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...father in Secaucus, N.J. who had just registered for his family, rushed back the ration board for an extra book-his wife had another child while he was registering...
...They are blue ordinarily, but then I fall in love they turn violet"; a man: "My wife has brown eyes with white spots"). Some were not sure of the color of their hair. Many forgot their children's names. Fat ladies shaded their weight bit. But the U.S. rationers somehow managed to register an estimated 122,604,000 (91%) of the U.S. people for their first ration cards...
...biggest hoard was 15,000 Ib. by a New Jersey electrician who filled a warehouse with sugar two years ago. His wife can get none of his sugar and no ration cards until he disposes of his 577-year supply...
...Office of Aldrich Durant has announced that all War Ration Books must be turned in to special supervisors in the Dining Halls at some time today. The deadline has been set for tonight to comply with the new rationing...
Durant also emphasized that those students who did not register at Memorial Hall because they are under 18, must obtain from home the Ration Book which their parents should get for them and then deposit these books with the Dining Hall supervisors...