World War II, Rationing - 1944

1944 - Jun 21 - House wives Urged to Buy Extra Eggs and Help Relieve Surplus

1944 - June 21 - Used Cars Under Price Control - Beginning July 10 all used passenger cars come under price control... All sellers - individual owners as well as dealers - come ' under the program. Ceilings will vary by model, body type and make and will cover about 6,000 models manufactured from 1932-1932. There will be as "as is" and a "warranty" price for each model and body type... When a sale has been completed the buyer and sell must fill out a transfer certificate and turn this into the buyer's local War Price and Rationing board. Nearly four million motor vehicles went out of use in the United States in 1942 and 1943 and have not been replaced. the Federal Work Agency reports.

1944 - Aug 16 - WPB Frowns on Lumber For Repair of Homes

1944 - Sep 6 - New Automobiles Near Vanishing Point With only 20,000 On Hand

1944 _Sep 13 - Blue Tokens Valueless After Sept. 30; Shoe Rationing to Continue

Ration Reminders

Meats. Fats--Red stamps A8 through Z8 and A5 through G5, good indefinitely.

Processed Foods--Blue stamps A8 through Z8 and A5 through L5 good indefinitely.

Sugar- -Sugar stamps 30, 31, 32. and 33 each good for five pounds indefinitely. Sugar stamp 40, good for five pounds of canning sugar through February, next year.

Gasoline--In 17 East Coast states, A-11 coupons good through November 8. In states outside the East Coast area, A-12 coupons, good through September 21.

Fuel Oil--Period 4 and 5 coupons and new period 1 coupons good throughout coming heating year.

Shoes--Airplane stamps 1 and 2, good indefinitely.

Income Tax - Quarterly payments due September 15.

Blue Tokens, Farewell If you've got some blue tokens in your purse, better use them now, because after September 30 they will be good only for the kids to play with. Until next Sunday, the Office of Price Administration says, you can use them just as you always have used them. Beginning Sunday, September 17, retailers will cease giving blue tokens to consumers as ration change, and shoppers will be able to spend them only in groups of 10. If necessary, shoppers may pool tokens to make up groups of 10.

Removal of practically all canned and bottled vegetables and fruit spreads and specialties from rationing September 17 makes use of blue tokens unnecessary. Beginning September 17 point values on canned fruits, canned juices, canned tomatoes, catsup and chili sauce will be designated in multiples of 10.
Shoe Rationing Still With Us

Civilians cannot hope for an early end of shoe rationing, WPB says, unless imports of hides increase or unless there is a large cutback in military orders. Hide shortages continue in spite of a large domestic kill of cows and calves.

Heavy civilian and military consumption and decreased imports account for the shortages.

1945 - Jan 3 - Dwindling Supplies Cause for Tightening Rationing system

1945 - Jan 31 - Civilian Supplies of Many Items to be Less In 1945 OPA Advises

1945 - Jan 21 - "Brownout" Ordered By WBA Goes into Effect Here This Thursday... this new restriction practically eliminates the use of electricity for outdoor advertising, ornamental and display lighting..

Rationing continued on many items until 1954 -

1948 - The end of rationing begins. It is another 5 years before rationing of all products is stopped.

25 July 1948 - end of flour rationing

15 March 1949 - end of clothes rationing

19 May 1950 - rationing ended for canned and dried fruit, chocolate biscuits, treacle, syrup, jellies and mincemeat.

September 1950 - rationing ended for soap

3 October 1952 - Tea rationing ended

February 1953 - Sweet and sugar rationing ends (some say Sugar rationing ended in June 1947

4 July 1954 - Food rationing ends, Meat was the last item to be derationed

These are examples of many rational booklet & papers/pages; even children and an infant received his/her own set of ration book and pages. Stamps were within or attached and at the time of purchase were removed:

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