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Show BEEF RATION CUT DOWN. One and One-half Pounds Per Week Is Limit for Each Person. Washington. To meet the needs of the American and allied armies and the civilian populations of France, Great Britain and Italy, the American people were asked by the food administration ad-ministration on June 12 to place themselves them-selves on a limited beef allowance from now until next September 15. Housewives were requested not "under "un-der any circumstances," to buy more than one and one-quarter pounds of clear beef weekly, or one and one-half pounds, including the bone, for each person in the household. Hotels and restaurants were asked not to serve boiled beef more than two meals weekly, beef steak more than one meal weekly, and roast beef more than one meal weekly. |