On March 1, 1943, readers of The Appeal-Democrat learned that grocers in Yuba and Sutter counties reported light sales of newly rationed groceries during the first day of war time “point rationing” ...

Ration books were issued to all households in WW1. They were designed to strictly limit the amount of food each household could buy. A market trader runs out of potatoes during the food shortages ...

The first notable victory over the rationing problem was scored this week: the Office of Price Administration put shoes on a coupon basis (three pairs—or less—a year*) with a minimum of fuss.

To the relief of many, cigarettes and whiskey weren’t subject to rationing during World War II. But practically everything else was. Each man, woman and child in the United States required ...

Rationing made sure everyone in the country ... But if I was a boy in World War One, I might have cooked this. WARTIME BOY: Yes, chocolate potato pudding sounds great to me because during the ...

Germany will conscript the young, ration food and turn subway stations into bomb shelters during wartime, according to a new government preparations for a future conflict with Russia. German ...