FOOD RATIONS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 November 1942, Page 3

FOOD RATIONS

MUCH BETTER IN MOSCOW. THAN IN AXiTTERRITORIES. The Vichy radio has circulated a report asserting that the people of Moscow receive only 80 grammes U.oozs) of bread per day per head. The fact is, says “Soviet War News, that a resident of Moscow receives more food than a resident of Berlin, of Rome and Vichy put together. . The lowest bread ration in Moscow is that allotted to non-working people and children. It amounts to 400 grammes (14ozs) per day. That is more than the highest bread ration in Germany —that of workers engaged in hard manual labour. Moscow workers receive between /OU and 800 grammes (between 24.5 and 28ozs) of bread daily. This ration does not include cereals of various kinds such as rice and semolina, which are issued regularly over and above the bread ration, whereas in the Axis countries and German-occupied Europe they are distributed instead of bread. In addition to cereals, the people ol Moscow regularly receive meal, butter, sugar and other foodstuffs. Special provision is made for nursing and expectant mothers. A recent decision of the Soviet Government authorities instructs the Peoples Comrtiissariat for Trade to organise as from this month, in those towns where ra-

Honing is in force, the sale of food in excess of the fixed ration to expectant mothers from the sixth month of pregnancy until two months after confinement. as well as to nursing mothers. These women will receive the following extra rations each month: 406 grammes (14oz) of butter, 300 grammes (10.50z5) of sugar, 600 grammes (21 ozs) of cereals and 10J pints of fresh milk.