FEARS FOR WINTER

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 113, 8 November 1940, Page 7

FEARS FOR WINTER

FOOD SHORTAGE IN NORWAY

LONDON, November 6. The Helsinki correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that Norwegians are increasingly anxious about food-! stuffs for the winter as the result of large shipments to Germany and the impossibility of importing supplies. Fears of famine are creating a panic. A wave of speculation is sweeping Norway, particularly in butter, cheese, eggs, and potatoes, which has forced the Government to establish a monopoly of butter sales. Steps have been taken to confiscate food hoards. Two well-known Stavanger residents have been arrested for hoarding 20,000 pairs of boots and shoes. The Norwegian' Press in future will be "independent of outside interests." For example, advertising must be devoted to furthering the interests of the German-dominated Government.