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...about one to 40. The students must wear a special uniform, are forbidden to appear on the streets with girls or to have dates with them. Even brothels are closed to them. Their chief relaxation is to get drunk-but even this is difficult. Japan's wartime grog ration is two bottles of beer a month for each male adult...
Dear Departed. In Atlanta, a ration board issued a new book of gas coupons to an applicant who said that his aunt had borrowed his everyday suit, buried his Uncle George in it without emptying the pockets...
Each of the 10,000 men of the 359th Brigade cultivates five acres of land. There is one cow per ten soldiers, one pig per two soldiers, one sheep or goat per soldier.This arrangement gives each a daily ration of 2 Ibs. of grain, 2 Ibs.of vegetables, and each gets 6 lbs. of meat per month. The rations of most of Chiang Kai-shek's troops are not so good...
...canceled all outstanding ration certificates, issued prior to July 15, for bus and truck tires...
Patriot's Problem. In Rochester, N.Y., a ration board informed a young woman that she no longer need share-the-ride with a passenger who had a habit of changing to his work pants in the back seat...