Word: itemization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bataan the dust is thick. It fills the eyes and throat. Men and officers along the way all like to talk. The big item is guessing when help will come. Nailed to a tree in one headquarters was a big calendar with a picture of a full-rigged sailing ship. Under it someone had written sardonically: 'We told you so, help...
...rations were not always so sumptuous. During the Revolution, a soldier was issued daily (if he got it) 1 Ib. of meat, 6 oz. of bread, 1 pt. of milk, rice, 1 qt. of spruce beer. He had to do his cooking himself. The War of 1812 added another item to the list: vinegar, which was mixed with sugar and water to make a highly regarded tonic. In the Civil War, Union soldiers got 20 oz. of beef, 22 oz. of bread,* 2½ oz. of beans, rice, green coffee, sugar, vinegar. Pepper was added to the menu...
...went down the list item by item: "We want more machine guns. Who wants to make machine guns? . . . We need a great many [turbine blades]. . . . Somebody ought to be able to forge these things...
...opened. But the average man will be increasingly aware of the boards, as they take over rationing yet to come. They, or boards like them, will handle the rationing of new automobiles announced last week (see p. 61), the expected rationing of refrigerators, radios, metal furniture, many another item...
...Hollywood Reporter, trade organ, turned up with a Page 1 item: "First American victory over Japanese was won by the Paramount baseball team Sunday when it defeated the LA Nippons, all-Jap team, 6-to-3. No one was aware of the war until the third inning....F.B.I, men allowed the game to finish...then rounded up Jap contingent...