A customer can use the ration books of the whole family. But the first thing she will want to know when she buys pork chops, pond of butter or a half pound of cheese is--"How many points will it take?"

An eager school boy gets his first experience in using War Ration Book Two. With many parents engaged in war work, children are being taught the facts of point rationing for helping out in family marketing., ca. 02/1943

Black market in meats. Maybe she's getting a bargain in points, but the price will slice heavily into her budget

Never too young to learn, these future homemakers receive first-hand experience in looking for point values as well as prices and information on labels when buying canned and bottled foods with War Ration Book Two.

If the ration points are cut, so must the prices be. Slashed points without slashed prices are one of the surest clues to black-market meats

American housewives are learning the basic steps of wise buying 8e10755v

"An eager school boy gets his first experience in using War Ration Book Two. With many parents engaged in war work, children are being taught the facts of point rationing for helping out in family marketing."

Washington, D.C. Checking over purchases while waiting in line to pay the cashier at the Giant Food shopping center on Wisconsin Avenue

Greenbelt, Maryland. Federal housing project. Paying for purchases at the checking out gate of the cooperative grocery store