RATIONING
BOARD NEWS
Information That May
Save You Time and Money!
WAR RATION BOOK No. S
War Ration Book Book No.3
®will~ be distributed through the
mails to more than 120,000,000 in
dividuals beginning late in June
and ending July 21, the OPA has
announced. Mailmen will leave
^postcard application forms at every
home between May 20 and June 5
The postcard, properly filled out
by the head of the house and
mailed to OPA, will bring Ration
Book No. 3. Prentiss M. Brown,
(•price Administrator, emphasized
that Book No. 3 is a replacement
book only, containing a new supply
of stamps to take the place of
those now being used up. He said
if any more rationing programs
^.vere necessary there would be offi
cial notice by the government.
POULTRY PRICE VIOLATIONS
The Office of Price Administra
tion in North Carolina is starting
an intensive drive to wipe out
Alack markets in poultry, and to
end sales at higher than ceiling
prices. Sweeping changes in poul
try price ceilings were recently
announced as a part of the cam
paign to stop illegal sales, with
prices reduced from one cent to
TJ) cents per pound on expensive
birds and raised one or two cents
per pound for cheaper poultry.
Revised prices are expected to ef
fect substantial savings to con
sumers.
"RATION-FREE RUBBER BUUia
Over-the-knee olive-drab, clay
and khaki colored rubber boots—
the kind worn for hunting and
fishing—can now be bought ration
.ffree, the district OPA has an
nounced. Below-the-knee heights
are still under rationing control.
EXTRA FOOD FOR HOSPITALS
Hospitals can now get addition
al supplies of rationed foods that
,are needed in patient’s diets by
dlneans of an application signed
by whatever officer is in charge.
Formerly, the OPA required the
head physician to show the reason
for the extra foods and the amount
required.
.CEILING PRICES ON MEAT..
In line with the Presidents
April 8 “hold-the-line” order, the
Office of Price Adminstration has
held further consideration dollars
and cents retail ceiling prices on
ilbeef, pork, lamb and mutton, H.
B. Speight, chairman of Rationing
Board 45:29.1, announced today.
The schedule of dollars and cents
ceilings on these four meats was
to have gone into effect April 15th.
!$ OPA’s action in postponing the
effective date of the new pricing
regulation until May 17 was taken
Speight said, in order that the
prices which it established might
be scrutinized closely in the light
*>f the presidential directive which
was issued after the OPA pricing
schedule had been announced.
Regional and district offices of
OPA have been instructed to make
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fellings as set forth in the order
against retail prices in effect at
the time of the President’s order.
On the basis of these surveys, to
gether with trade meetings which
will be called immediately, OPA
tf*11 determine whether revisions
' are needed Speight explained.
Until dollars and cents ceiling
prices become effective, merchants
will continue to sell beef, veal,
lamb and mutton under ceiling
established by the Beneral Maxi
mum Price Regulations.
Specific dollars and cents prices
on retail pork cuts were not af
fected by the action.
Tobacco Seedlings
Seedlings are set at $3.50 a thou
sand. This is the ceiling price find
farmers need not pay more than
this amount.
Restaurant Prices
Regional Offices are authorized
g£o set maximum prices for food
and beverages served by restau
rants, cafeterias, hotels and other
eating and drinking establishments.
The week from Sunday, April 4
through Saturday April 10, is to
j^e used as the base price period.
RATIONING
DEADLINES
CANNED GOODS
Last day for D, E and F blue
coupons — April 30th.
COFFEE
Last day for use of No. 23
stamp in War Ration Book No.
1 - May 30th.
GASOLINE
Last day for use of No. 5 gas
oline rationing coupons in "A”
Book — Midnight of July 21.
LIQUOR
Last day for use of No. 25 and
26 stamps — April 30th.
ME AT,BUTTER,OILS
Last day for A, E, C and D red
coupons — April 30. E stamps
valid now and through May
31st.
SHOES
Last day for use of No. 17
stamp in War Ration Book No.
1 — June 15th.
SUGAR
Last day for use of No. 12
stamp in War Ration Book No.
1 — May 31st.
TIRES
Last day for second tire inspec
tion — "A” cards, Sept. 30th;
last day for second inspection
of “B” cards, June 30th; for “C”
cards, May 31st.
All restaurants and every drink
ing and eating place must file
a copy of menus and price list
during that week with their local
War Price and Rationing Board
not later than May first.
Changes in Point Values of Meats
Changes in point value on con
sumer point chart: Neck and Back
Bones 1; Chitterlings 2; Sausage
in Group A 6; Sausage in Group
A that has no meat filler added;
such as cereal or dried meat 5;
Sausage in Group B 3; Except
Scrapple 2.
Changes in point value on trade
table chart: Primal cuts of Beef:
Hindquarters, Kidney and Suet out
flank off 6. Fabricated Beef Cuts:
Round: Rump and Shank off 7.2;
No. 1 Skins 3; Gelatins and Sau
sage Skins 3; Spare Ribs and
Brisket Bones 1; Neck and Back
bones 1; Chitterlings 2; Head
Tongues in or out 2; Cull Veal
Hide on 4.1; Sausage Group A 5.5;
Sausage Group A with non meat
filler such as cereal or dried milk
4.5; Sausage Group B 2.8; Except
Scrapple 2.
Every Retailer, Wholesaler or
Primary Distributor must make
these changes on point value
Chart, Forms R-1313, R-1611 and
R-1612.
Mrs. Kenneth Skipper spent Wed
nesday in Norfolk, visiting her sis
ter. Her son, Kenneth, Jr., return
ed home with her after spending
several weeks with his aunt there.
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Roy Gant Spends
Furlough In City
With His Parents
Roy Gant, Jr., 19-year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gant of 1308
Washington St., left the first of
the week for New York City after
spending a 2-weeks furlough with
his parents, brother and sisters
here.
Young Gant now ranks a gun
ner’s mate, third class, in the Navy.
He entered the service in Febru
ary, 1942, and has made several
trips overseas since his enlistment.
It was his first visit home in some
time.
Prior to enlisting in the Navy,
Gant was employed by E. W.
Smith, Inc., city electrical con
tractor, as an electrician’s helper.
ms xatner wno movea nere several
years ago from Louisburg, is con
nected with the city firm as elect
rical refrigeration maintenance
man. A younger brother, George,
18, is expecting his call to the arm
ed forces most any day now. Two
sisters, Catherine and Nancy Jane,
make their home with their mother
and father in the city.
Mrs. J. L. White and Mrs. Jas.
Shay, Jr., were weekend guests
of Mrs. S. J. Knight in Jackson.
Mrs. J. D. Lynch and daughters
were week-end guests of relatives
in Jackson.
FUNERALFOR
MRS. HAMBY
HELDTODAY
Funeral Services Are
Conducted At Her Home
At 735 Jackson Street
Mrs. J. A. Hamby, 50-year old
city woman died Wednesday at the
Roanoke Rapids Hospital. She had
been ill for some time, having
been confined to her bed for the
past four weeks, and a hospital
patient for the past two weeks.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. R. V. Hope and Rev.
Gordon Price from the residence,
735 Jefferson Street, this after
noon at 4:30. Interment followed
at Roanoke Rapids Cemetery.
Mrs. Hamby is survived by her
husband, J. A. Hamby, and two
daughters, Mrs. W. V. Edmonds
and Mrs. J. F. Hunkucker. In ad
dition she leaves two sisters, Mrs.
J. W. Crowder of Roanoke Rapids,
and Mrs. N. H. Radford, of Mayo
dan; two brothers, M. K. Payne of
Charlotte, and M. L. Payne of Li
mona, Florida; and two grand
children.
9 STUDENTS
TO GRADUATE
AT HALIFAX
Students from Halifax who will
graduate next week from Weldon
Hijgjh School are as follows: Harry
Shearin, Hazel Twisdale, Lela Cobb,
Link Dickens, Steve Millikin, Nina
Mae DeBerry, Harold Stephenson*
Lawrence Hux and Anna Laura
Hux.
Due to the gas situation only one
night of commencement will be
held by the Weldon School - Ex
ercises will be held on Thursday
night May 6, at the high school
gymnasium in Weldon.
Nina Mae DeBerry will be Sal
utorian, having won the place
by making the second highest schol
astic record in her class. Steve
Millikin will act as Master of Cer
emonies, Link Dickens will be gift
orian and a talk on “Liberty’’ will
be made by Hazel Twisdale and
Lela Cobb will speak on “Unity.”
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Christian Science
Society
930 Roanoke Ave.
Sunday Service 11 a. m.; Wed
nesday 8 p. m.; Reading Room
open every Tuesday and Friday
from 3 to 5 p. m. The public is
cordially invited to attend our
services and visit our Reading
Room. Subject Sunday: “Everlast
ing Punishment.”
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