[or-roots] Government Ration Stamps 1940s

[Leslie Chapman]

Trisha;

Last question first, according to;
http://www.quanonline.com/military/military_reference/american/war_ration.ht
ml

every member of the family recieved a "ration book"

http://www.prewarbuick.com/id389.htm	has some more discussion of why
rationing existed.

I can't find anything online in any detail about the issuing process, they
talk about "proving to the rationing board" that you needed "whatever" and
restrictions, such as you had to swear you only owned 5 tires to get some
ration coupons and that sort of thing. As near as I understand it, everybody
had to have ration coupons, if you didn't a lot of "basics" were denied to
you, or severely limited.

Any of you that were there might be able to explain this easier than a
"boomer" like me.

Les C


-----Original Message-----
From:  Trisha Neal
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 9:02 PM
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Subject: [or-roots] Government Ration Stamps 1940s


Is there anyone on the list who knows how Government Ration stamps were
issued around 1944-1945?  Who were they issued to?  How old did you have to
be in order to be issued the stamps? How quickly could they be issued?
Please contact me offline and I can give you more information. Thanks!


Trish

Coos Bay, OR  97420

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