Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1943 Page: 2 of 8
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CITIZENS STATE BANK OF BASTROP
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A FRIENDLY BANK
Safety Deposit Boxes Ava.ils.ble
United States Depositary
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Tour Deposits Up To $5,000 Insured In This Bank
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CAN OPENERS STILL
HAVE PLENTY TO DO
IN COUNTY KITCHENS
Control Of Apple
Sales
Sales by apple growers and ship-
pers who package their apples in
ooxes with a net weight of not more
than 26 pounds are not under price
control if not more than five boxes
Food Conservation
Quiz
1. If every family in the United
States wasted just one slice of bread
a week, how many loaves would be
wasted in the course of a year?
50,000? — 500,000? — 5,000,000?
100,000,000 ?
2. If you shop only on week-ends
and pinch fruits and vegetables you
are sold at one time to one buyer and
Rationing has not emptied the shel- if shipped by parcel postor express.
ves of Bastrop county residents of However, when these packages are
canned foods it was revealed today, resold by wholesalers and retailers, j don't buy, you contribute to a waste
a total of 247,950 cam being used they are under price control, cpa
■monthly, according to a. ifr Nugent, said.
general sales manager of the Ameri-
~hu figure on ^'College Enrollments
government's compilation of 36,737 j)|*qp
When you peel them too quickly you Increase Coal Prices
may cut away from 1/10 to x/4 of their i i
bulk, and with the skins you throw j Anthracite coal ceiling prices hav
been raised by opa an average c
Enrollments in colleges and other
this
ration book holders in the county and
the statement by the u. s. Bureau of . ... . - u
Agricultural Economics thai the per .institutions of higher education
capita consumption of canned goods f ar «re tha" one-quarter be-
*ofar this year is .225 cans a day. low 'he 1940 peak according to a
On the basis of the average size pre- p.re ,n®iy sufvey b> the u. s. o
■war can, approximately 599 pounds of ^lce. Education of the Federal Se-
pure metallic tin is reclaimable for rurity Agency. This year s total of
the war effort from these cans, he1 ab°ut 1,110,500 persons is eight per
explained. ,cent below last year's figures. Of
Many foods strange to American those enrolled this year almost one-
food a day and millions of pound* of quarter have been assigned by the
canned items are being shipped a- armed forces for specialized train-
broad for lend lease, he said. j ing.
Mny foods strange to American
palates are being packed in cans for
shipment overseas. One of these is
"Tushonko" for Russian consumption. |
this product being highly seasoned
pork packed in lard. Squid, a variety!
of octopus, is being canned for Ital-j
ian consumption. Canned foods for j
England are usually seasoned quite
differently to those intended for
American use, Mr. Nugent said.
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Pickle Prices Up
Quart jars of pickles will cost about !■
one cent more since opa has put
maximum prices on all pickles (ex-
cept fresh cucumber pickles) and
picalilli. The regulation applies to
sales by all persons except whole- ,
salers and retailers. Wagon whole- i
walers are included, however.
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ANSWERS
100,000,000.
$75,000,000.
4 to 7 teaspoonfuls.
Carrot tops.
Vitamin c—Iron.
away :
Vitamin c—Iron — Vitamin b— 02 cents a net ton at the mine. ir
Calcium — Vitamin b—Phosphorus? creases range from 35 to 70 cents t
' ton, depending on the size of th<
'coal. On June 1, 1944, the new ceil
. ings at the mine will be reduced bt
' an average of 28 cents a ton, leaving
- -uui-i i.s * 1 „ t net increases of about 34 cents a tor
of perishables in stores amounting to , 5. Vitamin c-Iron. jhe gxact amount of these increas
more than $ a year. . «• ■ • ■ can pas8ed on t0 the consum.
$3,000,000? — $10,000,000? — $25,-1 gelect yqur christmag car(is now, j Purpose of the approximat
000,000. $ <5,000,000. i from our large assortment of appro- months of higher ceilings is u ...a
3. How are your wartime man- pnatt, cards. elkins 5-10-25 cent pensate mine owners for the retroac
ners? Do you squeeze all the juice stoke!. tive feature of recent wage increase:
out of your grapefruit? If you do,
how many teaspoonfuls of juice on
the average do you save?
1 to 3 tsps. ? — 4 to 7 tsps? — 8
to 11 tsps
nip
4. Only one of these food parts is
inedible—which is it?
Carrot tops — Turnip tops — Beet i
tops — Celery tops — Cucumber j
rinds?
5. From now until the end of then
year white potatoes will be plentiful.
WASHING AND GREASING
TUBES VULCANIZED TIRES REPAIRED
JOHNNY TODD
Sinclair Service and Products
Have a "Coke" = Sit, maak jouself tuis
(SIT DOWN, MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME)
TEXAS YAMS AID SIGHT
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If you are blmded by lights from ,
the oncoming car at night—it may |
be you should eat more Texas yams. J
So the Texas Academy of Science j
Saturday was advised by Miss Flor- \
ence Scoular, professor of home ec- j
onomics at North Texas Teachers 1
college, in a report on effects of a I
•diet test on 109 co-eds at her school.
The co-eds were fed cookies and
• candies made with "vita-yam," * i
sweet potato flour, and a definite
improvement in their visual adjust-
ment to sudden light was Tioted.
Technically light blinding is at-
* tributed to a deficiency of "visual
purple" in the eyesight; this defi-
ciency is offset by the a vitamin
found in yam.s and other yellow
vegetables.
BASTROP ADVERTISER
Entered as second class matter at
the Post Office at Bastrop, Texas,
under Act of March 3, 1879.
—- Published Every Thursday -
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American. Have a "Coke", lays his guest, and he's understood a* <hk*, It s a
phrase that says. Welcome, neighbor, from Capetown to Cape Cod. the w*rld
over, Coca-Cola is the symbol of the pauie that refreshes -the happy m e<*mg
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1943, newspaper, December 2, 1943; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236935/m1/2/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.