FOOD FOR THE DUTCH

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 100, 30 April 1945, Page 5

FOOD FOR THE DUTCH

DROPPED ON AIRFIELDS

LONDON, April 29. Food .which was dropped by R.A.F. Lancasters today to the Dutch in enemy-occupied Holland fell on airfields at The Hague, Rotterdam, and Leyden, according to the Netherlands news agency. Sacks contained meat, vegetables, flour, milk, margarine, sugar, tea, cheese, and yeast. | The Lancasters carried up to 6280 pounds each—a daj's rations for 3000 people. Pilots told of a street lineal with cheering people. The operation was postponed for four days because of unfavourable weather. The Lancasters flew down to less than 500 feet and the procession continued for 90 minutes. The Germans did not interfere and all the aircraft returned. SHAEF promised tonight another delivery tomorrow, weather permitting. REPORTED GERMAN REVOLTS LONDON, April 29. The Berne correspondent of the Stockholm "Svenska Dagbladet" says mutiny has broken out in the German fleet and that violent fighting is going on in Rostock harbour district. The German people in the areas of 1 vvurttemburg, which adjoins Switzerland, are reported to be in revolt. Conditions are chaotic, and the Gestapo has fled, says the Exchange Telegraph agency's Zurich correspondent. The inhabitants of some villages have thrown up barricades against SS troops who might be sent to quell the revolt. Foreign workers in some places have elected administrators to negotiate with the Allies, who are expected hourly.