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...Norwich, Conn., Undertaker C. A. Gager abandoned a longdistance trip because ODT refused him a supplemental gas ration unless he could be sure of a return load...
Meanwhile, Perry revealed, the surrending of ration books to the College has been progressing. A casual checkup on one of the House dining halls last week revealed that from 75 to 80 per cent of the books have already been turned in, with the remainder coming in slowly...
...cigar box with four compartments to sort out its stamps. In Atlanta another small grocer has his children work nights, and devotes all of Sunday to the job. In 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...
...Ration Banking. OPA, under its humanizing policy (TIME, March 22), is now working hard to simplify the system. With the cooperation of the nation's 15,000 commercial banks, it has set up a broad system of ration banking such as Britain practices. Under this system, the small corner grocer can open ration point accounts in the bank and turn in coupons for credit. He may then draw a check on his account and present it to his wholesaler for more goods instead of giving the wholesaler a peck of coupons. More than a million ration accounts will mean...
...students taking meals in the House Dining Halls must remember to hand ration books 1 and 2 at the Bursar's office in Lehman Hall by this evening, or face the prospect of being refused service...