Word: card
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hordes of officials and quasi-officials demanded X cards (entitling them to all the gas they wanted). A resident of Barnstable, Cape Cod purpled with rage when offered an A card, turned the card down and stalked...
...Rationing boards braced themselves for a flood of appeals. Loudest wails came from salesmen accustomed to burning five to ten gallons a day in covering their territories. Best they could get was usually a 6-3 card, good for little more than one gallon...
Upon all holders of B and X cards OPA turned an icy stare, ordered their names made public, promised an investigation of their applications, reminded them that they were liable to $10,000 fine and ten years in jail if they had represented their status falsely. They might even lose their cards. Suddenly remorseful, many a citizen hastened to return his high-rating card. In Nassau County, N.Y., citizens who thought it over coughed up 500 X cards. Motorcycle patrolmen stopped drivers, examined their cards. X and B card holders had to explain where they were going and why. Holders...
Civilian-defense authorities decided that Sector 21, a residential area in Syracuse's southwest corner, had been heavily bombed. Boy Scouts were designated as wounded persons; each wore a card listing specific injuries. Ladies of the motor corps of Syracuse's Red Cross chapter bustled around, read the cards, applied appropriate first aid. From one front porch came blood-curdling screams and moans, persisting for a flat 30 seconds. Interested spectators noted that the Boy Scout who sirened these yells then retired to the back of the porch, consulted two fellow Scouts over a wristwatch. At regular five...
...Card to Be Issued...