TYPHUS OUTBREAK
RUSSIAN PRECAUTIONS Recd. 8.30 p.m. Capetown. Aug. 29. There was a real risk of an extensive outbreak of typhus in Russia, or even throughout Europe, stated Dr. Pin*. chairman of the Medical Aid for Russia Organisation. Dr. Pirie revealed that South Africa sent 160,000 doses of anti-typhus vaccine to Moscow by planes via Cairo, and also sent fifteen tons of hypnotic sedatives. He added that the Russians asked for food, which would be given priority over munitions on the trans-Persian railway, indicating that Russia's food needs were becoming desperate.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 205, 31 August 1943, Page 5
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