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...Property. In Santa Fe, Thomas E. Ball reported to police the loss of his wallet, which contained his birth certificate, draft registration card, Social Security card, driver's license, gas ration book, sugar & coffee ration book, and one $2 bill which he carried as a good luck charm...
Whom to Blame. For the chaos everybody blamed everybody else. Homeowners scolded fuel-oil companies. Oil companies blamed divided authority in Washington for confusion in deliveries. Government officials blamed 1) slow rationing boards, 2) citizens' failure to turn in ration cards to the oil companies, 3) the draining of oil from other Eastern areas to New York...
Fuelishness. In Philadelphia, the fuel rationing office for the North Side had to shut up shop, having neglected to ration itself some fuel...
...decision that it was all right for women war workers to go ahead and thumb rides to work. But she insisted that good taste imposes certain rules. One's identification badge is to be raised aloft instead of a thumb; only cars with B or C ration stickers should be hailed; between girl and driver "conversation is not necessary. If they must talk, they should stick to impersonal subjects." And Miss Post emphasized: "If the driver is not going in her direction, he does not stop...
...real shortage of these foods: supplies are the biggest ever. Big hitch is that the Army, Navy and Lend-Lease will gobble up about half 1943's production, leave only 33 Ib. for every U.S. citizen against a pre-war consumption of 46 Ib. The only choice was rationing, under a point system to be started when new ration books are ready in February...