Thousands of Deaths From Hunger
(Rec. 2.10 p.m.) V LONDON, Feb. 20. Thousands have died and hundreds of thousands are on the verge of death in the famine on the plans of Moldavia, which is normally one of the largest grain areas in. Central Europe, says Reuter’s Bucharest correspon dent. The food reserves of between 3,000,000 and 5,000,000 people have been diminished by two years’ drought. A British military doctor, who recently returned from the area, declared: “The extreme results of the famine will be seen in a further three or four weeks, reaching a climax about the end of March.” The Rumanian National Peasant Party reported that peasants are selling their land to get food. There was a great exodus from „ the area earlier in the winter when peasants .sold their land and went away to buy food to take back to their starving families. The Government has now issued an order that people may travel only with a special permit.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 February 1947, Page 5
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