Show WEEKLY OPA announcements the price of ice cream is L going to remain remain right where it is L 1 lez ie until february OPA I 1 rss announced noun ced the price agency hs jut just extended a temporary price provision on ice cream to that date pending issuance of a p permanent er manent price regulation for this commodity A newspaper story appearing recently c en t 1 y in t the h e C colorado 0 lo 10 rado press related a h harrowing a r ro wi n g t tale al e 0 of f 18 philadelphia packers dumping clumping one million lbs IDS of meat into vats for rendering and fertilizer upon investigation the 5 story t 0 r y has a s been b ce n found to be totally u unsupported n s u apo r te d b by y the facts here is the truth one philadelphia packer not 18 dumped pork acks into a rendering vat as a result of an order by the war food admin adain to clear his refrigerator of non edible meat products in order to make room for edible meats for armed forces and civilians the products thrown away are not rationed and are not considered edible by most people unfortunately the false story was widely circulated was commented upon editorially |