FOOD IN GERMANY

Greymouth Evening Star, 5 August 1946, Page 5

FOOD IN GERMANY

POSSIBLE INCREASE IN ‘ RATIONS PROBLEMJDISCUSSED (Rec 2pm) LONDON, Auust 4. The possibilities of increasing the German rations in the British zone were considered at a meeting of - gional commissioners at Kiel attended by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Mr. John Hynd, says Times. Herford correspondent. The British administrators had to consider not only the shortage of food stocks but also the failings of local distribution recently brought to li to ht. Fo instance many people m Essen went, without bread for three days last week. There were long’ queues outside the closed bakers’ shops on SatThe British authorities welcomed the initiative of a German group which ’ f?as - undertaken to organise counter-propaganda against the whispering campaigns at.present going on, that food is being taken from Germany to Britain. Criticism is now mainly directed against the system of distribution. . , / The regional commissioners , also, discussed the denazification of 400 to 600. Nazis recently dismissed from responsible positions..