On the run-up to Christmas in 1944, the Tribune published a recipe for fruit-candy gifts, above which was a list that, at this distance, seems encrypted. “Sugar stamps 30 through 34 [book 4], 5 lbs ...

Long before grocery inflation or hoarding of toilet paper, there was a different kind of issue with the food supply: lack of volume. Throughout World War II, the U.S. saw severe shortages of items ...

Governments should consider imposing World War II-style policies of rationing on goods such as food, fuel and clothing in order to fight climate change, according to a newly published academic paper.

World War II restrictions cut deep into every American pantry as federal officials announced that sliced bread would be rationed on this day in history, Jan. 18, 1943. "I should like to let you know ...

Thanksgiving has always been a cherished American tradition, a day for families to gather, reflect, and share a meal. Yet during World War I and World War II, the holiday took on an added layer of ...

As the war continued the number of board clerks was expanded to six. They kept track of ration systems for tires, gasoline, automobiles, fuel oil, meats, canned goods, sugar, coffee and shoes. Haynes ...

The problems in the Middle East and American universities etc. produced a copy in the mail from an unidentified source of the above document used during World War II (1941-1945) that the older ...