Word: rationer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...condition of this camp is just about the best that we can expect under the circumstances. The Army ration we are given daily is better than we ever expected (they say that it costs 48? a day per person). And the Japanese Nisei boys are saying that they should not forget the fact that they are. Americans, even if some fellow Americans may think that they should be treated as political prisoners. The Federal officials who are administering this camp are very courteous and considerate toward all of us. We do not have a jail here yet, and the administration...
...luxuries were gone; some necessities were going; days lean as razorbacks were ahead. To share what was left the U.S. had two choices: it could have inflation, or it could fix prices, drain off public purchasing power and try to divide the available goods equally by ration...
...public are willing to have Government 1) register all male civilians for work in defense industries "wherever they are needed," 2) "strictly ration all food or materials that might become scarce," 3) make war workers who strike join the Army or Navy...
...citizens cannot legally buy a pound of sugar this week anywhere. Next week they will line up at their schoolhouses for rationing books, and on May 5 a new U.S. era will begin. For the first time, in the land of plenty, a common foodstuff will be doled out on ration coupons: one-half pound a week of sugar for each citizen until the end of June, an undetermined amount after that...
...same time, it was announced that all members of the University who are not commuters must register in Memorial Hall next week for War Ration Book Number 1. Radcliffe and Sargent students, as well as military men and their wives who are not with their units, must register at the same time...