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How to shop with War Ration Book Two ... 1. Use this ration book ... 2. Use blue stamps only ... 3. The numbers show points ... 4. Look at the point values before you buy... 5. Give the stamps to your grocer ... 6. Fresh fruits and vegetables are not rationed ... Your point allowance must last for the full ration period. Plan how many points you will use each time before you shop. Buy early in the week. Buy early in the day. Foods are going to our fighting men. They come first!

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Title: How to shop with War Ration Book Two ... 1. Use this ration book ... 2. Use blue stamps only ... 3. The numbers show points ... 4. Look at the point values before you buy... 5. Give the stamps to your grocer ... 6. Fresh fruits and vegetables are not rationed ... Your point allowance must last for the full ration period. Plan how many points you will use each time before you shop. Buy early in the week. Buy early in the day. Foods are going to our fighting men. They come first!
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
Date Created and/or Issued: 1943
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution
Collection: Hoover Institution Digital Collections
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Type: image
Identifier: XX343.26397
Relation: Poster collection

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