anaheim-gazette 1943-02-18

POINT As Will PATRONIZE YOUR HOME OWNED BUSINESS Here is how point rationing works—Time Schedule: Beginning with the "freeze." Everyone who has War Ration Book One (the "sugar book") will be entitled to get War Ration Book Two, the new point-ration book. The new book will be issued to the public at the time of the "freeze" on sales of canned and processed foods to the public (probably around the end of February.) In most places, the Here is how point rationing works—Time Schedule: Beginning with the "freeze." Everyone who has War Ration Book One (the "sugar book") will be entitled to get War Ration Book Two, the new point-ration book. The new book will be issued to the public at the time of the "freeze" on sales of canned and processed foods to the public (probably around the end of February.) In most places, the books will be issued at schools; in some places they will be sent out by mail. The OPA in each region will announce dates and places for issuance of the new ration book. Watch for announcements. ONE PERSON SHOULD APPLY FOR ALL THE RATION BOOKS IN YOUR FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD. WHAT MUST BE DONE TO GET THE NEW POINT RATION BOOK: 1. REPORT HOW MANY CANS, JARS OR BOTTLES, 8 ounces or larger, your household has of commercially packed canned fruits, vegetables, fruit and vegetable juices, canned soups, chili sauce and catsup. GIVE JUST ONE FIGURE—the total number of containers, 8-oz. or larger, minus the allowance (to be specified by OPA). You don't have to report how many of each kind. Don't include containers under 8-oz.; or jellies jams, preserves; canned meat, fish, olives, relish, pickles, spaghetti, macaroni, noodles; frozen or dried foods, and DON'T COUNT HOME-PRESERVED FOODS. 2. REPORT HOW MANY POUNDS OF COFFEE YOU (or your household) have, less one pound for each person whose age as shown on War Ration Book One was 14 years or older. 3. BRING IN ALL COPIES OF WAR RATION BOOK ONE HELD BY YOUR FAMILY OR HOUSHOLD. You cannot get the new ration book for anyone unless you bring in the old one. Point stamps will be torn off your family's new ration books for the excess commercially canned foods you have at home. But no more than half the monthly ration will be torn out of any book. If that doesn't account for the total excess, a note of the number remaining will be made in the ration book and stamps will be torn out of the next canned food ration book when it is issued. COFFEE STAMPS AND CANNED FOOD STAMPS WILL BE REMOVED FROM YOUR RATION BOOKS FOR EXCESS SUPPLIES BECAUSE THIS IS A SHARE-AND-SHARE ALIKE PROGRAM. 4. You will get back your old ration book (or books) for sugar and coffee and your new point-ration book (or books). On the front cover of the new book there will be a large "validation" stamp, across which you must write the serial number of your new book in ink or indelible pencil. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BUY CANNED FOODS WITH ANY RATION BOOK THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE "VALIDATION" STAMP ON THE FRONT COVER. You will continue to use the old ration book for sugar and coffee. 4. You will get back your old ration book (or books) for sugar and coffee and your new point-ration book (or books). On the front cover of the new book there will be a large "validation" stamp, across which you must write the serial number of your new book in ink or indelible pencil. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BUY CANNED FOODS WITH ANY RATION BOOK THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE "VALIDATION" STAMP ON THE FRONT COVER. You will continue to use the old ration book for sugar and coffee. HOW TO SHOP WITH POINT STAMPS—Shopping with points is a NEW thing for American housewives, but it is not difficult. Besides protecting the family's share, it gives you freedom of choice among all the rationed canned foods. The BLUE stamps are for canned or processed foods that are rationed. ...The RED stamps will be used later for meat. The NUMBER on each stamp shows you how many POINTS that stamp is worth. The LETTERS show you WHEN to use the stamps. Different kinds of rationed foods will take different numbers of points. For example, a can of beans may take a different number of points than a can of peas. ...The larger the quantity of the food you buy, the more points it will take. ...For example, a large can of peas will take more points than a small can. THE GOVERNMENT WILL SET THE POINTS FOR EACH KIND AND SIZE AND PRINT AN OFFICIAL TABLE OF POINT VALUES WHICH YOUR GROCER MUST POST WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT. Scarce foods will take many points. Foods that are not so NOTE: We will not you with the large IT RATION Will Be Used By ER ANAHEIM MA 225 EAST CENTER ST. scarce will take less points. The government may make changes in points, up or down, from time to time, probably not oftener than once a month. These changes will be made in order to steer buying away from scarce items and to make the more plentiful items easier to get. Changes will be announced and must be posted in all stores. THE POINT-VALUE OF EACH KIND OF PROCESSED FOOD WILL BE stamps. The use all BLUE A, B, and C ends. 5. Yo of the ration kind of ratio these foods scarce will take less points. The government may make changes in points, up or down, from time to time, probably not oftener than once a month. These changes will be made in order to steer buying away from scarce items and to make the more plentiful items easier to get. Changes will be announced and must be posted in all stores. THE POINT-VALUE OF EACH KIND OF PROCESSED FOOD WILL BE THE SAME IN ALL STORES IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. The price and the quality has nothing to do with the points. Points will not change just because the prices do. HOW YOU WILL KNOW THE POINT VALUES OF THE THINGS YOU BUY: Every grocer must post the government's Official Table of Point Values, listing each kind of rationed processed food and the point value for each size. Newspapers will carry the list of points and will announce any point changes. Radio stations will report which foods have their points changed. Housewives should clip the list of points out of the newspapers when it appears at the beginning of rationing. SHOPPERS TIPS: Every person has a total of 48 points to use for all these processed foods each ration period. You may use ALL the blue stamps marked A, B, and C, from all the books in your household, including children of any age during the first ration period. By different combinations of your A, B, and C stamps, you can get any number from 1 to 48, so you will be able to give the grocer the exact amount of stamps for any rationed item. Use the high point-stamps first when you can, in order to save the lower ones for low-point purchases. YOU CANNOT GET "CHANGE" FOR POINT-STAMPS. You must give the grocer point-stamps adding up to the exact point value of the rationed foods you buy, so use your household's points carefully so that you will not run out of stamps. Don't use more stamps than you need to make up the amount. For example, for a 16-point purchase, use two 8-point stamps—not three 5's and a 1. Save your low point-stamps for low-point foods you may want to buy later in the month. SHOP EARLY IN THE DAY—EARLY IN THE WEEK. Shopping will take longer because you will have to plan and figure your shopping in money and points. It will take your grocer longer to add up your bill. Leave the late shopping hours for war-workers and others who cannot get to the store early. TAKE YOU OWN LIST OF POINTS WITH YOU WHEN YOU SHOP. YOU MAY BUY IN ANY STORE YOU LIKE AND STILL SHOP AROUND FOR BARGAINS IN PRICES. YOU CAN'T GET CREDIT ON STAMPS. You must give the grocer stamps with each purchase of point-rationed foods even when you buy on a charge account. You must give the delivery boy the right amount of stamps when you have food delivered. You are not allowed to use loose stamps. They must be torn out of your book in the presence of the grocer or delivery boy. stamps. The use all BLUE A, B, and C ends. 5. Your of the ration kind of ration these foods can of beans 6. Of course take..For every small can. 7 size and send must put up watch of the 'point values' month. The them and tha for each kind and in all pa USE YOUR BOOTLED EN FRUITS ERnment has that day, ta to buy any out how may want. PRICE set the differ price...YOUR POINTS WHAT POINTS WE 3. When you book. Do tha to him. Tha rationed will take po you need to buy calls fo stamp than your smaller stamps from if you need of any age, for one rat stamps ma You may u one time. W TO BUY A up your bill. Leave the late shopping hours for war-workers and others who cannot get to the store early. TAKE YOU OWN LIST OF POINTS WITH YOU WHEN YOU SHOP. YOU MAY BUY IN ANY STORE YOU LIKE AND STILL SHOP AROUND FOR BARGAINS IN PRICES. YOU CAN'T GET CREDIT ON STAMPS. You must give the grocer stamps with each purchase of point-rationed foods even when you buy on a charge account. You must give the delivery boy the right amount of stamps when you have food delivered. You are not allowed to use loose stamps. They must be torn out of your book in the presence of the grocer or delivery boy. WHY CANNED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND SOUPS ARE RATIONED: Every week we are sending shiploads of canned foods to feed our fighting men and our fighting allies in Africa, Britain, and the Pacific islands. We must see they they get all the food they need. We at home will share all that is left. Point Rationing will be used to guarantee you and every one a fair share of America's supply of canned and processed fruits and vegetables, soups and juices. HOW THEY ARE RATIONED: 1. Every eligible man, woman, child, and baby in the United States is being given War Ration Book Two. (This book will not be used for sugar or coffee.) 2. The BLUE stamps are for any kind of CANNED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, CANNED OR BOTTLED JUICES AND SOUPS, FROZEN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, DRIED FRUITS: (The red stamps will be used later for meat.) 3. The stamps in this book are POINT stamps. The NUMBER on each stamp shows you how many POINTS that stamp is worth. 4. The LETTERS show you WHEN to use the Will not be closed Next Week. the largest and finest Vegetable WARNING By The MARKET PATRONIZE YOUR HOME OWNED BUSINESS stamps. The year will be divided into rationing periods. You can use all BLUE stamps marked A, B, and C in the first rationing period. A, B, and C stamps cannot be used after the first rationing period ends. 5. You must use the BLUE stamps when you buy ANY KIND of the rationed processed foods. See the official list, showing every kind of rationed processed food, at your grocers. Different kinds of these foods will take different numbers of points. For example, a stamps. The year will be divided into rationing periods. You can use all BLUE stamps marked A, B, and C in the first rationing period. A, B, and C stamps cannot be used after the first rationing period ends. 5. You must use the BLUE stamps when you buy ANY KIND of the rationed processed foods. See the official list, showing every kind of rationed processed food, at your grocers. Different kinds of these foods will take different numbers of points. For example, a can of beans may take a different number of points from a can of peas. Of course, the more of anything you buy the more points it will take. For example, a large can of peas takes more points than a small can. 7. The Government will set the points for each kind and size and send out an Official Table of Point Values which your grocer must put up where you can see it. The Government will keep careful watch of the supply of these processed foods and make changes in point values from time to time, probably not oftener than once a month. The Government will announce these changes when it makes them and they will be put up in the stores. 8. The number of points for each kind of processed food will be THE SAME in ALL STORES and in all parts of the country. USE YOUR OLD RATION BOOK FOR SUGAR AND COFFEE. HOW TO USE YOUR NEW BOOK TO BUY CANNED OR BOTTLED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, SOUPS, AND JUICES; FROZEN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; DRIED FRUITS. 1. The Government has set the day when this rationing will start. On or after that day, take your War Ration Book No. 2 with you when you go to buy any kind of these processed foods. 2. Before you buy, find out how many points to give for the kind of processed foods you want. PRICES DO NOT SET THE POINTS. The Government will set the different points for each kind and size no matter what the price. YOUR GROCER WILL PUT UP THE OFFICIAL LIST OF POINTS where you can see it. It will also be in the newspapers. THE POINTS WILL NOT CHANGE JUST BECAUSE THE PRICES DO. 3. When you buy, take the right amount of blue stamps out of the book. Do this in front of your grocer or delivery man and hand them to him. The grocer MUST collect a ration stamp, or stamps, for all the rationed processed foods he sells. Every rationed processed food will take points as well as money. 4. Do not use more stamps than you need to make up the right amount. For example, if the food you buy calls for 13 points it is better to tear out an 8-point and a 5-point stamp than two 5-point stamps and a 2- and a 1-point stamp. Save your smaller point stamps for low-point foods. You can take the stamps from MORE THAN ONE BOOK belonging to your household if you need to. 5. Every person in your household, including children of any age, has a total of 48 points to use for all these processed foods for one ration period. This means that you may use ALL the blue stamps marked A, B, and C from all the books during the first period. You may use as many of the blue A, B, and C stamps as you wish at one time. WHEN THEY ARE USED UP YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BUY ANY MORE OF THESE PROCESSED FOODS TILL THE stamp than two 5-point stamps and a 2- and a 1-point stamp. Save your smaller point stamps for low-point foods. You can take the stamps from MORE THAN ONE BOOK belonging to your household if you need to. 5. Every person in your household, including children of any age, has a total of 48 points to use for all these processed foods for one ration period. This means that you may use ALL the blue stamps marked A, B, and C from all the books during the first period. You may use as many of the blue A, B, and C stamps as you wish at one time. WHEN THEY ARE USED UP YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BUY ANY MORE OF THESE PROCESSED FOODS TILL THE NEXT STAMPS ARE GOOD. The Government will announce the date when the next stamps are good. 6. Use your household’s points carefully so that you will not run out of stamps. And buy with care to make your points come out even, because the grocer will not be able to give you change in stamps. IMPORTANT: You may use ALL the books of the household to buy processed foods for the household. Anyone you wish can take the ration books to the store to do the buying for your or your house-hold. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WASTE FOOD OR GIVE SOME PEOPLE MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE . . . THAT IS WHY CANNED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ARE RATIONED AND THAT IS WHY MEAT IS GOING TO BE RATIONED. RATIONING OF SOME FOODS IS THE BEST AND FAIREST WAY TO BE SURE THAT EVERY AMERICAN GETS ENOUGH TO EAT. Week. But will serve vegetables obtainable.