Word: ib
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...prevent hoarding, no rationing book will be issued unless the applicant states that the family has no more than 2 Ib. of sugar on hand for each member (penalty for lying: up to ten years' imprisonment or a $10,000 fine). To prevent profiteering, Price Boss Leon Henderson advised housewives to protest loudly if prices go much above 6? a Ib., threatened a retail-price ceiling if such protests are ignored...
...Bahamas Handicap, first noteworthy horse race of the Florida season; before a crowd of 16,000; at Miami's Hialeah Park. Among the also-rans was Alsab, wonder horse of 1941, who was making his debut as a three-year-old. Alsab was assigned top weight of 128 Ib. (14 more than American Wolf), went to the post odds-on favorite, finished sixth in the field...
Born. To Actress Martha Scott (Our Town), 25, and Airannouncer Carlton Alsop, 40: a son, Carlton Scott, 7 Ib. 6 oz.; in Hollywood...
...once carried a sick Great Dane home to her apartment, refused to sing in an Ohio town until authorities ministered to an unhappy mule lying in the street. One of her adopted strays won a Manhattan pet show prize-for dogs "combining the most breeds." She buys 25 Ib. of bird seed a week, which she spreads on her window sills-to the delight of birds and the chagrin of her fellow tenants; the bird-droppings make quite a mess. Says Mme. Hempel: "I am quite, quite foolish about animals...
...Sugar rationing in ¾-lb. units has refiners up a tree. Their machinery is designed for a 2-lb. package; none that will pack ¾ Ib. is available...