U.S.A. SUPPLIES
MANY BUYING “RUNS
WASHINGTON, April 1
The War Production Board has issued an order, to be effective immediately, requiring every purchaser of toothpaste and shaving cream to turn in used collapsible tubes at the same time. The board has also prohibited the use of collapsible tin tubes for food, cosmetics, and most toilet preparations. The announcement of the rationing of razor blades caused such an extraordinary buying run that the rationing had ,to be cancelled. It is said that the board has decided to ration lawn-mowers instead. So far every announcement of a shortage and possible rationing has causeci a buying run—for golf balls, sugar, tea, silk stockings, and girdles, all of which caused buying queues to form throughout the nation.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 May 1942, Page 3
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