Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-18
hazi Victories Brinq
Slight Improvement
In Food Rationinq
Butter, Eggs increased
Little; Vegetables
Are More Varied
BY WALLACE r. DEUEL.,

eAAsSf VSSSANOSS
Are More Varied
BY WALLACE r. DEUEL.,
Chicago Daily News Foreisn Correspondent
BERLIN, July 18.-Slight IN.
creases In the rations of butter ane
eggs, and a somewhat greater ~.
riety Of fresh vegetables available
in the markets. are the only i'm
provements in the standard Of HvinG
in Berlin which have followed the
conquest of five neighbor countries
this spring and early summer, 1t ap-
pears from survey as careful a.
wartime conditions allow.
An actual reduction in the bread
ration, furthermore, scheduled tc
take effect August l, helps to Offset
the slight gains-although the bread
ration has been more than adequate
thus far and will probably sufdce
even after the new reduction.
The increase in the butter ration
amounts to one-fourth Of pound
per person per month. It went into
effect July l and is expected to con-
tinue for some time, although no
definite assurances on this point
have been given. The new butter
supplies are coming from Denmark
and to a lesser extent from Holland
1t is harder to measure the in
crease in the egg ration because
there never has been q definite pro-
vision for the number available per
person, but it seems to be the case
that the Berliners have been able to
get two to three more eggs during
the past three weeks than they were
receiving before-which amounted
roughly to one egg per person per
week-and more than they would
expect to receive at this time of the
year.
Holland Sends Vegetables.
The increase in the variety OF
vegetables for sale in Berlin is partly
due to seasonal influences and there
are still fewer different kinds and
smaller quantities than in peace
time, but conditions would be ap-
probably worse If it were not for
the shipments now coming in from
Holland. Fresh vegetables are also
expected from Alsace-Lorraine with
in the relatively near future.
An average of 100 railroad cars q
day of fresh vegetables are coming
into Germany from Holland, it is
reported. Most of these, however
are being sent into the Ruhr indus
trial area, whose population appar-
emily is believed to need them more
than the rest of the country.
Bread rations for persons over 20
years of age will be reduced by $50
grams per person per week, begin
ming August /. 1t is announced, at
the same time, that rations for per-
sons between 10 and 20 years Of age
will be increased by $50 grams per
person per week. On balance, this
amounts to reduction Of between
200 900 and 100000 tons OF bread
grain per year for the total popula-
ton, it is estimated.
The Nazis claim to have stored up
reserves of bread grain of between
6,000,0 900 and 100000 tons, 50 the
saving effected by the new rationine
system would appear to be motivated
by the desire to maintain reserves
intact rather than by any actual
danger Of exhausting reserves. The
grain saved may be intended Tor use
as fodder. a shortage Of which Is
liable to be one Of the principal
problems to confront Europe this
winter.
Norwegian Fish Ordered.
The Reich has just placed an order
for 100000 Norwegian crowns
worth of canned flsh in Norway, it
has been announced. This is said
to be the biggest single order ever
placed with the Norwegian canneries
and amounts to approximately three
times the German importation OF
canned fish from Norway for the
whole year Of 1898.
It remains to be seen, however.
how much of the new order is made
available to the civil population and
over how long period, how much is
put aside for the army-and how
if any, is re-exported to other
countries.
More than once during the war,
Nazis have sold abroad goods of
which there was a shortage in Ger
many itself. They recently sold three
carloads of coffee to Yugoslavia, for
although there has been
no legal way of buying real coffee
In the Reich since the war began.
In these cases, the purpose of the
sale is usually to obtain foreign ex-
change for the purchase abroad Of
something considered more impor-
tant. It is reported, in this connec-
ton, that enormous stocks of cham
payne and other wines of France,
those at Rheims, are being
intact for sale in other
countries, especially for sale in the
United States.
Bacon has recently appeared in
Berlin markets for the first time in
history as a result of the German
Of Danish exports. Most
Germans do not care for bacon,
however, preferring fat pork. For,
while the Nazis are encouraging the
people here to eat up the bacon now
on hand, there are also the Danes
to breed and raise fat rather than
lean pigs.
Large Quantities Stored.