History of the United States (1918–1945) (especially poor people) and prevent inflation. Tires were the first item to be rationed in January 1942 because supplies of natural rubber were interrupted. Gasoline rationing proved an even better way to allocate scarce rubber. By 1943 one needed government issued ration coupons to purchase typewriters, sugar, gasoline, bicycles, footwear, fuel oil, silk, nylon, coffee, stoves, shoes, meat, cheese, butter, margarine, canned foods, dried fruits, jam, and many other items. Some items—like new automobiles and appliances—were no longer made. The rationing system did not apply to used goods (like clothes or cars). The ration system was complex and confusing, but
New Orleans Item-Tribune The paper, which is preserved by the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Library of Congress from its June 11, 1902, issue through its last, September 14, 1958, was published daily until dropping the Saturday edition beginning December 17, 1950. In 1958, the "Item-Tribune" merged with the "Daily States" (founded in 1880) to form the New Orleans "Daily States-Item". In 1962, publisher and businessman Samuel I. Newhouse bought the morning "Times-Picayune" as well as the afternoon "States-Item", which continued to be published separately until they were merged and combined in 1980. New Orleans Item-Tribune The New Orleans Item-Tribune, sometimes