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Thursday, January 21, 1943Point Rationing WillCover Processed FoodsVarious questions puzzling: the West Texas housewife regarding the forthcoming rationing of canned, bottled and frozen fruits, vegetables and juices, dried fruits and soups have been answered by Howard R. Gholson, Lubbock, district manager of the Office of Price Administration.“The district office has received preliminary plans for the new rationing program* including a list of processed fruits and vegetables which will be subject to the regulations for rationing processed foods, the district manager said. “Further information wilt be passed along to the West Texas public as soon as it reaches the district office.The commercially processed fruits and vegetables will be rationed under the point rationing system to be inaugurated after issuance of war ration book two in the near future. Rationing of fnod.i covered in the new program will begin at a date to be announced later, possibly as early as February.Rationing will be preceded by a abort freeze, during which war ration book two will be issued to every man, woman and child. The freeze also will give food stores opportunity to build up supplies, train clerks, receive and post the official OPA list of point values and familiarize themselves with the values, and take inventory of their processed foods.The housewife will know when point values are changed, because newspapers and radios will carry the announcements and every food store will have an OPA poster showing the currf?nt point values of each product. New posters will bo issued when point values change.Everyone applying for war ration book two will be required to fill out and sign a “consumer declaration form stating exactly the stocks of processed foods on hand. Rook two will have stamps. removed for excess stocks, thus compelling applicants to use up present stocks before buying more. Heavy federal penalties can be applied to those making a false declaration.Nothing canned at home, however, need be declared and no stamps will he deducted for home supplies. “It is expected, of course that housewives will use their home canned goods instead of buying commercial products, thus helping to spread food supplies as widely as possible, said the district manager.From the effective date of rationing order !.•», the following processed fruits and vegetables will be subject to the regulations for rationing processed foods:Canned and bottled fruits andfruit jukes, including spicedfruits: Apples,PANTS TOO LONGPrivate Irving Goldstein, who hails from Detroit, lost his pants during the 11-day battle with Jap|r at Buna, so he grabbed the first pair handy when he got back to headquarters. He’s sorry now. The pants, but definitely, are too long.and vegetable juices: Asparagus; baby foods; beans, fresh lima; beans, green and wax; beans, ail canned and bottled dry varieties, including baked beans, soaked dry beans, pork and beans, kidney beans and lentils; beets, including pickled; carrots; corn; peas; sauerkraut; spinach; tomatoes; tomato catsup and chili sauce; tomato juice; tomato products; all other canned and battled vegetables, vegetable juices and combinations.Other processed foods: Canned soups, nil types and varieties; dried, dehydrated raisins and all fruits, cherries, berries, otherfrozen fruits; frozen vegetables, asparagus, lima beams, green and wax beans, broccoli, corn, peas, spinach and all other frozen vegetables.The broad categories of items to be rationed include more than 200 kinds of fruits and vegetables, juices and soups and a variety of brands, grades and sizes andincluding crab- shapes of containers.over one gallon; fruit puddings; jams; jellies; meat stews containing some vegetables; olives; paste products such as spaghetti, macaroni and noodles, whether or not they are packed with added vegetable fauces; pickles; potato salad; preserves; relishes; vegetable juices in containers over one gallon.With a few minor exceptions, sucl? as individuals living in institutions, every civilian from the new born infant to the oldest inhabitant will have exactly the same number of points to spend during each ration period. The ration periods will be announced in advance.Point values will be the same in every store in the country and a housewife may shop in any store she chooses.The new point -“currency for processed foods will be represented by the blue stamps in war ration book two, which will contain both red and blue stamps. There are a total of 96 blue stamps and a numeral on the face of each shows its point value. Each stamp also bears a letter of the alphabet. The letters designate the ration period when the stamps may be used.Three important facts were outlined:1. The total points that will be allotted to each civilian has not been determined, nor has the specific point value of any of the foods to be rationed. Points will be set for each commodity according to its supply at the time the ration period is announced.2. Possession of points merely entitles you to buy your share. You must pay for the rationed merchandise, as usual, in dollars and cents.3. The housewife has complete freedom of choice. She can spend her points any way she wishes, although, of course, the items that are scarce will have a higher point value, and hence, will use up her points faster.fruits, prunes, others; frozenstmv-and all otherLocal Students Give Patriotic Program FridayStudents of the seventh grade of the city school presented the play, Young Patriots, Friday, January In.Characters were: Patriotism,Zora Dell Austin; Liberty, Gwendolyn Bartlett; America, Neeta Bail; Hnrrv, Charles Meadows; Mary, Lois Chaudoin; Jack, Walter Johnson; Jane, irta Jane James; Richard, Billy Frank Garvin; Priscilla, Dorothy Baird; Martha, Virginia Clark; and William, Jimmy Terry.apples; applesauce; apricots; baby foods; berries, all varieties, cherries,sour pitted, and othercherries; cranberries and sauce; fruits for salad and fruit cocktail; grapefruit; grapefruit juice; grape juice; peaches; pears; pineapple; pineapple juice; all other canned and bottled fruits, fruit juices and combinations.Canned and bottled vegetablesThe following items* are empt.: Candied fruits; chili came; frozen vegetables in taincrs over JO pounds; fruit cakes; fruit juices in containersex-concon-Each summer Texas State College for women conducts a school for students of Spanish, at Saltil-turelo, Mexico, directed by the department of foreign languages of the college, in which conversatio Spanish and lectures on Mexican civilization and literature are given by Mexican instructors. Begun in 1941, it has been called an unusual experiment in inter-American education.
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