the processed food rationing program dried and dehydrated prunes and raisins have been mt cut from 20 points per pound to 12 points per pound while dried peas been beans and lentils have been cut from 8 to 4 points per pound dec dates and fig figs other than those ahr d in sealed le containers have been removed entirely entirely y from the list of foods currently being rationed rt it was stated |