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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1944
Page
2
Widespread tire shortages for sizes 8 26 and larger prompt an emergency rationing plan. An Albuquerque based Emergency Truck Tire Board will meet weekly starting August 7 to determine tire allocations with advisory input from the District Tire Examiner and District Office representatives.
The OPA and National Restaurant Advisory Council issued a ceiling price rule effective July 21 requiring public eating and drinking establishments to post forty item prices. Restaurants must display these by August 16. A July 26 New Mexico Restaurant Council meeting in Albuquerque chose the forty items. Robert Baxter was elected district chairman. Additional meetings will be held in twenty other New Mexico cities to explain the rule to restaurateurs.
A new tire inspection system was unveiled to conserve truck tires. One group of stations will inspect trucks and passenger tires, another will inspect passenger tires only. H. L. Galles, Jim Harper, Roy Wood, and George Christophe toured the state last week to explain the program and offer help preventing truck breakdowns amid tire shortages.
Effective July 25 the Office of Price Administration updates gasoline rules for service members. Each member on furlough or leave may receive one gallon per day, with a thirty day limit, under the new allocation policy.
Red stamps Af the 278 in Book Four good indefinitely. Sugar stamps 30 41 and 82 in Book Four valid for 6 pounds each indefinitely. Sugar stamp 40 in Book Four valid for home canning through February 28 1946. Shoes Airplane stamps 1 and 2 in Book Three valid indefinitely. Gasoline A 12 coupons good for three portions through September 21. BS and C3 Ba and C4 good for five gallons each through expiration date on each ecard. T Srd quarter valid through September 40.
OVA raises the creamery butter price to 16 red points per pound, replacing the prior 12 points per pound in effect since April 96, 1944. Palm butter remains at red points per pound and processed butter at 4 red points per pound.
The OPA added three red stamps worth 10 points each for meats fats and dairy, valid from July 40 to August 27 in War Ration Book No. 4. Stamps Ab BG CG reflect the housewife quota for a four week period. Only point charts for meats fats and processed foods stay in use through August 13.
After August 1 drivers with extra Vasoline for home to work trips may face embarrassment unless they join a full car club. A thirty day issue of supplementary gasoline allows time to form a car sharing arrangement or prove to the transit panel that full ridership is impossible.
State AAA Committee urges New Mexico farmers to harvest more grain and legume seeds. Unfavorable weather and wartime demand reduce seed supplies for grass and forage, risking shortfalls this year. Farmers will be paid 3.60 dollars for total seed harvest, with extra for red clover alfalfa and alsike seed.
New Mexico August quota for truck tires 8 25x20 and larger slashed to 230, less than half of July. H L Galles, rationing executive of the District Office of Price Administration, cites increased military demands and skilled manpower shortage as causes.
Landowners in the Silver City area voted 123 to 1 to establish the Grant Soil Conservation District covering about 2,000,000 acres. Mexico Soil Conservation Committee announced the district aims to promote range management and include only ranch lands under district regulations. next steps include electing five supervisors. Special price increases are reported for turkeys from July through autumn.
Mr and Mrs A B Bowman and their sons Mark and David are spending a fourteen day vacation in Los Angeles California.
A stream of voters announces candidacies for local offices including Ezobote Judge County Cherk Treasurer Sheriff Tax Assessor County Commissioner Third District County Commissioner Second District First District County Superintendent of Schools and other posts with election dates in November. The notices name several individuals: Peter J Fairly Rachel Atkinson Merticr Brooks Roy Kerr Percy Brown L. E. Wilkinson Robert Mortensen Be Richards Vearle Payne.
Joseph W Hodges announces his candidacy for re election as Attorney for the Sixth Judicial District of the State of New Mexico at the November election.
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