Home Front Headache: Rationing
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- Renie_Burghardt
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» Renie_Burghardt - Rationing
Hi Earl, wow, how interesting! I love the Will Rogers quote. I have an elderly friend who remembers having a "community canner," that was passed on to different families in the summer, so they could can their garden produce. Of course, many people grew gardens because of the rationing. Super article. Thank you.Renie
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» George2001 - Rationing in WWII
Hi, Earl: Another really good article. It seems just like yesterday that my mom kept a little glass jar filled with those red and blue tokens. Seems like there was always enough meat in our house because my mother, who was divorced, was keeping company with a butcher.One possible error: I don't believe the prices in either ration points or cash were printed right on the cans or jars or packages. The prices were on the shelves of the markets, along with the points needed to buy the products. That's my memory, unless you have another source you care to share with us.
George L. Garrigues
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» earlytimes - Points on the cans
Thank You, George. Sorry it has taken me this long to answer, but I only noticed this message yesterday. One of the pictures in the Life magazine book on the Home Front (mentioned in the article) showed a housewife holding a can with the points printed on it. But I would bet anything the picture was doctored. It looked phony. My guess is that OPA wanted the grocers to stamp points on the can but the grocers would not do it because they would have to change them all the time. Much easier to put them on signs as you remembered. Could be that OPA sent someone out to the local D.C. grocery stores to take pictures for OPA literature on rationing and could not find a marked can anywhere, so they doctored the picture to show the nation's grocers what they were supposed to be doing. Thanks for the visit and comments Earl Rickard @earlytimes-- posted by earlytimes
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