Your first ration book has been issued to
you, originally containing 28 war ration stamps. Other books may be issued
at later dates. The following instructions apply to your first book and
will apply to any later books, unless otherwise oredered by the Office
of Price administration. In order to obtain a later book, the first book
must be turned in. You should preserve War Rations Books with the greatest
possible care.
1 - From the time the Office of Price Administration
may issue orders rationning certain products. After the dates indicated
by such orders, these products can be purchased only through the use of
War rations Books containing valid War Ration Stamps.
2 - The orders of the Office of Price Administration
will designate the stamps to be used for the purchase of a particular rationed
product, the period during which each of these stamps may be used, and
the amounts which may be bought with each stamp.
3 - Stamps become valid for use only when and
as directed by the Orders of the Office of Price Administration.
4 - Unless otherwise announced, the Ration
Week is from Saturday midnight to the following Saturday midnight.
5 - War Ration stamps may be used in any retail
store in the United States.
6 - War Ration Stamps may be used only by or
for the person named and described in the War Ration Book.
7 - Every person must see that this War Ration
Book is kept in a safe place and properly used. Parents are responsible
for the safekeeping and use of their children's War Ration Book.
8 - When you buy any rationed product, the
proper stamp must be detached in the presence of the storekeeper, his employee,
or the person making the delivery on his behalf. If a stamp is torn out
of the War Ration Book in any other way than above indicated, it becomes
void. If a stamp is partly torn or mutilated and more than one half of
it remains in the book, it is valid. Otherwise it becomes void.
9 - If your War Ration Book is lost, destroyed,
stolen or mutilated, you should report that fact to the local Ration Board.
10 - If you enter a hospital, or other institution,
and expect to be there for more than 10 days, you must turn your War Ration
Book over to the person in charge. It will be returned to you upon your
request when you leave.
11 - When a person dies, his War Ration Book
must be returned to the local Ration Board, in accordance with the regulations.
12 - If you have any complaints, questions,
or difficulties regarding your War Ration Book, consult your local Ration
Board.
NOTE
The first stamps in War Ration Book One will
be used for the purchase of sugar. When this book was issued, the
registrar asked you, or the person who applied for your book, how much
sugar you owned on that date. If you had any sugar, you were allowed to
keep it, but stamps representing this quantity were torn from your group
(except for a small amount which you were allowed to keep without losing
any stamps). If your War Ration Book one was issued to you on application
by a member of your family, the number of stamps torn from the books of
the family was based on the amount of sugar owned by the family, and was
divided as equally as possible among all the books.
War Ration Book Two - January, 1943
This book is the property of the United
States Govenment. It is unlawful to sell or give it to any other
person or to use it or permit anyone else to use it, except to obtain rationed
goods for the person to whom it was issued. Persons who violate Rationing
Regulations are supject to $10,000 fine or imprisonment, or both.
