This Day in History: Sliced Bread Made its Debut. Americans Loved It! The Government Banned It.

This Day in History: Sliced Bread Made its Debut. Americans Loved It! The Government Banned It. - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"On this day 86 years ago, the best thing since—well, since ever—hit store shelves: sliced bread.
.....Announcing: The Greatest Forward Step in the Baking Industry Since Bread was Wrapped—Sliced Kleen Maid Bread.
The ad slogan is possibly where the phrase "best thing since sliced bread" originated.

......Then, on January 18, 1943, the modern marvel disappeared from store shelves.
The reason?
Government officials had initiated the first-ever war on carbs—a ban on pre-sliced bread, deemed necessary to help conserve resources for World War II."