One Lump, Please

The U.S. had been warned, and now, here it came. The Office of Price Administration announced the first wartime rationing. During the week of April 27 no sugar will be sold at all. After that, sugar will be sold only upon presentation of coupons from sugar-rationing books.

One member of every household must go to the nearest local elementary school on May 4, 5, 6 or 7,* register name & address, height, weight, color of eyes and hair, number and relationship of others in the household, the amount of sugar at home (which will be deducted from their quotas). Some 1,500,000...

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