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The Chickasha Daily Express
Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma
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Sugar rationing policies by the Food Administration: New York vessels cut over 25% in June requisitions; restaurants/hotels limited to 2 lbs per 90 meals; 70% household consumption urges conservation by women; naval families on civilian honor system.
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Vessels sailing from New York in June were cut more than 25 per cent in their sugar requisitions, to conform to the Food Administration ration.
Restaurants and hotels are restricted to two pounds of sugar for every ninety meals served. This includes sugar for kitchen as well as table use.
Almost 70 per cent of all the sugar consumed in this country is used in the households. So it is up to the women to make the sugar go around.
Naval officers and their families who buy at commissary stores have gone on the honor system of sugar purchase established by the Food Administration for civilians.
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sugar requisitions for new york vessels reduced over 25%; restaurants and hotels restricted to 2 pounds per 90 meals; naval families on honor system.
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Vessels from New York in June had sugar requisitions cut more than 25% to meet Food Administration ration. Restaurants and hotels limited to two pounds of sugar for every ninety meals, including kitchen and table use. Nearly 70% of national sugar consumption occurs in households, calling on women to conserve. Naval officers and families at commissary stores adopt civilian honor system for sugar purchases.