Word: brownout
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Middle Western cities which have gone through the war in a nighttime blaze of neon lights, the brownout that went on last week was a shock. In Chicago, the usually bustling Loop was deserted; there were no long queues at theaters. In Detroit, late shopping housewives complained that they could not find stores. In Denver, barnyard lanterns blossomed on store fronts...
...lights went on again-within reason-all over the U.S. After 14 to 18 months of dimout, cities along the East, West and Gulf Coasts were told to relax and light up-but not too much. Chief reservations: 1) Washington suggested that a "brownout" (midway between total darkness and every movie marquee ablaze) would help save electricity and fuel; 2) Army & Navy men warned that if enemy submarines should crop up in force again off U.S. coasts, out the lights must go; 3) OCD officials promised that there would still be an occasional air-raid drill...