A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 7, 1943, the federal government abruptly announced that wartime rationing of shoes made of leather would go ...

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 ...

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” ...

Rationing has helped to stop people starving. And during the war we’ve learnt not to waste any food. As the war went on and food became harder to find, the Government had to introduce it.

The war affected every aspect of daily life, and meant that everyone endured hardships and sacrifices. People's weariness with these hardships was as much a threat to popular morale as the physical ...

She began a letter home from the Control Tower at Ronaldsway, explaining why new security procedures on parcels being sent ...

Prior to the war, much of Britain’s food was imported, and with supply lines broken and blockades in place, food shortages grew severe and rations were put in place. Growing their own vegetables ...

When I was young, there were bags of sugar stacked in a large wooden box, covered with blankets and straw bales in our barn’s ...