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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI did not know this: Ban on sliced bread.
During 1943, U.S. officials imposed a short-lived ban on sliced bread as a wartime conservation measure. The ban was ordered by Claude R. Wickard who held the position of Food Administrator, and took effect on January 18, 1943. According to The New York Times, officials explained that "the ready-sliced loaf must have a heavier wrapping than an unsliced one if it is not to dry out." It was also intended to counteract a rise in the price of bread, caused by the Office of Price Administration's authorization of a ten percent increase in flour prices.
In a Sunday radio address on January 24, New York City Mayor LaGuardia suggested that bakeries that had their own bread-slicing machines should be allowed to continue to use them, and on January 26, 1943, a letter appeared in The New York Times from a distraught housewife:
I should like to let you know how important sliced bread is to the morale and saneness of a household. My husband and four children are all in a rush during and after breakfast. Without ready-sliced bread I must do the slicing for toasttwo pieces for each onethat's ten. For their lunches I must cut by hand at least twenty slices, for two sandwiches apiece. Afterward I make my own toast. Twenty-two slices of bread to be cut in a hurry!
On January 26, however, John F. Conaboy, the New York Area Supervisor of the Food Distribution Administration, warned bakeries, delicatessens, and other stores that were continuing to slice bread to stop, saying that "to protect the cooperating bakeries against the unfair competition of those who continue to slice their own bread... we are prepared to take stern measures if necessary."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliced_bread#1943_U.S._ban_on_sliced_bread
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I did not know this: Ban on sliced bread. (Original Post)
Ptah
Jul 2021
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flying_wahini
(6,600 posts)1. Chas. Wickard sounds like a controlling Assho
elleng
(130,946 posts)2. WOW! Wish I could hear from Dad, uncles, and grandpa about that:
Grandpa managed a deli (in NYC.) The the kids were overseas at some point.
Diamond_Dog
(32,002 posts)3. Wow,
That family sure ate a lot of bread.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)4. Just How Tough Was World War II Rationing? Very
https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-2020/world-war-ii-rationing.html
Faced with the coronavirus, Americans have been asked to remain inside our homes, wash our hands and maintain a distance of six feet from others. During World War II, Americans were asked to make do with less of everything from gasoline to sugar to toothpaste. How tough was the rationing in World War II? Very. Take a look back at these sacrifices Americans made in support of a common effort.
Faced with the coronavirus, Americans have been asked to remain inside our homes, wash our hands and maintain a distance of six feet from others. During World War II, Americans were asked to make do with less of everything from gasoline to sugar to toothpaste. How tough was the rationing in World War II? Very. Take a look back at these sacrifices Americans made in support of a common effort.