GRIP OF FAMINE
GREEKS’ PLIGHT HARVEST DESTROYED PILLAGE BY INVADERS (Elec. Tel, Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 12, 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 11. With the harvest destroyed by war and food reserves pillaged by the invaders, Greece is gripped with famine, says the Daily Telegraph's Lisbon correspondent. Travellers report that the bread ration is less than a sixth of the normal consumption and meat is unobtainable in Athens except when ordered by a doctor, or bought at fantastic prices on the black market. Potatoes, when they appear, are tenfold more costly than normal. Fruit and vegetables are three-fold dearer though the season is at its height. Tobacco is rationed at a tenth of normal requirements since the German depredations. The shortages are intensified by the virtual standstill of transport. The railways are almost without coal and sections of lines are unuseabie owing to the invasion destruction. The electricity supply is expected to be cut off within three months, bringing trams to a standstill and plunging Athens into darkness. Because so many are attacked when alone, Italian soldiers in country districts move in groups.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20632, 13 August 1941, Page 9
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183GRIP OF FAMINE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20632, 13 August 1941, Page 9
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