U.S.A. RATIONING
SAVING TO STOREKEEPERS 35.000.000 DOLLARS A VI-: AI? Tin* butcher. Lite grocer and other retailers .selling rationed goods will save 3.">.<i'uo 000 dollars a year on bookkeeping and clerical expensethrough general use ol" fibre tokens in point ra 1.0:1 i ng. a ."co/ding to M Walter Slraub, national director (.'or food rationing in America. Tec now flis.-s. abmil Die size ol' a llirc"|)anny piece, were circulated in Eebrnary. Under I his new arrangement every point ration stamp will be valued at 10 points. When the tendering stamp is issued the housewife will receive in return token valued at one point each., instead ol' paper stamps. I:t is believed the tokens will not only save retailer* money in tenn> ol' time spent counting and assorting stamps, but will also obviate the need ol' issuing ration books as often as. otherwise needed.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 60, 28 March 1944, Page 2
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142U.S.A. RATIONING Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 60, 28 March 1944, Page 2
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