Wartime town and farm news from the Office of War Information
A wartime digest notes ration enforcement deadlines and coupon endorsements. It lists new price ceilings from the Price Administration for meat products including pork, bacon, and goat meat, plus variances by region. Prices for crops and other staples are given, with references to farm and market movements.
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Office OF War Information
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War time ration notes and wartime staffing update
Effective through March new prices on alfalfa hay raise feed costs for most states except several on the West. Six month farm gasoline rations may be issued in installments. Army Nurse Corps needs 2000 more nurses by April 1 and Navy Nurse Corps 500 monthly in 1944. Civilian sugar supplies to drop 6 percent from 1943. Victory gardens supplied nearly 40 percent of fresh vegetables. About 52,000 Mexican nationals are needed to help farm labor, with 14,000 already here. Living costs eased slightly midwinter. OPA warns of possible loss of subsidies for violators. stamps reserves urged. WPB sets 1944 quotas for glass containers and other wartime production updates also noted.
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Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
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