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<\/a>US Office of War Information poster [Public domain]<\/p><\/div>This week in the war, on 29 March 1943, the United States introduced rationing for\u00a0meat items such as beef, pork and mutton; and also cheese.\u00a0Poultry remained exempt.<\/p>\n
Sugar and coffee had been rationed since 1942, as had tires and gasoline. Measures to conserve the latter two items included the imposition of a national speed limit of 35 miles per hour.<\/p>\n
A sticker with the letter A, B, C, T or (rarely) X had to be fixed to the inside of the windshield to indicate ones priority in buying gasoline.<\/p>\n
A = Low priority, inessential to the war effort. Only 4 gallons of gas per week were allowed.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Stamps from US Government ration book, 1943 [Public domain, author: Bill Faulk]<\/p><\/div>B = Essential to the war effort. (Workers in factories, for example.) Up to 8 gallons per week were allowed.<\/p>\n
C = Doctors, ministers, mail carriers, etc.<\/p>\n
T = Truckers. (Gasoline was unlimited.)<\/p>\n
X = Members of Congress.<\/p>\n
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This week in the war, on 29 March 1943, the United States introduced rationing for\u00a0meat items such as beef, pork and mutton; and also cheese.\u00a0Poultry remained exempt. Sugar and coffee had been rationed since 1942, as had tires and gasoline. … Continue reading