THE RUSSIAN FAMINE.
STRANGE SCENES. STARVING PEOPLE SACRIFICE , POSSESSIONS FOR FOOD. (United Service.) Received August 4, 11.5 p.m. LONDON, August 3. The famine is responsible for strange scenes in Petrograd. On the arrival of a boat, officers and crews are besieged by starving Russians ■wUling to barter goods of greatest for foodstuffs. In one instance a captain received a grand piano for two bags of flour. Investigations of clothing which fell to
pieces in laundries established the fact that it was made of paper. It is believed large supplies of paper suits have been imported from Germany.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18248, 5 August 1921, Page 5
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97THE RUSSIAN FAMINE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18248, 5 August 1921, Page 5
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