A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 7, 1943, the federal government abruptly announced that wartime rationing of shoes made of leather would go ...

Rationing of food and other goods during World War Two changed the social landscape ... the Ministry of Food issued ration books to every person, and families had to register at one shop.

Food rationing started in January 1940, four months after the start of World ... Everyone needed a ration book in addition to money to buy weekly goods. Supplements including milk, concentrated ...