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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1944
Page
2
The ration calendar lists new validity dates for red blue sugar and gasoline stamps in War Ration Book IV. It notes April 1 changes for blue and sugar stamps, through June 21 for gasoline No 11 coupons, tire inspections deadlines, fuel oil inventories, and shoes stamps including Airplane No 1. It also directs returning ration books from deceased or deployed individuals.
Data from the St Louis OPA shows US prices under wartime control. Cigarettes cost a penny or less here versus 38 cents in Germany, while blades and shorts cost modest amounts domestically. The text notes 5 million military dependents, 7.5 million workers earning forty cents or less, and claims price control saved 53 billion dollars in munitions and construction by 1943. It argues inflation control supports war efforts while contrasting Germany’s WWI failure over home-front stabilization.
A 44 year old man in Troy New York told the FBI he had never heard of Selective Service and did not know World War I had ended. He resides atop Berlin Mountain in a rugged part of Rensselaer county.
The Office of Price Administration clarifies that valid A coupons A-11 equal three gallons of gasoline and run for three months. With a recent ration cut, an average holder uses about one and a half coupons weekly. Old supplementary and non-highway coupons are recalled and become invalid after March 31, but may be exchanged locally for valid coupons.
Nine boys who worked on upstate farms last summer organized the New York City Farm Cadet 4-H Club, the first of its kind in the metropolis, aiming for 100 members by season's end.
In Dover Plains New York churchgoers mistook new steel pennies for dimes in giving. A parish member proposed a dedicated penny jar in the vestibule. The jar fills steadily and collections return to normal as members contribute pennies.
William H. Bryan of the St. Louis District OPA says the sugar supply remains tight due to labor, equipment, and shipping shortages. News reports misattributed surplus forecasts of 1,800,000 tons to a different agency. Civilians are slated to receive about 5,074,906 tons, six percent less than 1943, with overall civilian, military, and lend-lease needs driving the constraint.
Civilians probably will get more butter temporarily beginning May 1 when, if plans work, only 12 ration points will be required for a pound instead of 16. An Office of Price Administration spokesman disclosed the expected cut, with reduced army navy lend-lease demand and large War Food Administration stocks cited as reasons.
Manpower officials consider using work battalions to place 4-F men into essential industry to ease manpower shortages. WMC Chairman McNutt opposes national service law but urges compulsory work for those physically deferred, citing lack of legal obligation and current placement in defense work. He notes most 4-Fs already serve in essential activity.
Poem fragment notes hidden pain behind smiles and nightly prayers. Aims for empathy and less judgment to make the world holier. Selected quote from The Herald.
The Office of Price Administration announced that expiration dates on food ration stamps in War Ration Book Four are removed. Red stamps totaling 30 points become valid every second Sunday, blue stamps totaling 50 points become valid the first of each month. Other ration items like shoe stamps and sugar had already adopted indefinite validity.
London reports a new shoulder sleeve emblem for Eisenhower’s invasion headquarters. It features a shield on black symbolizing Nazi oppression, a Crusader sword with red flames, a rainbow of UN colors above, and a blue field for peace for Europe’s enslaved. The NYS traveling library notes inmates favor travel literature.
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