FOOD SUPPLIES

Evening Star, Issue 23685, 19 September 1940, Page 9

FOOD SUPPLIES

REGENT RAIDS DID SMALL DAMAGE SPLENDID ORGANISATION OF MINISTRY (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September IS. ((Received September 19, at noon.) The Minister of Food, Lord Woolton, stated to-day that recent enemy air raids were directed at Britain’s food supplies, but that, after visiting the East End to see the damage done to the food supplies, he was able to say that the extent of the damage was at most one day's, consumption of a particular commodity. The -damage to other food commodities had not been more than could be put right if the whole population said I we shall put this right by going without one meal.’The air attacks, said Lord Woolton, had provided a real testing of tha Ministry’s organisation, covering the whole of Greater London; “and 1 do not think it has, failed in any particular in spite of having the premises immediately next door to the offices razed to the ground.” Lord Woolton revealed that provincial stocks of food had to be brought to London on one day to replace destroyed stocks. Not much was wanted, he said, but it was a nice piece of work. Within 12 hours the needed stocks had been removed from a port 200 miles away to the Loudon area. ALLEGED SHELLING OF LONDON LONDON, September 18. (Received) September 19, at 8 a,m.)' Nothing is known here of the German shelling of London. BRITISH SUBMARINE OVERDUE * (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 18. (Received September 19, at 1.30 p.m.). An Admiralty communique states that the submarine Narwhal is overdue and must he considered lost. IRISH STEAMER ' SUNK BY U-BOAT DUBLIN, September 18. (Received September 19, at 8 a.m.) It is officially announced that a Genman submarine on September 4 gunned # and sank the Luimneaeh in the Atlantic. Nine members of the crew, including the captain, landed in Spain. /