Word: rationer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Meat. Best home news of the week to many a citizen was Agriculture Secretary Clinton Anderson's prediction that beef would go off the ration lists within a few weeks. Reasons: 1) a heavy run of cattle; 2) Army suspension of "set-aside" orders by which it got first call. The pork outlook is not so bright, but Clinton Anderson thought that all meat rationing .might be ended by fall; if not, point values at least could be lowered...
Butter. Butter production has been picking up steadily, but is still insufficient; butter may not come off the ration lists for several months...
Sugar. Probably the last to go ration-free, perhaps not before...
Canned & Processed Foods. Now ration free, but under heavy run by housewives. There should be plenty for all soon...
...Rationed Cabbage Leaves. Everybody raises vegetables, even in window boxes, or in boxes inside houses or in air-raid trenches. Last March the cabbage ration was one cabbage leaf per person every three days...