Show 4 1 0 town and farm in war time prepared by the rural press section of the office of war info ri dilution nation soldiers allowance payments soldiers Sold leis lers dependents must till fill out and return a now new ofie one sheet dependency certificate to benefit by new rates lates provided by recent emens allowance legislation the war department announces all dependents now receiving family allowances are being sent copies of the now new form these should be filled out witnessed and returned to the office of denpe nency benefits as soon as practicable to avoid possible discontinuance of allowances until new accounts can be set up dependents now receiving family allowances will continue to receive their checks in the old amounts after an account Is converted any sum accrued as aa a result of an increase in a allowance lowi will be ba included in the first check the conversion from old to new accounts will take several months peanut butter prices down reduction of consumer prices tor for peanut butter from 33 1 cents to about 26 6 cents per pei pound effective november Novem bei 1 was announced by and OPA the reduction Is part of the wartime program to increase use of peanuts in making peanut butter and increase consumption of easily produced foods of high protein content mail cards naw christmas cards to soldiers overseas should be mailed at once the war department says they must be sent in sealed en N slopes elopes as first class mall mail christ mas cards mailed now will reach even tile the most remote APOs APO s by december 26 25 according to army postal service sets price range on cattle the allowable range of prices for foi which each grade ot of live cattle can be sold to slaughter ers eis has been set by judge fred AT vinson director of 0 the office of 0 economic stabilization within each grade price may fluctuate 1 price ranges per hun dweight for various grades at chicago are ahei choice 15 to 16 good 1425 to 1525 medium 12 to 13 common 10 to 11 ll 11 cutter and canner and bologna bulls to the price administration and the war food ii a aie re to determine and publish prices at other points in line with chicago prices As aa soon as practically aLle the war food administrator ast 1st directed to put into effect a system of oc allocation of live cattle to slaughter ois cro and feeders to maintain ea distribution of supplies t ample coffee for duration coffee supplies in the U S should remain amplo for foi the duration according to george C bach president of the national coalee association ini imports into inlo the U S this year were in excess of any prewar year except 1941 recently chester bowles manager of 0 OPA said there Is not the slightest idea of 0 rationing coffee again coffee stamps in ration book four were designed and sent to the printer pi inter months ago when coffee was still being rationed Fa 1 rillers 6 aduce enough food american farmers are aie producing enough food this year to provide civilians with nutritious diet and meet military and lend lease requirements the office of war food information reported recently lecent ly on oil the basis of data from the war food administration everyone in the U S could have more moie nutrients lents than are essential tor for health with the exception of riboflavin it if the supply of food available tor for civilian use were distributed equitably and prepared pie pared without loss of value who lio may MB slaughter without permit A farmer or other producer pio ducer of livestock may slaughter without a license or 01 and consume meat without giving up ration lation points it lie he qualities under tile the following OPA regulations 1 raised livestock from birth or 01 2 for 60 days before slaughter tei or 3 the weight has hab increased inci eased 35 per pel cent between time acquired and time of slaughter in addition a person must have resided more than six months of 0 each year on a faun farm he operates or have visited the farm to give ghe his personal onal supervision to the raising of livestock for or at least a third of 0 the time during the period one of those listed in the foregoing on which lie he bases his claim to the right to consume meat point tree free it if a person lias has his livestock cus toro tom slaughtered he ha must meet these same conditions and give the slaughterer a certificate showing he Is eligible to consume sume the meat point tree free honorably discharged approximately officers and enlisted men were honorably discharged from the army between december 7 1941 1041 and august 31 1943 according to continued on page tour four town and farm IN WAR TIME continued from page one the war ar department approximately men over 38 years of age were released leased le to accept employment in essential industry or agriculture aSil culture ot of the remaining discharges a large majority was tor for physical and mental disability no coupon coulon rationing of coal there will be no coupon c rationing of coal during the coming winter according to OPA deliveries are being curtailed so as to spread supplies as evenly as possible the coal shortage Is primarily primal lly in anthracite the solid fuels for war reports and anthracite th users are urged to supplement hard coal with altum coal copies of supplementing anthracite with other fuels for homo home heating information circular may be obtained without charge by writing to the division of information solid fuels administration tra tion interior department washington 26 D 0 bans handful antifreeze to protect motorists and truck operators the war product production board last saturday halted all sales of 0 an estimated halt half mil lion gallons of destructive antifreeze warned motorists who already have tilled filled their radiators with any of t the he banned products to drain a and nd flush flus the cooling systems im immediately med late an refill with the alcohol or ethylene glycol type harmful types are those compounded with inorganic salts including cal c clum magnesium or sodium chloride and petroleum disteli distillates trade names of the products whose sales were halted are A wanter chem frozene Fr ozone Per mazone wonder lo zone Alco tex ever flo bird antarctic flexo gold gola Seal security antarctic ant arctic neva freeze anti frost bond top line fre aex no freeze freeza 60 below lo emp never freeze and no boll marines celebrate anniversary i on november No rember io 10 the marine corps corpa celebrated its its anniversary niver sary on that day the seven branches of the corps were honored aviation line mess musicians paymasters quartermasters maa and communications thanksgiving dinners assured soldiers army men and women will have a traditional dinner november 25 the war department says on the menu are F fruit cup roast turkey with dressing and gravy cranberry sauce mashed potatoes buttered peas corn tomato and lettuce salad celery pickles pumpkin pie apples grapes candy nuts rind and coffee cofton personnel overseas will wil I 1 be served this menu so far as operating conditions condition alwill 1 will permit consumers get more afore egg products a consumers will be able to get more egg products since restrictions on liquid frozen and dried whole egeshave eggs egg shave have been removed by increase will be reflected prim primarily artly in the production of noodles macaroni prepared flours and prepared lerzara ler ice cream eara powders and mixes north africa helps helpa feed troops forth north africa now Is delivering fruits vegetables and meats to allied forces supplying the new french army and feeding eased essential civilian wor kres it was revealed recently mour flour fruits and vegetables from from north at af rica are being used la in the itil ita 1 llan lian campaign al and ald d french such authorities thorit ties lei are accumulating food supplies for use during and at af berthe liberation of lowing liberation of north africa allied authorities supplied carefully budgeted budi budgeted eted seeds fertilizers sprays binder twine spare parts for farm machinery and tractor fuel supplies which haye have saved many times their weight in shipping space by enabling north africans to get abt quickly back into agricultural ardue production aviation gas output quadrupled production of octane gasoline needed for war operations esnow Is now four times greater than in the early months of 1942 and within a low lew months will be eight times gre greater aier according to the petroleum administrator tor for war to get the octane gas lillne required for military operations it Is necessary to produce less of the products needed by civilians such as ordinary gasoline and fuel oil lift restrictions on altic F fabric abric restrictions on the use ot of elastic fabric in girdles corsets combinations sanitary belts garter belts and brassieres bras sieres have been be en lifted by however it is believed no all rubber kar gar monts ments will be on the markelun market until the tel early part of 1944 and it will be some time after that before full scale production will be pos possible bible hosiery prices i increased higher ceiling pris prices foursome tor for some of the finer gauges of women full fashioned rayon hosiery have hav been established by OPA prices foy for 54 and 57 gauge hose have been increased from to per pair sixty gauge gauge and higher have been increased from to |