Four ration books were issued during the war to purchase ... Utahns felt the pinch of rationing, and those who lived through World War II in later years expressed both frustration and pride ...

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” ...

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 ...