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Elizabeth speaks French and German, can drive a motorcar or a speedboat, swims expertly. Like other Britons, she gets 44 clothing-ration coupons a year (about enough for one outfit...
...pair of binoculars, four bayo nets and scabbards, several pairs of trousers and several shirts from an Army camp. Said the boy: "I wanted to have some souvenirs to give to my grand children." Tyger, Tyger. In Los Angeles, Leo Winter was fined $500 for misapplication of ration points in spite of his explanation that he and his wife and his cat had eaten 495 Ib. of meat between November 5 and December...
...shoemakers have only shaky hopes of selling many ersatz shoes. Plastics are already short. There are not even enough plastic shoes to ration. Wood for heels, failles for uppers, fiberboard for inner-soles, and even the cements that hold them together, are also on the critical list. And the shoe industry, with average wages of $29 a week v. $52 in war industries, is suffering from acute manpower shortage: in December, it had 26,000 (13%) less workers than a year...
Irrational. In Los Angeles, puzzled police held Window Washer Andrew Pat Malone, tried to find out where he really got the 42 prewar tires, 13 wheel rims, 30 cases of canned food and 13 saxophones he claimed that his ration board gave...
...encouraging to see Kilgore hit the mess line with his own supply of ketchup. Now all he needs is some meat now and then to go under it. . . . Speaking of meat, a salute to Lt. Beckham and his ration story. Wish we could convince the "Missus" her 50-50 proposition is dampening the highlights of our disbursing course...