WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 July 1941, Page 6

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

FAMINE IN NORWAY.

(Rec. 1.10 p.m.) LONDON, July 28. A distinguished Norwegian surgeon, who escaped, to Britain, estimates that Norway will reach the starvation stage in the Spring of 1942. He told the “Daily Telegraph’’ that slender resources were plundered to feed the army of occupation, and to replenish the larders in Germany. Many goods were unobtainable, including meat, bacon, ' and eggs. Farmers were ordered to cut down semi-ripe harvests, to feed the German army- horses. The Germans demand the forfeiture of 60 per cent, of the fish, in return for the petrol ration for fishing-boats. / It is reported from Gothenburg that a large party of young Norwegians succeeded in reaching England last week, in several fishingboats. Fifty, who failed to escape, were thrown into a concentration camp.—U.P.A. “V” CAMPAIGN. HONOLULU, July 28. . ' The police report that big “V’s” for Victory were found painted on the wails of the Japanese Consulate and the former German Consulate. GIBRALTAR WORKS LONDON, July 28. Workers engaged in enlarging the underground fortifications at Gibraltar are receiving special medical ati tention to protect them against dust. Barracks built to hold thousands of men have been constructed in the rock. Power stations have been built, as well as cookhouses and stores for food and war materials. GERMANY AND ARGENTINE. BUENOS AIRES, July 29. Following a sharp protest from Berlin, the Congressional Committee investigating anti-Afgentine activities decided* to surrender a portable radio transmitter weighing 500 lbs., consigned to. the German Embassy, and other confiscated property, including documents in code, photographs, motion films, and. other propaganda elements. The Germans complained of the violation of diplomatic immunity, and a breach of international law.—U.P.A,