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...Bushel Baskets. With the new books now distributed, the public is allowed to spend 48 points a month on canned foods (blue stamps), and will be allowed to spend 64 points a month on meats, cheese, etc. (red stamps). This means that the grocers of the land will handle about 14 billion points a month, involving some 3.5 billion coupons...
...Philadelphia recently OPA failed to provide enough of the gummed sheets on which grocers are supposed to stick their ration coupons before turning them in to the wholesaler. As a result, salesmen of wholesaling houses came in with their pockets stuffed with ration coupons, dumped them into bushel baskets. The baskets were presented to the bank for counting; the bank turned the mess back...
...into hogs instead of into cash.* Since 80% to 90% of the corn crop normally goes into hogs on the farm anyway, most farmers will not be penalized by the new ceiling because hog prices are pegged so high that corn-on-the-hoof sells at around $1.50 a bushel. Corn itself has not sold that high since...
According to Aldrich Durant '02, Business Manager, last night's blackout test was a complete success. The University dimmed its lights and hid under a bushel in the required two minutes with only a small incident in Holworthy marring the tranquility of the evening...
Luckily, the Budapest Quartet isn't hiding its light under a bushel. They can be heard every Sunday morning over some Columbia stations from 11:05 till 12, and Columbia has just released their excellent reading of the Beethoven 11th, or "serioso" quartet. They are at their best in this playing of Beethoven's sombre, powerful music, and the recording is highly recommended to anyone who still thinks quartets dull or stuffy...