Rationing a Way of Life in World War II
After Pearl Harbor wartime production surged and the U S government imposed rationing. Ration books with red blue stamps controlled food and fuel while wind shield stickers set gasoline allowances. Americans adapted by car pooling biking and cutting consumption as auto plants shifted to military production in 1942.
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Pearl Harbor
U.S
Office of War Information
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Defense
Congress
Daffy Duck
Victory Gardens
Baytown Ham radio operators aided Ike recovery
After Hurricane Ike power outages ham radio volunteers from the Baytown Area Amateur Radio Club kept information flowing when other networks failed. They relayed FEMA updates, located distribution sites, and connected with Houston, Beaumont, Galveston and beyond. Coordinated with Baytown EOC and NASA, they planned student astronaut chats while FCC rules kept operators on a not for profit basis.
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Baytown Area
Bill Vola
Vola
Baytown Area Amateur Radio Club
Houston
Beaumont
Galveston
Baytown
Mark Budro
China
Budro
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Earth
Amateur Radio Club
NASA
Goose Creek
NOAA
EOC
Parental etiquette in youth activity settings
In Las Vegas a discussion on manners for parents in child classes and libraries. Experts say parents should participate with their child rather than text or read, as courtesy and focus benefit the child and others, with etiquette aligning across places like gyms, libraries, and parks.
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Las Vegas
Cindy Senning
Emily Post Institute
Burlington
Senning
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Wanda Orton
SOHO
Opera
Ham
Parenthood
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