Word: eggmen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there is an egg shortage in sight. War Food Administration has on its hands 1,400,000 cases of eggs-approximately a half billion eggs. WFA is still frantically trying to get rid of eggs. Warehouse space is badly needed, some eggs are turning rotten (TIME, Aug. 21). Helpfully, eggmen recently tried to buy 47,000 cases stored in Providence. But WFA promptly turned them down: the bids were not so high as WFA's rigid high ceilings. Many eggs turned bad while the price rose...