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Carl Daubendiek is manager and part-owner of the Jefferson Telephone Company in Greene County. When his A ration book for a company car was close to running out, irascible Carl asked for a C book. The ration board asked him to fill out a new application form. That request so empurpled the Daubendiek temper that for two hours on the night of Dec. 15 no Jefferson phone subscriber could get anything out of his instrument except a voice which said, variously, "Daubendiek speaking; no gas, no calls; speak to the rationing board" or "The service is kind of punk...
...mounted steadily since last October, the last month when the reduced supply still exceeded the already rationed demand. In November came the U.S. invasion of North Africa and a sudden, inordinate drain on Eastern oil stocks; as the North African champaign became more complicated, the drain increased. Zero and sub-zero weather compounded the crisis. Last week some strong emergency measures were necessary. Harold L. Ickes, Petroleum Administrator for War, banned delivery of gasoline by tank car to the East, ordered the cars to haul only fuel oil. Three days earlier he and OPA cut the fuel oil ration...
...another tantrum Barnes last week closed his museum and art school after his ration board insisted he convert to coal heat. Coal smoke would smudge his paintings, Barnes said, adding that the ration board was "semiliterate" and "asked me if I ever beat my wife...
Water. As soon as possible after a ship is torpedoed, a lifeboat's or life raft's leader should count the survivors, compute the probable period before rescue and the prospects of rain, then ration the stock of water. The minimum daily ration should be 18 ounces until only one pint per man remains; after that each should be given two ounces daily. Lips can be moistened, the mouth rinsed with sea water, but "there is no doubt that large draughts of sea water cause death and even small amounts may prejudice a man's chance...
...always thought the income tax was something for the rich to worry about will be brought up with a jolt. April-The first robin will be reported in all New England States. The first baseball holdouts will be reported in all others. May-There will be a new ration card. June-[Ex]Senator Prentiss Brown will wonder why he ever took Henderson's job. November-Hitler will proclaim all the Russian armies annihilated...