Show RATION NEWS items hems worth reading from the office ol of price adm RED STAMPS ea through ja good go od until june 30 xa through pa good guptil july 31 qa through ua good until august 31 va through za good until september 30 for meats fats chasee butter and canned milk BLUE STAMPS na through sa good until june 30 ta through xa good until july 31 YZ through cl 01 good until august 31 dl through hl HI good until september 30 tor for all processed fruits and vegetables SUGAR STAMPS sugar stamp 36 good until august 31 tor for five pounds of sugar spare stamp 13 good tor for canning sugar SHOE STAMPS airplane stamps 1 2 and 3 ration book three good indefinitely for one pair of shoes each GASOLINE STAMPS A 15 good tor for tour four gallons of gasoline until juno june 21 change in the method of 0 issuing home canning sugar certificates I 1 has been effected H grant ivans district director office of price administration said this week disclosing that two issuances will be made instead of one in order to spread the r supply over the canning season applications now being processed by local war price and rationing boards will be allotted six pounds of canning sugar per person and will be ba segregated in order that the remainder of quota may be them well before the end of the tha season effect of the change in utah Is minimized by the tact fact that thai a approximately 80 per cent of those eligible for canning sugar have been given their 1945 r ration in idaho where fewer applications for sugar have been filled the allotment has been reduced to nine counis per person wyoming seven pounds colorado and new mexico to five pounds the change in utah 8 plan is to protect tile the cheum consumer e r from the danger of exhausting the state quota before all legitimate applicants receive a share of 1945 canning sugar mr air ivans said emphasizing that total quota has not been reduced reports from national headquarters indicate that applications for home canning sugar have far exceeded the rate ot of issuance during the same last year it sugar dugar continued to be continued on page four wi i H ration news 4 continued from page 1 issued in this vo volume lurne the OPAs quota for canning might havo have bee been exhausted and none would be lett left tor for late applicants lie he said coal ca dealers dealers who cannot store or dispose of one twelfth of their yearly allotment of coal each month will lose that amount according to the solid uel fuel administration Istra tiou regulations OPA officials said this week in stressing the importance ot of ordering coal for winter laie r use now unless summer orders are received coal dealers with limited storage space and limited man power will not be able to till fill all coal orders next winter mines in utah will have no trouble disposing g of r all ail the coal they can mine to federal agencies and coastal demands officials said advising individual consumers to buy now hotels and restaurants that have been getting larger rationed food allotments than household consumers will have their rations reduced beit beginning july 1 it la Is necessary that the rationing program tor for restaurants and other institutional users bo be tighten end just as it has been for consumers the OPA said the institutions will get approximately the same ration point per meal allowance as the housewife housewives and other shoppers will share directly in the governments meat control program when bulletins listing tho the top ceiling prices for all cuts cuta and grades of meat sire are distributed throughout the country within the next few days the majority of retailers who aro are living up to their obligations price control will wel welcome corAe the appearance of the lists OPA of said bald in that a housewife will be able to tell tel at a glance whether r or not she Is being ov er charged servicemen returning to this country from overseas who aro are issued temporary duty orders for rehabilitation recuperation aind recovery may obtain turlough furlough gasoline rations G E 11 azbill district mileage rationing representative of OPA announces ti noun ces stating that OPA has recognized the value of the automobile oni obile in aiding the recovery and rehabilitation of men suffering from wounds or battle fatigue sir mr azbill explained that previously the ration wai was glien given only when servicemen on oa leave or furlough presented leave leaie or furlough papers servicemen may make application to local war price and rationing boards by presenting theli their temporary duty orders and the mileage rationing record of the car they are going to use the ration which remains unchanged provides one gallon of gasoline each day to a maximum ot of 30 gallons wholesale buyers of farm products will be provided adequate gasoline rations for necessary travel to grade inspect and classify the products OPA announces farm marketing agents including cooperatives also way may obtain preferred in mileage fo tor travel to farms of the farmers whom they represent in order to direct the harvesting grading packing and shipping of fresh fruits and vegetables to make sure that supplies ot of canned milk continue to be available for infants invalids and other consumers to whom it Is an essential food the OPA announces that restaurants in plant feeding establishments prisons and manufacturers who used the canned milk to make other products will not be permitted to use nse their red boins for or this commodity during the first quarter of IS 1946 4 5 the use 0 of canned milk by civilians exceeded he allocated supply by cases OPA reports forty cases against utah shoo shoe dealers whose rationing currency y adults reveal discrepancies have been referred to the OPA enforcement division during the past six months twenty three hearings iwo have resulted in suspensions for 15 dealers lor for periods ranging from three days to one year |