"Meatless Tuesdays "At DeKalb Restaurants in 1944

From the January 16, 2019, MidWeek   (DeKalb County, Illinois)   "Looking Back."

1944, 75 Years Ago.

" 'Meatless Tuesday' greeted those eating at DeKalb restaurants today and menus found at various eating establishments were quite out of the ordinary.  Chicken, turkey and other fowl are on most menus as they may be purchased without ration stamps, the idea of meatless Tuesdays being to refrain from from serving meat which had to be purchased with ration stamps.

"Fish and eggs, also highlighted many of the menus, and from all indications there was no possibility of anybody having to go hungry."

--GreGen