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Zurich Herald, 1945-12-13, Page 6The rubble -filled streets of Caen or the sandy, water -filled foxholes of Holland were all in a day's work to advancing Canadian infan- trymen, and are all shown in the army film "The True Glory" which presents the story of the European war from D -Day to VE -Day. They presented different problems but the Canucks EUROPE'S HUNGRY 'CHILDREN Nearly a billion people -90 mil- lion in Europe and ten times that number in China, India, and other places in the world—face starva- tion this winter. That is the grim reality reported by food experts of the United Na- tions Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. This picture, reported by spokes- znen for Greece, is typical of the grave world food situation: The Pappas family lives in a fairly large city near Athens. Mrs. Pappas has a teen -aged son and daughter. Her husband is a day - laborer. Marketing is her day's big gest chore. It varies a little. Some days, Mrs. Pappas gets more, but usually slie can buy about half a pound of bread for each mouth a day. Most of the time she can get three ounces of dried peas or beans for each person, maybe one codfish for all to share, a tiny bit of olive oil and a handful of raisins. She can usually get potatoes too, They are rationed. UNRRA Helps It's a celebration when she gets ar, can of Arniy meat stew. This happens about once a month after a shipment from UNRRA has ar- rived at the market. Mrs. Pappas is . too tired to worry about the strange things that are happening in her fancily. `OOPS, SORRY!' SAYS HERMANN Even in the shadow of a possible death sentence, the fallen No. 2 man of Nazi Germany remains an irrepressible clown while on trial at Nuernberg. In top photo, he laughingly explains a point to grim -faced Rudolf Hess as they sit in defendants' box. But (bot- tom photo) Hess ahnost smiled and Von Ribbentrop looked over with amusement when, on the same day, Goering clapped his hand over his mouth in an "Oops, sorry" gesture after malting a remark out of turn. i eit.3. ..3-3333,13,33, ;auiriT: •zAL.`131.3 tackled them cheerfully, intent only upon the destruction of the • German enemy. Left, above, .a Canadian patrol .picks its way care- fully through the ruins of Caen searching out German snipers. At right, a Canadian .section armed with Piat and mortar waits the signal to attack across the Dutch border into Germany. She doesn't understand that the diet of about 1400 calories a day for each member is responsible. It's the reason her husband only goes to work about three times a week in spite of her scolding. It's the reason her son isn't growing and only sits stupidly in the sun all day. It's the reason her daughter re- fuses to help clean up their tiny little hovel and has a chronic,hack- ing cough. It's the reason her baby died last month when it was only a fete weeks old. Hardly any babies seem' to live over a couple of weeks any more. Half the population of one section of the city died last month. Food .supplies Vary Food supplies in. Europe vary within and between countries. Greece and Italy are about av- erage. Poland, Yugoslavia, Aus- tria, Germany and Finland have less. Austria is believed to be in the worst shape. People in France and Czechoslovakia get a little more than the Greeks. Norway's condition is not critical. TRULY REMARKABLE is the "Radiant Roast" used in the manufacture of Maxwell House Coffee. It captures all the flavor and goodness because it roasts every coffee bean evenly, all through! 'Wry directly., from the .:farmers, Little is ~mown about the food supply in Russia except that it is inadequate, but better than it was in the war years. Chinese mothers aren't worry- ing .about getting enough rice,. wheat or dried fish merely to stave off hunger. Their families have been hungry for the last 10 years. This year they are worrying about which ones in the family will be dead by spring or if they will all be dead. Same is true in India. Average diet in these two countries varies from 2,000 to less than 1,000 calories per day. In most of Europe,• parts of the Near East, and :.11 of the Far East and in North Africa, countries desperately need imports of food. Most countries in South America will be able to get along without threat of starvation. England and Australia need food but expect to get along on rationing through the winter: Sweden is just about able to get along, and by pinching, can share some with needy neighbors. GREECE—Daily ration of bread —about half a pound per person— is brought home by little Greek girl in a captured souvenir ,helmet. Most people who live on farms get at least enough food to main- tain health. Persons in the small urban communities are the most hungry. 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