requesting their assistance in surveying the damage and to consider both the price ceilings on citrus and restrictions on tin usage; relaxing tin restrictions would allow the salvaging of wind-torn fruits by canning them as juices. Pepper also asked the agencies to consider the price ceilings for vegetables. The Texas Agriculture Commissioner, James E. McDonald, asked Texas citrus growers to suspend shipments to allow Florida citrus growers to recover, echoing a similar gesture from Florida citrus growers following a hurricane in 1933. Officials from the OPA and WFA convened in Lakeland, Florida, on October 27 to discuss the calls to increase ceiling prices for citrus; Florida citrus growers contended that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's monthly crop report for October did not accurately reflect the losses caused by the hurricane and sent a delegation to raise the matter in Washington, D.C. in November. A temporary increase in ceiling prices on citrus fruits was eventually implemented for the state of Florida. The WPB, operating jointly with the Red Cross, made of lumber and 5,000 shingle squares available for repairs and in the Tampa area. The Federal Housing Administration allowed mortgage loans of $5,400 for residents whose homes were destroyed by the hurricane, based on the agency's assessment that "property damage was limited to roofs and broken glass" in the state. See also List of Florida hurricanes (1900–1949) 1910 Cuba hurricane – caused extensive damage in western Cuba before affecting much of Florida Hurricane Charley – took a similar path through Cuba and Florida, with a significant core of wind damage spanning central Florida Notes References Citations Sources External links Monthly Weather Review C (1944) 1944 1944 1944 Cuba-Florida Hurricane, 1944 Cuba-Florida Hurricane, 1944 Cuba-Florida Hurricane, 1944 1944 in Florida October 1944 events