The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-07-30
Italy: Prize And Problem :.
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gen along tie eastern sHaes * -
AafAatie ahseh alen pfoduces ne4
curry. GINS and wsn coal Il 4 ane
IS the feN neh ulnsFai aEssst &
ihs country
sarainsa IL Hich
Other ogv fieh regions srs Sat
dsnsA with copp*F. Hun xiHe
lead silver and n4efrufy. 6lciis
End Rosnasna NIta huge sulphur
tads. ard tie Eha Tslsrany re
Ktan which psessaacms iran Ard
ignite Mefcufy sulphur. nine
ard hAuRlse are the enly iialsan
minerals pFusfucea lu Nofflrisni
quantity fot lnpuatsnt export
The nasians uuelckt Industrial
shortages ARE coal and ftn
ThrnaFh TIE fooshailk ~ ihN Alpa
two millien tors nf enaI AFe mined
= year. enc seventh a itaiss
needs The rest eogses sFsm Ger
mans A half msilinn Inns ~ Agen
cume from scattered acpsaiix
one quarter IT annuei Needs
ltaly also must lmps,n niekeL
copper and lead
The fuel shortage has hrrn off
set TO some extent ~ relatively
small quantities ~ petroleum
from Emilia province and nsa6l
Importantly IS the deeeiapmesi
q electric power Iialya noun
tain torrents tfnm IRE northern
/ Alps 90 the tip II the Apennlaa
ridge Ia aeuihefnusost GaiabFta
are hafneksed for shout half 81
an estimated potential a.01 90
horsepower Electric peWsr taxes
the largest industrial Investment
in the country ard Ions dtstsnu
high tension wires eauaisSe aa
sonal fl~uctuasioEla Ia tire driving
water power
Conquest 81 the peninsula
would give Allied shipping the
added burden of hauling coal
400 miles from England. 70 keep
the industrial eentege 81 the
northern provinces operating TIE
British estimate Sicily viii need
10000 tons a week
Silk Important
The Genoa Turin. Milan TRAN.
gle Is the prime zone Of ludussrisl
activity Milan turns out cotton.
chemicals. electric cables. keo-
motives. fsilway cars. autoHuo
hllea boilers. turbines. pumps
telephone and telegraph appafs.
tus Turin makes autonoiive ana
aefonsufieal equipment ehefns
Gals high explosives 80 diuxurt
goods Genoa Itsiys chief port.
has huge shipyards and fuaandfiea
or ma6nstfimis. textiles are tAs
most important. and of textiles
the most important 20 the United
Nations might BE- siIk. prosi1rfioH
q which employs 500 D0 families
Four and one half million pound.
Il spun six are produced annu
ely Caiion and woods are nlaa
important the texglle trade sap.
plying 81 per cent n ia ensiion !
clothing needs
Artificial silk making listed -
part - the chemicals industry
has alae STAINED Home import.
anea OBe thousand firms are En-.
! Kaged Ia chemical pfaauctson
turning oft citrate ~ llne. cfsfls
ae.a. tafiaEie ACID feftsllkefa mnd
explosives
FfednsnlnsntlT however Italy
foundation - agriculture ne -
eupatioa # 0ne-thlrd IF al Per
eoHa owe 10 Eeafb of aRe ~.
though TIE soil has been caitI.
FafsG insensiYeif fof more thar
80 years. sklllful methods ed
abandsus ase II fertilizers enahk
growth i grains. citrus fruits.
olives sua rice. TIE oniY cefHsl
Uap exported
Her feed shortage i Whkat
eausfs Intensive cultivation. sf
Hs 20 valley Annual Easivtaasl
consumption h - b8shsls oau.
pa2et Wsth 49, oualeI rate +.
h6a country. ed anpaa - -
naiD toi2I - kiiiioa bushels
ever yer