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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1944
Page
3
Reduced quotas force rationing of all new footwear with leather or rubber in Green Bay starting midnight Saturday June 3 1944. An Order lists rationed items excluding sneakers plimsolls Tennie shoes and slippers for housewear and specifies coupon values and applicable ration book numbers for leather and rubber footwear as well as child and unissued adult provisions.
A wartime order outlines priority access for heavy workers to extra footwear using coupons. It covers application forms, employer certification, coupon processing on FC No 7 sheets, and stock replacement through wholesalers. The Green Bay area is limited to specified footwear types valid through 31 December 1944 with penalties for noncompliance.
The order governs fixed maximum prices for various animal feeds sold at ports of importation and elsewhere. It details price per 100 pound sack for multiple feeds, variations for bulk versus small quantities, and rules for including transportation costs on invoices, with credit versus cash sale distinctions and a provision for charging proportionate rates for quantities under one sack.
Government release dated June 3 1944 states footwear orders will be supplied free of coupon in approved cases and that release will follow after the order is tended. Signed by W B Curtis Secretary for Supply.
Published under the Defence (Rationing of Commodities) Regulations 1943. The order is dated 3 June 1944 and issued by W. Woods, Commissioner for Supply.
A note describes sale of one pair of leather footwear under rationing rules. It requires Ration Book No. and ink-written coupon details at the time of purchase. The record mentions Brown Spare C No. 8 and a printed placeholder for Child in the overprint.
The document records the June 3 1944 proclamation by W W Woods Commissioner for Supply under the Defence Price of Goods Regulations 1941. It specifies the authority to issue an order controlling goods prices during wartime.
The document revokes the Food (Current Prices) Order No 43 of 1944 dated January 22 1944. It specifies offences under the Deferca Regulations and notes penalties incurred under the prior order. The revocation takes effect in June 1944 and preserves existing penalties.
The Art Students' Club of St John’s announces a fall exhibit of original paintings and drawings by residents or servicemen in Newfoundland. Entries must be originals, created by the artist, recently done, not previously shown in St John’s, framed, mailed by October 7 1944 to Art Exhibition Memorial University College St John’s, with artist name and address on the back. Public inquiries go to Mr Ivor Jackson. The event is open to armed forces personnel in Newfoundland and general residents, with a jury to decide awards.
Ballots received by May 31 1944 listed by district with totals for Bonavista North 1933 South 934 Burin 1211 Burgeo LaPo lle 267 Carbonear Bay de Verde 1086 Ferryland 1056 Fogo 424 Fortune Hermitage 915 Grand Falls 5661 Green Bay 270 Harbour Main Bell Island 4418 Harbour Grace 2082 Humber 4698 Placentia West 35 North 85 Piacentia St Marys 1039 Port de Grave 738 St Barb St Georges Port au Port 175 St Johns 18430 East 1685 West 13 Trinity North 1835 South 2496 37 Twillineate While Ray Tater Returns will be published as received the Great War Veterans Association Pension Committee notes. Boat 31 feet long 13 years old equipped with 10 h.p. Acadia Engine 6 years old. Apply to D H Manuel Loon Bay 2nks June 10 17.
The second edition of Caribou pictures arrives in Newfound land. It honors 31 crew members lost when their ship was torpedoed on October 14 1942. The black and white photo with gold border is offered for 1.50 dollars by Mr K R Milly, ND B District representative.
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