83 Years Ago
The February 25, 1943 Colorado Transcript described the latest wartime food rationing program. People were encouraged to keep calm, tighten their belts, and maintain their sense of humor.
If Everybody Cooperates There Is Enough Food So That No One Need Suffer
There is enough good wholesome food for everybody, if everbody will cooperate, no hoarding, no stampeding, no black marketing. Just remember, if we don't win this war, due to the lack of cooperation, it will be the Germans and the Japs who will be telling us what we can and can't eat—mostly can't.
Colorado Transcript - February 25, 1943
February was too early for planting, but in the month or so, the perennial articles about Victory Gardens would begin their appearances in the Transcript.
In other news, the U. S. Marines had just begun enlisting women to serve in non-combat roles. Their pay would be equal to salaries for men in the same rank. They would be used for "administrative, clerical, stenographic, photographic, laboratory, aerographic, aircraft mechanic, and parachute rigging assignments."
Showing their awareness of current events, the local dry cleaner, which advertised every week, changed their illustration to show a smartly dressed female Marine.
