FOOD: Recognition

The Government kept looking the other way, but the black market was still there. Finally, last week, the black market got a cold but official nod. Checking Manhattan poultry sales, the Market News Service (backed by the U.S. Agriculture Department and War Food Administration) reported bluntly: "Market extremely firm at prevailing black market prices."

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