Definition of home canned foods under wartime ration rules
The Office of Price Administration clarifies home canned foods as eight point per quart items under the processed foods rationing program while commercially processed foods carry specific point values. Home canning in noncommercial facilities with permission counts as home canned. using commercial plants may allow point free distribution under certain labor contribution conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Harry G. Duval
Richmond
OPA
CPA
Duval
Family Cannery Rules Spark Ration Debate
The text explains that laborers in a cannery do not perform processing and details group members must use equipment for home grown foods or their families. A family can privately can up to 100 quarts per person with ration points surrendered for excess. mentions Benny growing produce and supplying canning needs. It ends with a note that the western red squirrel can jump 100 feet between trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duval
Virginia Farmers Asked To Produce More Pulp Woods
The War Production Board urged Virginia farmers and 26 other pulp wood states to add three extra days in 1943 to cut pulpwood. A 2,500,000 cord shortage could be overcome with wood to spare, given pulpwood's critical role for ammunition containers rayon smokeless powder and print paper. Farmers should contact their nearest Agriculture representative to assess capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Virginia
WPB
Department of Agriculture
Pulpwood Production Declared Essential Occupation by War Manpower
The article notes county agents and state foresters will advise farmers on cutting and marketing pulpwood. The War Manpower Commission has classified pulpwood production as an essential occupation to meet the shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Manpower Commission
Wallpaper stock restrictions issued by WPB restrict patterns to 1942-43
In Richmond on May 20, the War Production Board announced limits on wallpaper production to patterns from the 1942-43 season and set base paper consumption at 60 percent of the 1941-42 tonnage. No new pattern rolls with new designs may be produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
War Production Board
WPB
WAAC Aids French Sailors in Norfolk Watch Purchase
In Norfolk Virginia three French sailors could not communicate to buy a watch. WAAC Auxiliary Simone Campanardi from North Adams Massachusetts translated, enabling the sale. Campanardi, born in France, speaks French fluently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Manatees and Seaweed Grow on Their Slow Bodies
A humorous note asserts manatees are so sluggish that tiny marine plants flourish on their stationary frames. It playfully exaggerates the animals’ movement and suggests a humorous image of algae and weeds taking root as they drift.
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Gould Kin
Jay Gould
Gloria Barker
St. Thomas’ Church
New York
William Henry Grimditch, Jr
Roelif H. Brooks
United Food Stores
United Food Stores Food Stores
Wheaties
Cans
Cance
SELOX
Caraja
Woodbury
Victory
BUY soNrren
Svatus Wakeactn
Haldeman’s
Ae Jo
Ivory Soap
White House
BEE Brand
Chipso
Stokely
Pillsbury’s Pancake
Waac
Fiakorn
Flakorn
Fiako
Femweve Sic
Penneyco
Chambray
Penney
Sally Lea
J. C. Penney Coq. Inc
Winchester and Vicinity
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!