Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 March 1944 — Page 10

E 10 WARTIME LIVING—

: : . ah Leather Scarcity Booms i : : ® : . ~~) . Unrationed Fabric Shoes “5 By ANN STEVICK NEA Staff Writer WASHINGTON, March 17—Prospects for civilian leather goods are not bright in 1944, according to department of commerce reports, in spite of record numbers of livestock. The overall domestic produetion of hides in 1043 decreased 8 per cent from the previous year.

With greater numbers of husky GI shoes to be made out of decreased amounts of leather, it is not hard to see that civilians will be

lucky to get a shoe stamp every six months as planned at present. | cr ..q

| “jobs, ang training programs of- . During the next few

However, domestic production of | co ys inspectors will be stationed

non - leather, unrationed shoes reached almost 6,000,000 in January, 1044, compared to less than 400,000 in January, 1941. So you will find plenty ‘of these to carry’ you through - spring and summer for lighter wear.

Ann Stevick

Your huskier leather shoes can be!

treasured for hard use. A change in the leather conservation order permits the manufacture of two-toned shoes when made of part-leather and partfabric, with leather constituting no more than 30 per cent of the uppers. These shoes will be rationed. The combination of leather with fabric will help

| at filling stations to check on in= | dorsements of gasoline ‘coupons. They must be endorsed withthe | car's license number and the | state's name in advance of their | use. Failure to endorse all cou- | pons as soon as received makes the car owner liable to revocation of his gasoline ration. v

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stretch the leather supply to meet | civilian ration stamps. | Pass the Paper | The paper deficit is a little bet- | ter, thank you. Supply is now | only 11 per cent short of apparent | united nations’ requirements. Last | October it was .25 per cent | short. However, a deficit is still a deficit.” Military demands for | such things as paper tarpaulins to | “keep the powder dry” on landing boats and beachheads must be met. More and more paper will go overseas where it can't be salvaged. From now to June at least, when the new season's supply of wood pulp comes in, every |

possible scrap of paper is strate- | gic material. It must be salvaged. Odds and Ends The office of civilian requirements is working out plans to get more repair parts and skilled repairmen for electrical appliance repair shops. Discharged service men are being placed in these

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