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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
3
Public urged to avoid nonessential trips in wartime. V-Mail may carry brief child photos under set rules, and war agencies announce rationing steps, tax collections, shoe stickers, price controls, farm aid, and equipment support. Officials detail gas rations, tools access, barbed wire use, lumber, and rural electrification allocations.
A new farm machinery and equipment order WPB L-257 sets quotas based on actual farmer needs as determined by the War Food administration and takes effect July 1. Uncompleted quotas under L-170 may be produced in addition to quotas established. Forest Fires in 1942 Burned 31,854,124 acres vs 26,404,385 in 1941. The first war year saw 208,218 fires, up 8,516 from 1941.
OPA fixes maximum stockings prices with yarn types ranging from 79 cents to 1.25 dollars per pair based on gauge. War Food administration authorizes 100 percent distribution by milking equipment manufacturers. WPB pools government owned road machinery across 35 states including Texas and Oklahoma to ease material shortages. Alfalfa hay price control set at 20 dollars per ton in listed states and Texas counties El Paso and Hudspeth. Deer skin cooperation sought to support WPB program.
A wartime piece explains funding the thirteen billion dollar Second War Loan. It asserts income tracks production and that if individuals and businesses earn more income after taxes than goods available, a surplus exists. The surplus should be placed in government securities to cover the deficit, with citizens urged to lend their money.
Officials warn that renewal books will carry data on current A coupons and back cover details of owners whose inspections failed. Notices expire before July 21, prompting car owners to renew or face penalties.
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