In mild embarrassment, OPA last week finally took note of the new sugar shortage. It let out the news that the rations of industrial sugar users will be cut 10% (they are already using 20% less than in 1942). This will mean less candy and soft drinks.
The new cut is the result of OPA's freehanded passing of the sugar bowl last summer. As one OPAster ruefully said: "We went overboard on the allowances for home canning and I'm afraid the housewives kind of did us dirt. Their good intentions just went wrong. They didn't do as much canning as they...
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