Food Position in Paris Improves

Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 220, 16 September 1944, Page 5

Food Position in Paris Improves

SHOPS ALL REOPENING Received Friday, 8 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 15. A limited service or Duses ana underground trains is running, but they are very overcrowded, says the Daily Telegraph’s Paris correspondent, describing conditions in Paris. Taxis are not yet available. The streets are filled with thousands of bicycles. The greatest inconvenience is lack of heat for cooking. The gas is turned on only for about an hour in the evening. Most buildings are without electricity, which is reserved .for hotels and public offices. The first trainloads of coal have arrived in the city and may ease the situation. The food position has improved. News that the Argentine has offered free shipments of 100,000 tons of wheat and 5000 tons of meat has caused gratification, as has a gift from Britain of 50,000 tons of soap, the shortage of which has long been an embarrassment to Parisians. The shops are all reopening, and the Rue de la Falx is busy producing new fashions. The cafes are taking down their shutters, many of which are scarred with bullets from street fighting. The choice of drinks i 3 very limited, except expensive brandy and champagne. The restaurants are still almost entirely closed. There are a few blackmarket resorts, where the charges are extortionate.