GERMAN RATIONING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20072, 19 October 1939, Page 5

GERMAN RATIONING

NEW COUPON ISSUE LESS TO BE EATEN ECONOMY IN CLOTHING LONDON, Sept. 25. Germany, despite the assurances of last week, announces that the ration ■cale will be further reduced. As an example, the butter ration will be 80 grammes, instead of 90 grammes. Housewives henceforth will shop with bundles of coloured cards. Bread cards will be red, fats cards yellow, milk cards green, meat cards blue, aigar cards white, and soap cards brown. Men engaged in manual labour will ic entitled to an extra allowance, but will not be allowed milk, which will oe confined to children, young mothers, and adults in special employment as, for example, workers in aluminium and lead factories. A special card, consisting of 64 tearoff coupons, will entitle the holder to purchase "luxuries” —eggs, artificial honey, and dried vegetables, if and when available. Smokers will be limited to five cigars a day. Individuals will be allowed to purchase one pound of fish. It has been decreed that those who are smartly dressed must buy the most expensive fish. Rigid economy is being enforced in clothing. No flounces or frills are allowed in women’s clothing. Men’s suits must be made from standard cloth, consisting of 40 per cent of wool and 60 per cent of wool substitute. In order to reduce the drab uniformity of persons in the streets, Hie cloth is being produced in four different colours. Signs of Unrest Signs of unrest among the German people as a result of the rationing are reported from various sources. The rations apparently are having an effect on :»ic morale of the people. To avoid this the Nazis are trying to abolish the queues, where a lot of criticism occurs when 100 people wait patiently for their turn to be served. In the big cities, especially in the suburbs, police have broken up many long queues of women which have kept re-forming in front of food stores. Special bitterness lias been caused by (he new war soap, which contains no fat and feels like sandstone. There are also signs of unrest in the Tirol and in Berlin factories. In some instances the slogan “Down with Hitler and his Fat Crony" (the latter reference being to Field-Mar-shal Goering) lias been wiped off by the authorities, but has been chalked up again next night.