Food items become point free in government rationing move
The White House announced a broad rationing relaxation led by War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes. Seventeen processed foods including baby foods soups baked beans and spreads were removed from blue stamps though meats butter cheese and other staples remained restricted. Deliveries of red point items will follow as supply allows with dates noted for certain items.
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White House
James F. Byrnes
Cannes
Roosevelt Ends Meat and Pantry Rationing to Boost War Supply
In July 1943 President Roosevelt announced rationing mainly for staples would relax as supplies allowed. Byrnes and others traced dire shortages and praised farmer and processor efforts. Aimed to prevent shortages for armed forces and Allies, with government balance and wartime food shipments noted.
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White House
Roosevelt
Byrtes
Feee M. Vinson
Admeinistreros
Macvin Jones
Act Rice
James F. Brownlee
Jones
Byrnes
Hose
WRA
Rationing Tables Note Varied Point Values For Canned Vegetables
Tables show ration points for popular can sizes, with asparagus at ten points, corn five to nine, peas five, squash thirteen, and beans thirteen. The column also lists fruit items up to eight points and mentions baby foods at one to two points per can. Local social notes cover guests and residents visiting relatives at Schenectady, Schroon Lake, Johnsonville, and nearby areas, plus military service details and community activities.
Local Society News Highlights from Schaghticoke area
Social notes list visits and guests across Schaghticoke Ansonia Westfield Camp Dix and surrounding towns. Families mentioned include Euie Lessons Deen Steete Foley Brundige and Arnold with relatives in Elsmere Nassau Valley Falls and Schenectady.
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Euie Lesson
Ansonia
Doan
Margaret Dickinson
Westfield
Stass
Edward B. Deen
Elsmere
Alice Little
Rohnert Treadway
Manands
John Steete
Sergi
Carl Spoonnogéle
Camp Dix
X. J
William Foley
Sampson
Arid
Lester Brundige
Valley Falls
Howard Carlo
Tony Warner
Johnny
Nassau
Thomas Arnold
Ruth LaGraff
Rome
Schenectady
Round Lake and Area Social Roundup
Round Lake notices list William M. Goddard elected secretary of the Board of Education. Florence B. Turner returns from Lake Ronkonkoma. Marilyn Richmond visits Trey relatives. Carl E. Andreson and family hosted in West Hartford. Carn Haus returns to Buffalo with her mother. Dr. C A MacMinh hosts birthday dinner. Mire Louise Wait appointed language teacher at Round Lake High School. Joseph Rosser visited New York shore leave. Louise Powers returns to Canastota after vacation with Grace Powers. Elis F Morris enjoys furlough with S Wesley Morris family. Lucien H Cole guest of Rav M G Cole. Mrs. Cole joins husband in Ohio. Richard H Bond entertained by wife.
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William M. Goddard
Board of Education
Florence B. Turner
Lake Ronkonkoma
Marilyn Richmond
Trey
Edwin H. VanDeusen
Carl E. Andreson
West Hartford
Conn
Jesse W Pitts
Carn
Haus
Buffalo
Grace H. Powers
Serge
Elis F. Morris
Cherry, Point
Wesley Morris
Lucien H Cole
M.G. Cole
Richard H. Bond
Whitehall and Glens Falls Hospital News and War Updates
Reports from Glens Falls Hospital include Dorothy Kelly James Sullivan and Owen Powell undergoing treatment and operations. Sister Rose and Sister Aurelia return to duties. Fred Wells treats arm burns from removing clothing during a sulfuric acid incident. Captain Gordon Foote, Whitehall High School and Cortland State College alum, returns to active duty after chest wounds. Fire in Duluth cafeteria drives 450 customers outside to eat.
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James F. Sullivan
Glens Falls Hospital
Owen Powell
Glens Fails Hospital
Dorothy Flaherty
Jamaica Plain
Arthur Hoffman
Rose
Aurelia
Order of the Sisters of the Assumption
Southbridge
Mass
David Archambault
Williams Street
Fred Wells
Broadway
Josep ‘LaMay
Claude Baker
LaMay
Baker
Glens Falls
Hart
Foote
Rock Avenue
Gordon Foote
Whitehal High School
Cortland State College
Lake Mahopac
Six Jap Admirals Die In Yokosuka Base Attack
The Associated Press reports six Japanese admirals were killed in an attack at Yokosuka naval base near Tokyo. Tokyo radio suggested submarine shellfire as the cause, with no Allied bombing near Tokyo announced yet. The Diet opened an extraordinary session to hear Premier Keizo’s war update as MacArthur’s forces press toward the Philippines.
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Associated Press
Yokosuka
Natal
Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
James Doolittle
Kuniaki Keizo
Philippines
Daug- Fan MacArthur
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Donald M. Nelsos
U, S War Production Board
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