Show RATION NEWS items worth reading froni from the office of price adm in normal times passenger car drives would have haie used tires over a three year period but the tire shortage cut them down to only tires for the three year period of 0 1942 1943 and 1944 ordinarily truck owners would liae have purchased tires but OPA had only truck tires to allocate over oer the three years yet in spite of 0 these large tire shortages truck lines have hae been able to continue operating and the motorists have hae been able to get to their jobs the awareness of the driving public of 0 the seriousness of the situation caused them to make every effort at tire tiie conservation with the result that few cars have been taken off the highways because of lack oi oc tires working mothers nave placed an increased load upon the school lunch program and as a result the OPA j has permitted suppliers of fabricated beet beef and veal cuts ground beet beef and miscellaneous beet beef items to apply to the national OPA office tor for in increased C rea be d sa sales le a quotas it you aro are planning to purchase gloves for christmas make sure that those you buy are marked perfect or imperfect or seconds it if they fell under the latter two headings th they ey must continued on page four RATION NEWS N continued from page one be so marked and the price cut 25 per cent from the price of a per perfect f act pair of the same saine kind ceiling preces tor for imported b beet e et pulp lo have 10 been set on the same sa nie ceiling price b asis as ab domestic es tic beet pulp the OPA announces no ances the new prices pi ices will vary with wa th the point of entry for fc these I 1 pi products pio 0 ducts since the country counti Is divided M ed on a zone pricing pi icing basis because of two successive shor t sugar beet crops which have made ade it necessary for beet sugar manufacturers to reduce shipments eist east of chicago the OPA has reinstated the zoning of sugar shipments by sellers other than prim primary ary distri titers the OPA order restores lest oies the zoning of shipments which was suspended july 14 and replaces wholesale era eis and retailers in approximately the same position as manu fac with respect to the general territory in which sugar Is being distributed the OPA alteration rule for 1942 autos has been tightened tightened because of the scarcity of 0 f cars from aiom now on no alterations can he be made t a 1942 car which Is tor for sale unless prior permission pel mission is obtained from the OPA in washington the new limitation is necessary to conserve more moie passenger cai cais a toi for the 06 use of es drivers we post em you check tm em the wartime watch word for you QU and your grocers grocer in this continuing battle to keep prices down and prevent inflation your grocer is living up to his part of the watchword are you your grocer has his OPA ceiling belling price lists tacked up in plain view it tells you the highest legal price for any food your gro grocer er may sell for less but never tor for more than these prices you can do your part to keep prices down by seeing that you pay no more than top ceiling prices by keeping prices down you help keep all prices down and thus help prevent |