FOOD SHORTAGE IN WEST GERMANY DUE TO BLACK MARKET
(Rec. 9.30) LONDON, Nov. 23. There is a food crisis threatened, in Western Germany in the coming weeks, unless the German farmers substantially increase their deliveries of grain and of potatoes. These crops are being diverted steadily into the black market for higher prices. So serious has the position become, says The Times correspondent at Dusseldorf, that flour is being released from the special bizonal stocks to maintain the bread ration.
Large quantities of potatoes may also have to be imported from Holland to meet the winter demand in spite of the fact that this year’s crop was one of the best in Western Germany for several seasons.
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Grey River Argus, 24 November 1948, Page 7
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