Show RATION NEWS items worth reading arom the office of price adm adar consumers wholesalers and retailers are warned to be on the alert against any meat or food of doubtful origin particularly that offered through black market operations 11 1 1 grant ivans OPA district director I 1 1 stated after investigations revealed t that hat some canned bacon and corned beef conde inne I 1 by the U S army as unfit either human or animal consumption had been sold for public consumption ceiling prices on ahe cattle and calves will go into effect january 29 the OPA announces the move was taken to protect tile the consumer against any in in meat prices an over riding ceiling on live cattle and calves I 1 has 1 as been established at 38 p per cr h u at chicago until july 2 when the over oer riding ceiling will be lowered to 1750 an increase of subsidy payments on choice or oracle grade AA by 1 a hundredweight was ordered by the defense supplies corporation and 50 cents on good or grade A cattle live weight on oil july 2 tile the subsidy payment en cn grade AA will be reduced by 50 cents for further information consult your local war price and rationing board or the OPA district office in salt lake city Al members embers of the armed forces on furlough or leave may receive six red points for each three days of his furlough and ten blue points tor for each three days servicemen must take their cheti papers to the local war price and rationing board when bhea applying for furlough rations alter after january 12 servicemen must accompany their application lor for furlough gasoline with the tha mileage rationing record ot of the car in which aas gas will vill be used increases of 2 to 5 per ton in ceiling prices tor for five basic steel products at the tha mill level are announced by the OPA the increases are based upon a need for adjustment in prices of these products which existed before labor wage adjustments becane became effective on december 20 1944 1914 labor cost used in determining the price increases were based on wage rates in effect prior to december 30 wage adjustment the increases which become effective on shipments as ot of january 11 are as follows 1 hot rolled carbon plates produced to sheared or universal mill width and length tolerances 10 cents per pounds 2 hot rolled carbon steel sheets 10 cents per hundred pounds 3 galvanized sheets rooting roofing and elding 15 cents per pounds 4 rails all types and grades 3 per gross ton and 6 nails and staples other that than galvanized 25 cents per hundred pounds merchant marines seamen with five weeks or more seagoing sea going duty are tor for furlough gasoline the amount ot of each ration cannot exceed a telling ot of approximately three gallons ot of gasoline tor for each five week of service with a maximum of 30 gallons A merchant marine is ineligible tor for this furlough ration it if ills his last date of discharge la Is more than 30 days from the date of 0 his application no provision has been made for seamen on duty in inland waters such as the great lakes all operators ot of casenger pa cars with basic all A rations must have mileage rationing records to be eligible to apply tor for any gasoline rations in the recent reregistration registration re ot of the nations 23 million basic A ration holders each registrant was issued one ot of these mileage records without this important record form no motorist may te be issued a ID B or C supplemental ration it mileage rationing record is lost or destroyed motorists should apply immediately to his local board tor for a duplicate no duplicates will be ba issued at the office ot of tho the garfield county war price and rationing board atter after january 31 1946 |