FOOD IN RUSSIA

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 11, 14 January 1943, Page 5

FOOD IN RUSSIA

THOUSANDS STARVING Moscow Report Describes Acute Sufferings N.Z, Press Association.—Copyright Rec. 11 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 13. Thousands of Russians will die of starvation this winter because of shortage in food rations, states a report from Moscow, which paints a picture of the sufferings of Russia at war. Most city dwellers go hungry on existing rations, the report adds. Soviet doctors estimate that most Russian civilians have lost on an average 151b in weight in the past year. Old people and babies look thin and pale, Medical services exist almost exclusively for the Red Army and munition Wofkers. Girls Wear summer sandals in winter 1 because of leather shortage, and all travel except that on the railways is prohibited. Women are doing Russia S war work at home, driving trains, building roads and railways and working in munition factories. The report says that British and American supplies of war material have helped Russia's fight, but Premier Stalin has reluctantly decided that Weapons must still come before wheat in Soviet production. LORD GORT IN BRITAIN British Official Wireless Rec. 1.30 p.m. 1 RUGBY, Jan, 13. Field-Marshal Lord Gort, V-C., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Malta, has arrived in Britain for consultation.