Word: beef
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...enraged ranch hands galloped into the tough town of Upper Frisco to rescue their comrade and avenge the indignity of the arrest. Sheriff Baca locked himself in a mud-and-log hut, kept his six-shooters blazing for 36 hours, pausing only long enough to fix some tortillas and beef stew. When the battle ended, four cowboys were dead, many wounded. Nineteen-year-old Elfego had not even been singed...
Meat. Best home news of the week to many a citizen was Agriculture Secretary Clinton Anderson's prediction that beef would go off the ration lists within a few weeks. Reasons: 1) a heavy run of cattle; 2) Army suspension of "set-aside" orders by which it got first call. The pork outlook is not so bright, but Clinton Anderson thought that all meat rationing .might be ended by fall; if not, point values at least could be lowered...
Almost no one manages to find enough food to use up his ration points. Beef was sometimes obtainable until the end of last year. Since then people have been eating dog and horse meat. Fish has been almost non-existent since last fall. Chickens and eggs are only for children, expectant mothers and hospital patients. There has been no beer or sake since last February...
...prospect of a short crop may force Clint Anderson to postpone his plan to increase the meat supply by raising beef and pork subsidies, which would encourage the farmers to raise more cattle and hogs. He may also be forced to 1) ban the use of grains after Aug. 1 for the production of alcohol for beverages, 2) divert more wheat for animal feed...
...York's busy little Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia has long contended that no law-abiding beef slaughterer can make money under OPA's present ceilings for beef. Last week, "Butch" LaGuardia tried to drive home his point, with the help of a Grade-A steer. On Butch's orders, the city bought the steer and had it slaughtered, keeping track of the pound-by-pound cost. The results...