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r9,1 \ctive Club Boxing . rd Will Be Year’s op Sporting Event 'skers Aren’t ‘ ' l ed to Play , ta Claus Here ' don’t need whiskers to : Santa Claus in Shelton Year, folks. You can sub- " for the jolly old North 'l‘esldent by gathering up a 'B'ifts right now to be sent ‘- service men. nts for the service men will spend the holiday from home, are being as- led by the Mason County ted Women’s Club. They be left at the. Journal. In- Sive gifts may be selected 8 local stores. ’1 Eula Martin, who is in e of the gift collection; a. generous response by citizens of the district, so the lonesome boys in uni- here may be cheered by ' lllllform thoughtfulness of neighbors in this county. . Callison ows Big megPiX Shelton Kiwanis Club had a1 treat for Tuesday’s din- Sion, in three reels of big ‘ pictures shown by I. P. Cal- v a citizen of Mason County to a pleasant home on Canal which is full of trop- f past hunts as well as shots era. The series was of 16m ’ Pictures taken by him on ‘ trips into the Wildest of ‘West sections of the Rockies ada, B. C. and the Yukon, 11 as shots in the nearer 3‘ grounds of the Okanogan _.._———— des showing the beauties of gged regions visited, there many scenes of the actual for moose, bear, mountain deer and caribou, in their 1 habitat, with close up Of the big game bagged on of these hunting trips. The " are hundreds of miles from tion in wild countries that ely visited by man. althO a11d there are trapper and families who lead hunting f‘ into the wilds. 9f the trips was into the ‘ _boo country of the Rocky , _ins ‘and‘ anomer'wiis. up ~1ft Sticken river a hundred or more by steamer to Tele- Creek, noted as a stopping 1n the early gold rush to 0ndyke, and where the tele- ' Still connects with civliza- I‘Iere one of the trophies of ‘ th’s hunt was a big moose, stately antlers now adorn ling girl or $6.75 $4.95 rYiany other game trophies. Ellison did not run all his but has more interesting ' and floral runs, which he (Continued on Page Five) DAUGHTER ARRIVES and Mrs. Horace Skelsey 8 parents of a baby daugh- ho arrived at the Shelton ta! on December /12. llison home on the Canal. Shelton's big boxing card be- ing sponsored by the local Active Club is shaping up as one of the best sporting events ever offered local fans With outstanding fight- ers from the Army and_Navy due to perform. . Proceeds from the show will go 'toward the Active International fAlaska Frontier Project, which furnishes recreational facilities for service men stationed in remote isections of Alaska. Among the sensational fighters which the club plans to present on the card, are Simpson “Mr. Five by Five" Evans, rotund colored l'fighter whose awkward but ef- rfective style keeps the customers in an uproar. Evans will fight John Williams, another colored heavyweight from Camp Jordan. Top Notchers l Both these boys made a fine showing at the big International boxing show held in Seattle last Friday, which drew over 6,000 cus- tomers. Another feature bout will ‘pit Jeffrey Lee, colored lightweight from Camp Jordan, against Rus- sell Hofling of Elma, claimant of the state lightweight champion- ship. Several bouts are being arrang- ed featuring boys from the local airport. These bouts are being arranged by Chief Brechtol and should furnish plenty of entertain- ment. The big program gets under way at p. m. in the Old Gym- nasium. A fine pre-show ticket sale presages an overflow crowd so the word is out to get there early if you want a good seat. Tickets are on sale by bus and also at the door. Prices =are set at $1.25 ringside, $1.00 general admission and 500 for enlisted men. iVictory Committee _Has Regular Meeting 1 l Mason county’s Victory Com- mittee, which is studying post- war plans for employment and re- habilitation, held its first regular meeting Tuesday evening at the Hotel Shelton. Routine matters of organization and planning occu- pied the meeting. , 1 Many Young Men Join Local State Guard Unit At the Monday evening meet- ing of the Shelton Company of the Washington State Guard Reserve, ten new recruits were sworn in, reports Captain Oker- strom. These included George Palms, Raymond Hall, Gerald Eagle, Bill Whaley, Ward Dun- bar, Stanley Fitz Jr., Robert Aitken, Glenn Richards, Don Zam Zow, Marvin Morket and Charles Horst. These boys are receiving the basic military training that will assist them in advancement if , and when they are inducted in- to service. Others who anticipate being inducted in the future are advised to enlist in the local company now so that all may start with the same training. '.McCOMB - , ' CINNATI U. ‘ William H. McComb, son r- and Mrs. Homer A. Mc- I 0f Shelton, is one of the , S of soldier-students in the l‘Sity of Cincinnati‘s 1555tn ‘ Specialized Training Unit g to return to college after a? is over. Overwhelming number of ' men at the university here—- , 5 Cent—expect to attend col- ? university after they have their part for Uncle Sam, a 5' among 600 typical A.S.T.P. 0‘1 this campus revealed. i “its of the survey, believed the first of its kind, were ‘ ced here today. There are 1‘ cent who have no present on of continuing their stu— ‘ lifter the war and four per . “‘26 now undecided. '1 1 "1g from every state, these [‘"Students are believed by lty authorities to repre- ‘ average cross-section of amately 100,000 A.S.T.P. _’1 more than 200 campuses. the men here from Wash- w, homes, 100 per cent say 111 take up post-war studies. .ureto ' ELLISON ' dt 1e ZONA 'e o « tter received from Herb El- lploie 'foi'mer local resident, tells theml being transferred again. _ qdress now is Cpl. Herbert 11195011 19147914, c—o Chinese 'Ament, Marana A.A.F., Tuc- Fz- He says “although my ‘3 no longer in Shelton, I .afinjoy getting the Journal, v i ,the men in service. It’s nice ‘1. about, and know where hot my friends are stationed, SeI‘Vice.” ANSFERRED Rawding has been trans- . frOl'n Farragut, Idaho, to n. y the column you have! 0‘” they are getting along. [JAMES EDGBERT l VISITS HERE Sgt. James B. Edgbert has been visiting Mrs. Roy Castle for the past two weeks. He has been sta- tioned in the Canal Zone for the past two years and has just been transferred to Fort Lewis. ELI FISHER WRITES HOME g Part of a letter from Eulas (Eli) to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Fisher of East Cascade: “You’ve probably read all about the news in the Southwest Pacific. Anyway it was our first bit. of action. I was kind of nervous and I believe everyone else was the same. But now I feel pretty safe lfrom the way our gunner did. , “Say, Mom, I finally got your ‘ box of cookies. Boy, but they were i sdre good. At the time I got them ' our crew was working on a plane so they lasted about 10 minutes. -All the fellows told me to tell you thanks.” WARREN WOODS AT TARAWA I. H. Woods has received word . from his son Warren, U. S. Navy, stating that he was now stationed at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, and is getting along fine. He will return to the l on furlough. ty Army Air Base. i Salt Lake Ci LOUIS HEITSTUMAN IN CALIFORNIA Mr. and Mrs. Joe Grassl have received word that Mrs. Grassl‘s brother, Cpl. Louis Heitstuman is now stationed in California. His address is 19th Photo Charting fS.B.A.A.F., San Bernardino, l . JAMES RUTLEDGE RECEIVES WINGS Climaxing a year of peak pro- (Continued on Page Six) 1 l i \ ‘Pacific Coast have had to curtail: club mem— i VOL. LVII—NO. 51 Shortage Of Gas Facing N orthwest Motorists may find themselves in the position of being unable to obtain gasoline when they present coupons at their service stations. This grim warning was issued today by C. B. Lafromboise, dis- trict mileage rationing represen— tative, Office of Price Adminis- tration. is so acute that unless motorists curtail and conserve to the utmost they may find they can’t get gas- oline even though they have cou- pons,” he said. “Already oil companies on the deliveries to service stations be— cause of lack of supply. There is no hope for increase so rapidly. ;The demand will mount as we lget closer to the time when war moves into our part of the Paci- fic. We are using gasoline faster than we can get it and there’s no relief in sight.” Use Fewer Cars The only solution, Lafromboise said, is to use fewer cars. “Drivers who ride alone should alternate their cars with other drivers or get in a ride pool of drivers. That will only be a drop in the bucket, but it may be the last drop,” he said. Transportation committees have been set up in every war price ; and rationing board in Seattle and in many other war centers where riders and drivers may register for ride pools. Ride-sharing must be utilized to the utmost, Lafrom— boise warned. At present more drivers than riders are registered. l. Rehabilitation Program Important Sale of Tuberculosis League Christmas Seals has fallen below expectations, Mrs. Lois Davidson, executive secretary reported this week. Emphasizing, thaimportanoe of the League's» program, Mrs. 'Davidson urged all people mailing gifts or cards to purchase seals Ito put on them. 1 Calling attention to the future as well as the present importance of the rehabilitation program, Claude H. Odom of Olympia, State Supervisor of Vocational Rehabil- itation, declares that it is evi- ‘dent there will be an increased need for the work after the war, and welcomes the rehabilitation [program recently inaugurated by !the Washington Tuberculosis As- sociation for sanatoriums desir- :ing it. I “In our work,” said Mr. Odom, “we must consider the future as Iwell as the present program of rehabilitation. It is our responsi- bility to prepare disabled individ- uals for permanent employment as well as for a present job. There is no question but that we shall go through a very serious period of adjustment after the war is won and it Seems to me that we must lprepare now ,for that post-war period. l l ACP Committee Men Elected At the series of community ACP meetings just completed, farmers elected committeemen to represent each community. Com- mitteemen elected Rau, Elvin Hearing, Hayes Davis, Henry Peterson, Ed Wilson and John MacRae. This group will meet and elect the county chair- man, vice-chairman, one regular member and two alternate mem- bers. / ' Farmers who have not reported their practices for the 1943 pro- gram year should do so before December 22, advises Rail. Those who secured superphosphate last year are especially urged to re- port so as to avoid incurring the penalty. _______..___—————-———— EARLY SERVICE Services for St. David’s Epis- copal Church, meeting at the First Methodist Church, will commence this Sunday, December 19 at 5 p. m. instead of the usual hour of 7:30 p. m. Young Demos Club Secures Big Orchestra Signing up of Henry Bickler's top-notch orchestra from Seat- tle for the big New Year’s Eve Frolic being staged by the Young Democrats Club of Ma- son County, was announced this week by President Everett Fourre. Bickler’s orchestra is one of the best known in the North- west and continues the Young Demos reputation of securing the best in music 'for their dances. A door prize will be awarded at the dance and favors and novelties will be available for those attending. . ewe. a «r :10 s. 1:: zoom mi: r, We v oar Shelton ' Santa Clans l “The present gasoline shortage' include Bert SHELTON, Bram i, l I l I i l Schedules Local Tour Proving that Santa Claus ‘hasn’t forgotten his little friends in Shelton and Mason county, the old gentleman in- formed the Journal yesterday by special wire that he will visit us three times before Christ- mas. The first time will be this Saturday afternoon when he will wander around town visiting the various stores and interviewing the kids to see what they want for Christmas, and also to find out from their parents how good they have been. Because of the large number of children who want to see him, Santa will return on Thursday and Friday afternoons of next week for a last-minute check-up on requests. ’Phil Bayley s New Chamber President At the monthly meeting of the Shelton Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Shelton Thursday, with 30 members present, the slate of new officers selected bythe nominat- ing committee was adopted with- out dissent. The new officers, Phil Bayley asp'resident, R. Werberger and St B. Anderson, vice-presi- dents, and Harold Lakeburg, sec- retary—treasurer, will be formally inducted into office at the first meeting in January, probably an evening meeting with a special speaker and program, ' the ladies will be invited. The evening was devoted to several projects of interest to the county, which called for more or less discussion and suggestions for ac- tion. The following members ‘were elected to the board of trustees: in. T- Tremkmann, A. L. Hu'erby, F. E. Beckwith, Roy Ritner and Oscar Levin. M. H. Needham reported for the committee charged with the pro- ject for a Memorial Board at some centlal point listing all Mason County men and women in ser- vice, which would be of consid- lerable size as well over a thous- Iand names must be provided for. IThe record is. now being compiled from various sources, but the pub- lic is asked to check over the lists which are far from complete, and should include every person from this county now or later to be in service. Near Postoffice The progress made so far is for the tentative location of the Mem- , _orial Board on the postoffice igrounds and the promise of the. (Continued on Page Two) ,- New Tire Capping Machinery Installed Installation of the newest, most modern tire-capping machinery was announced this week by Ted Cain, proprietor of the Shelton iTire Service located on First Street near the bridge. , Cain warned motorists that if‘ they expect to stay on the high- ways next year they had better get their tires fixed up now. He also stated that he still had a .quantity of Grade Three tires 1 available.- __¢_____._.___————— MISSING IN ACTION Reported missing in action is - Arthur Morrow, Jr., a. resident or Elma, but very well known in Mason county. Young Morrow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morrow of Elma was in the Navy. l WASHIN erton l ‘p i . Mason County Xmas Show Scheduled for Wednesday The Christmas Pageant, under preparation by the youth of Club Hi, is nearing production and each part is being polished to fit into what should be a very effec- tive presentation scheduled for Wednesday, December at 7:30 .m. in the Youth Center. The Youth Chorus will sing three well known carols, while the community chorus will add its bit to the beauty of the evening by singing three numbers by F. Me- lius Christiansen. Together the choruses will render “Lullaby on Christmas Eve" a beautiful selec- tion by Christiansen. String Ensemble ,7 The club string ensemble will accompany the youth choir and also furnish prelude and interlude music, which will knit the pro- gram into an easily flowing and coherent whole. Staging is being constructed at present, which will provide atmos- phere suitable to the spirit of the program, which of course, will be predominantly Christmas. Ticket sales will be conducted beginning Monday with seats sell- ing for 50c. Tickets will be on sale at various localities down- town. Navy Gets Four In Draft Call The Navy took the lion’s share of inductees from the group sent to Seattle last Wednesday for ex- amination by the local Selective Service Board. Of the seven ac- cepted, four were sent to the Navy, two to theArmy and one to the Marine Corps. Inducted into the Navy were Edwin Joseph Metzler, James Robert Knopfler, Richard Belt- man Hotz and Raymond Laverne Rice; the Army accepted Russell Martin Johnson andfiobert Rol- lin" Seymour, and George Brydon was sent to the Marine Corps. BABY GIRL A baby daughter arrived at the Shelton Hospital on December 15 for Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Ross- ‘ maier. BABY BOY BORN A baby son was born at the Shelton Hospital on December 14 for Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Struthers. Service Man’s List Is Being Compiled In connection with the erec- tion of a. local sign board bear- ing the names of men from in the armed forces, the Journal will print within the next two weeks a list of local service men. The list will be as complete as p05sible, however all per- sons having relatives or friends in the service should check the list carefully to see if any are missing. All persons having rel- atives who entered the Army, Navy, Marines or Coast Guard since the first of the year should put their names on a postal card and mail it in to the Journal; Do not telephone. M. H. Needham, chairman of the sign committee announced that no drive would be made for funds. However, all persons in- terested in contributing to this project may leave their dona- tions at his store or at Eddy’s Business Service. ___________________________———————— Shelton Churches Will Have Special Services and Programs On Christmas As is the annual custom, special Christmas services and programs will be held at a number of local churches, a check by the Journal revealed yesterday. Following ‘is printed a review of the programs to be put on. Due to inability to contact the minister, some of the Local churches are not represented ere. _ Each church extended a special invitation to the public. Methodist Church Sunday morning, December 19 The Christmas program will be presented by the Sunday school classes at 9:45 in the morning. The program will consist of songs and recitations by the various de- partments and classes. Sunday Evening, December 19 A Christmas Cantata by Ber- nard Hamblen, “The Babe of Bethlehem” will be given at 8 .p. in. Walter O. Eckert will direct ‘ the Cantata and those taking part in it are Eileen Runacres, pianist, Helen Johnson, John Steinberg, J. Gordon Edlund, Bea. Larson, Ruth Rowe, Jane McKay, Winnifred C011ier. the Choir and the W0- , men’s Chorus. \ l I Baptist Church Thursday evening, December 23 A Pageant of the Christmas Story will be given by the senior department while the primary and junior departments will present songs and recitations. The pro- gram will start at 8 o’clock. Foursquare Church Thursday evening, December 23 Starting at 7 :30 p. m. the young people will present “A Soldier‘s Prayer at Christmas Time." The Sunday school children will give a number of songs and recitations. Esther Freswold is the new pastor of the church. Mt. Olive Lutheran Church Friday evening, December 24 The children’s annual service will be held at 7:30 in the Chapel. Christmas day services will be held at 11:00. On December 26, ;in the usual Sunday services, the final Communion of the year will be had. Mt. View Chapel Thursday evening, December 23 The regular Sunday School pro- gram will be presented on Thurs— day evening starting at 7:30 o’clock. Jonas l GTON,Thursday, December 16, 1943. Railroad Near Reality SHOPPING DAYS TILL XMAS Former Shelton Football Player Wins Silver Star Buell F. Russell, Jr., Fire- man first claSS, United States Naval Reserve, son of Mr. B. F. Russell, Route 1, Shelton, has been .awarded the Silver Star Medal, it was announced by the 13th Naval District. The citation, signed by Sec- retary of the Navy Frank Knox, set forth: “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action during an engagement with enemy Japanese aircraft in the Solo- mon Islands Area . . After his ship had been damaged Rus- sell remained below and assist- ed in securing the boilers. Later he voluntarily returned to the flooded engine room compart- ments and aided in lifting safe- ty valves on the boilers in order to relieve the pressure. His cool courage and heroic devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval service." High SbhOOl Organization ,Has Concert 9 With a large number of music lovers present, the” Winter Con- cert of the Shelton High School Band and Choir, held at the Jun- ior High Auditorium last Sunday, was a big success. ! Both musical organizations pre- sented varied and interesting pro- _grams which were very well re- ceived by those present. Director J. Gordon Edlund is to be con- gratulated for his efforts. The personnel of the two or- ganizations included: Senior Band Members Junior high students: Dick An- gle, Grant Angle, Herb Angle, Phyllis Arbogast, Richard Baum, Barbara Butler, Don Clark, Shir- ley Clay, Jane Clothier, Roy Def- finbaugh, Shirley Dittman, Anna Lou Elliott, Glenna Fitz, Don Fraser, Garreth Grimes, Phyllis Herzog, Dick Holland, Marjorie Jackson, Nadine Lauber, James Mead, Robert Mell, Joan Moran, Lucille Palmer, Yvonne Palmer, Gerald Ristine, Jean Seay, Rose- mary Stevenson, Pat Troy, Bill Valley, Clifford Vanderwall, Dick Weirauch, Gene White. Senior high students: Betty Lou 'Arbogast, Laura Jean Baker, Ri- chard Baldwin, Gene Bergeson, Beverly Burrell, John Cole, Win- (aAlg aged uo penuliuog) lLocal Drug Stores Change Schedule Due to the fact that Christmas merchandise will be nearly all sold [out by Christmas day, there has been a slight change in the store hours of local drug stores. . Prepp‘s Rexall store will be op— en this Sunday. Instead of all three stores being open on Christ- mas day, only the Fir Drug store will be open. On December 26, McConkey Pharmacy will be open; on New Year’s Day, Prepp’s and on January 2, Fir Drug. Hunters Note Expiration Of 01‘ interest to local hunters I 'l Elk Licenses is the fact brought out by Game Protector J. A. Murphy that 1943 elk license and tags ex— pire at midnight December 31. According to Murphy many hunters believe that the licenses are good for the special season next March, but this is not so. The Game Protector also pointed out that anyone buying a 1944 elk license and tag and then shooting an elk in Jeffer- son county during the open Sea.- son there,» is all through for the year as only one elk is allowed . to a hunter. So study up on your game laws hunters and don’t say we didn’t warn you. i 6¢ PER COPY; $2.50 PER YEAR i l Shelton Will ! lHave Green ‘Hoop Quintet Facing Bremerton next Thurs- day, December 23 in the first hoop game of the current season, Shel— I ton’s Highclimbers go into thei 1944 campaign with rather weak i l lprospects for a winning season. Palmer Johnson,vBelfair teach- er, who is coaching the local club this year, reports that his charges are big enough and willing but very green. “The boys just don’t have the fundamentals," Coach Johnson explained, “which should have been drilled into them four or ifive years ago. However, they are developing fast and we may give the rest of the league a run for their money yet.” Johnson plans to start an en- tirely unexperienced club against Bremerton, most of the starters being members of last year’s Jun- ior high school team. ‘ Starting Five At forwards Coach Johnson plans to start Eaton and Bates, at center Larry-Cardinal: and at guards Daviscourt and Wilson. Eaton is a little Indian lad who shows signs of being a fast and tricky player. Bates, who never played before this year, and Card- inal are pretty ragged as yet, but are showing great improvement with each practice session. Wilson and Daviscourt are veterans of last year’s Junior high team and should be the mainstays of this year’s club. On the second five Johnson has Beckwith, Viger, Parr, Daniels and Peckham. Joe Parsons, who played first team ball last year, is turning out, but willrbe lost to the squad after the first of the year. . Beanie Daniels played consider- able ball last year and will prob- (Continued on Page Five) Stores Open Late For Xmas Buyers i In order to accomodate local shoppers who, because of working hours, might not be able to get their Christmas purchases made,' many of the local stores will stay open later tonight and tomorrOw and next Wednesday and Thurs- * day. On these days the stores will be open from 10' a. m. to 8 p. m. However, all those morning are urged to do so in order to alleviate the rush hours in the late afternoon and eve- ning. BABY SON Mr. and Mrs. Glen Leeds are the parents of a baby boy born at the Sheton Hospital on Decem- ber 8. who can shop during the day time or in the‘ A telegram from Congressman Fred Norman Friday brought first official news of the projected rail- road extension from the Northern Pacific at Shelton to the Puget Sound Navy Yard and Bremerton, as provided for in House Reso- lution 3741, the naval public works measure authorizing 235 millions for various projects. Of this sum 12 millions are ear- ‘marked for the Bremerton exten- sion and the necessary facilities at each end of the line. While the House passed the measure it must go to the Senate, where approval is routine, and then before the Appropriation Committee which iwill set the limits for each pro- ject. According to the message the plans envisage some shipping fa- cilities at Shelton as well as on Port Orchard Bay, and also the use of ties and other materials as far as possible from local mills. Plenty of Backing As all of Washington's dele- ation is united in pushing the Yard extension, it is not expected that it will be long de- layed once the appropriation is secured, and it is understood that some preliminary surveys have al- ready been made on locations, in- cluding those made several years ago when the project was first broached in connection with the Navy Yard. Besides the Navy Yard urging, the railroad project has the back- ing of Seattle, because of the great congestion of freight for the Yard, including the shipping of muni- tions through the city endanger- ing life and property; not to speak of the many huge car-fer- ries passing through the narrow passage with the big passenger ferries making dozens of trips daily along with navy ships of all kinds. As the railroad construction is not considered heavy the figure of $100,000 a mile for the 42 miles, or around $4,000,000, is con- sidered well above the actual cost, and even in these times the figure should be much less, leaving ample funds for dockage yards and facil- ities at either end. While the road would be an extension of the Northern Pacific, it would be op- (Contlnued on Page Five) Five New Citizens Are Admitted Saturday Five new citizens of the United States were naturalized at last Saturday's session of Superior Court. The new citizens accepted were Daisy Victoria Bennett, An- tonie Johanna Swiger, Peter Mar- as, Anna Concetta Twardowski and Edwin Lester Loverl. g Navy Car License Applications Due This Month Although windshield stickers Will not arrive until later appli- cants for 1944 automobile licen- ses must have their applications in by December 31, as usual, according to the Mason county auditor’s office. Stickers will not be available until about December 20, be- cause the army was given pri- ority by the sticker manufac- turer. In the meanwhile, the ap- plicants will be given receipts and stickers will be mailed from Olympia when they are ready. Because of the delay in ob- taining stickers, motorists will be given a grace period, from Januaiy 1 to February 1, 1944, to show stickers on their wind- shields. The passenger car licenses and fees are the same as for 1943 in most cases. Truck and passenger car licenses are is- sued at the county auditor’s office and at the Belfair Lum- ber Co. every Monday from 4:30 p. m. New Ration Tokens Manufacture of 2-billion ration tokens was started this week by the Osborne Register 00., Cin- cinnati, the Office of Price Ad- ministration announced today. The order calls for the manu- facture of 1,100,000,000 red tokens to be used in making “ration change” in buying meats and fats and 900,000,000 blue tokens for processed foods. Tokens will be smaller than a dime and made of tough vulcan- ized fibre. OPA also announced— 1. The new ration token plan will go into effect Sunday, Feb- ruary 27. 2. Food retailers will get their supply of tokens from the na- tion’s banks. Applications must be made immediately. 3. Tokens will be distributed to retailers about February 22. 4. Strips of stamps, each hav- ing a value of 10 points under the plan, regardless of the numeral now appearing on the stamps, will be validated on a horizontal or across-the-book basis rather than on a vertical or up and down basis, as at present. 5. A regular schedule of val- idity dates will be established. [This will provide a total offive Will Go Into Effect Next February, OPA Announces processed foods stamps worth 50 points for each consumer at the start of each month. Three meat- fats stamps worth a total of 30 points, will become valid every two weeks. 6. Consumers will obtain tokens from retailers as change in buying rationed foods after February 27. The consumer then may use these tokens when purchasing rationing foods from any retailer at any time, since tokens have no expira- tion date. Tokens- will mean a savings to the government, OPA said. It costs the government nearly $1,500,000 to produce a ration book. With tokens to supplement ration stamps of a. single denom- ination, war ration book 4 can last 96 weeks. At least three Ra- tion books, at a total cost of about $4,500,000 would be required to carry ,through this period if ra- tion tokens were not used. OPA believes the supply of tok- ens to be made available for use starting February 27 will last a year, possibly longer. When the new simplified plan goes into effect February 27, all stamps both in the processed foods and meat-fats program vsn’ll have (Continued on Page Two)