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During World War I & II, civilians in the US were forbidden from transmitting, except as part of the official War Emergency Radio Service, out of concern that enemy spies might be hiding their communications under the guise of hams making QSOs. However, civilians were encouraged to monitor the bands. Aside from publishing information on constructing equipment for those activities, a lot of the ARRL’s effort went into training operators for military service. (That’s also how the ARRL continued to exist through World War I, during which Hugo Gernsback’s similar league withered and he got involved in commercial broadcasting. Gernsback is best known now for his role in publishing the first science fiction magazine; his role in popularizing amateur radio during its very earliest days has been largely overshadowed by Hiram Percy Maxim.)
You can download the ARRL Handbook from 1944 from the page below. (It says that the ARRL confirmed that copyright on it has expired.)
If you’re interested in collecting equipment, you can download the advertisement section separately.
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