Show OPA Releases Plan For Obtaining Canning Sugar Final details on how consumers will obtain sugar lor home canning under a simplified plan have been released by the Office of Price reports Fed chairman the Duchesne county ration According to the revised stamps numbered 15 and lb in War Ration Book 1 will each be good for five pounds of sugar lor home Consumers will obtain this sugar by taking their ration books to retailers rather than applying to local coupons us was announced These stamps became valid on May 24 and may be used for obtaining canning sugar through October This amount of will put up as much as most families will be able to can or intend to use At the allowed rate of one pound of sugar to four quarts of fruit the ten-pound-per-person allowance would provide each J person with 40 quarts of canned i Where home canners require less than 10 pounds of sugar but an amount other than five pounds they will apply to their local boards for the exact amount The application must be in writing and may be sent by In exceptional cases where consumers require more than the ten pounds of canning sugar obtainable with sugar stamps in War Ration Book application for additional allotments may be made to the local ration Application to the board must be in writing one application per family unit and may be mailed or presented in Each application must be accompanied by Ration Book 1 for any person lor whom the application is made and in the board with the following info rma lion The number of quarts or pounds of processed foods the applicant and members of his family unit have produced since 1 of this year with sugar already obtained for home either with stamps or by previous application to the The amount of sugar on hand for home The amount that has been obtained for making jams and A statement that all sugar obtained for home canning will be used for this purpose and at the prescribed The board will issue canning coupons or certificates for ten pounds less than the total requirement since ten pounds may be bought with stamps 15 and and will record on the cover of each person's ration book the amount and date of sugar In no case can tho total allotment exceed 25 pounds per |