She Remembers Pearl Harbor

Category: Rationing

  • Here’s the Sad News, Ladies, About Restriction of Cloth for New Togs

    Source: “Here”™s the Sad News, Ladies, About Restriction of Cloth for New Togs.” Greenfield Daily Times, 21 Apr. 1942, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/greenfield-daily-times/137080432/

  • Rationing Is Women’s Job

    Source: Starrett, Ann. “Rationing Is Women”™s Job.” Independent Woman, May 1942, pp. 137”“138.

  • Freeze Will Mean Squeeze

    Source: “Freeze Will Mean Squeeze.” Business Week, 2 May 1942, pp. 13-17”“84. https://ia802809.us.archive.org/30/items/sim_business-week_1942-05-02_661/sim_business-week_1942-05-02_661.pdf

  • TIME CAPSULE: Sugar Rationing

    After the bombing in Hawaii, following a frantic Monday morning, numerous women prioritized purchasing sugar as their immediate task. Their urgency stemmed from past experiences during the First World War, foreseeing an imminent scarcity. The concern was not just due to the perilous shipment routes for sugar across dangerous seas but also because industries would…

  • Retailers Must Meet Price Orders May 18

    The General Maximum Price Regulation places controls on civilian food items, ensuring that prices cannot exceed the highest prices charged in March of this year. Source: “Retailers Must Meet Price Orders May 18.” The Honolulu Advertiser, 14 May 1942, p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/259177182/?match=2&clipping_id=137082545

  • Candy A Casualty

    Source: “Candy A Casualty.” Business Week, 20 June 1942, pp. 37”“40.

  • Rationing of Clothing May Be Avoided If Everyone Takes Care of What He Has

    Source: “Rationing of Clothing May Be Avoided If Everyone Takes Care of What He Has.” Ledger-Star, 20 Aug. 1942, p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/ledger-star/137076308/

  • Pork Chops on the Hoof

    Source: “Pork Chops on the Hoof.” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 10 Sept. 1942, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin/127209379/

  • Go Easy on Your Tires!

    Source: “Go Easy on Your Tires!” The Honolulu Advertiser, 14 Sept. 1942, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-honolulu-advertiser/127210573/