FOOD IN FRANCE
STARVATION FOR SOME PEOPLE
NEW YORK, February 7.
The Berne correspondent of the "New York Times" points out that Frenchmen not engaged hi productive occupations—for Germany and also for France—meaning the bulk of the people, were facing starvation in June and July. The peasants, he says, are able to draw from their depleted stores and the manual worker is able to eat if food coupons are honoured, but in consequence of the Allied occupation of North Africa, the French are compelled to live on their own harvest. Thus, bread may soon be unavailable to many people in France. In addition, fats, butter, and soap are scarce. The meat ration is under eight ounces a month, fish has practically ceased, and poultry and eggs are almost memories. Some observers anticipate trouble with the starving, ahd recall Ministerial promises to insist on the production of wheat, potatoes, and butter, "generously provided by the Germans," as a store against lean months.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 33, 9 February 1943, Page 4
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FOOD IN FRANCE
Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 33, 9 February 1943, Page 4
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