I can remember that during WW2 gas prices did not go up but gas was tightly rationed. Depending on your line of work also decided just how mayny ration stamps you got. If you had an ordnary job like store clerk tou got a limited amount of stamps. If your job was vital to the war effort you got more stamps, again depending how vital. My dad was a foreman on San Francisco's docks and was allowed the maximum amount but I don't remember what the exact amount was. Something like 10 gallons a week. Where he made out was much of the stuff going into the Pacific theater of war ran on gasoline and all the jeeps, trucks etc had to have their tanks drained dry prior to being sipped out. They were told to just dispose of it anyway they could. They did too, right into the tanks of their own vehicles. All the local upper executives got their share as well. At week's end he would bring a couple of Jerry cans home for my Grandfather's car. Come to think of it, lots of stuff got stamps stuck on ration cards including meat, butter and again I don't remember what else.
Even ammo was scarce. At best, if you had a connection you could get.22 LR which was rationed to out to farmers to protect valuable crops from varmints. Ranchers could get ,22LR to save alfalfa and hay fields from varmints and 30-30 ammo to use on predators.
Frankly, I think in some ways we had it it better back then than now.
Paul B.
