Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 October 1940 — Page 11

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Nazi Surge to Southeastern Europe Opens New Breadbasket; Rationing or Restrictions Likely This

Winter, Famine

By HAROLD PETERS United Press Staff Correspondent

'BUDAP¥ ST, Hungary, Oct. 25 (U. P.).—Germany’s outheastern Europe is swiftly opening ‘the |&& NN . Balkan breadbasket to the Reich. ; 11 of the Balkan states now are fully within the Axis or it, a United Press survey showed today, and rationing of or restrictions on food will be in effect this

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winter. | ~~ Famine months but of political locations whi plantings. possibly G likely to fac this winter.

Hungary, a heavy agricultural exporter, will be better off than most countries because recent crises bare-

ly touched her, but living costs have already risen 3

e prospect for d military disdisrupted fall | Rumania and ce appear most] food shortages

includedan pork is sti plentiful. House wives still a permitted to b two days’ o meat supplies in advance. Present plentiful stocks of meat ‘are the result fof reported heavy organized slaughtering to save the major portion of a record maize crop for shipment to the German; Reich as cattle fodder. Meat thered to become more scarce later in the winter. Large quantities of - agricultural products, chiefly seed oils, sugar beets and Treks being exported 4

ars the’ nearest ernourishment, but not famine, this|winter. Already war bread, a& grey-blackish substance made from whole grains mixed together, had become standardized there.

Wheat Reserves Depleted

Wheat reserves have been severely depleted. Nevertheless, 180,000 tons were shipped to Germany in July and ‘another 200,000 tons in August, ma wheat one of the rare ingredi of Rumania’s “war bread.” | Rye, barley’ and maize crops are}. almost normal, land these ‘ingredients mixed with a small percentage of wheat fo the staple bread diet. The peasant diet this winter will be largely corn meal mush, black bread and cheese. Fats are well nigh unobtainable because Germany_has bought virtually the entire market. Sugar can be obtained from time to time, but will shortly be rationed. But the ‘beet crop plentiful. This year’s Vir A c was only 200,000 tons, less than [one-fourth normal, and was the s est in decades. Greece also faces severe curtail--ment of certain products, but as her 60 per cent peasant population normally subsists on & simple diet of bread, olives and onions, authorities said no extra hardship was

Cultivated The year’s wheat crop is reported to Be 10 per| cent under normal, and Premier John Metaxas has called for the tivation this winter of all available marginal land. Meat is sold only twice a week, put the average man can not afford to buy more even in peace time. . Rite and’ suga imports have been

ou gars is only Balkan country in which no rationing of any , been introduced.

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BONDS GAN EASE DEFICIT’S SHOCK §

There’s ‘Still Considerable Margin for Error, Officials Believe.

By RICHARD LEWIS Of City Hall finances, it might be said that there is still considerable margin for error. The City can

, & factor which can cushion the oa»

Boj. a budget error, the deeit is expected to run about $250,000. But ‘the wide bonding| margin of the Civil City can easily abéury the deficit, some officials beeve City officials have held to, the only for purchases of equipment or for improvements which would serve the public for many years. In this/§& way, they believe, the purchases are jg paid for as they are used, without |§ imposing any large burden in any 5 one year. The theory was put info practice this year when the City decided tof issue "to. finance heavy equip-|is ment purchases. * One $250,000 bond |= issue was floated to pay for a sewer |# Improvement program. : Some officials believe that by issu- |" ing bonds next year, the City can operate on a deficient tax budget without making salary cuts and imposing stiff economies.

How to Beat a Veto .

Certain features of the democratic process of city government get rusty with disuse and officials sometimes have to think hard to answer questions about them. A teacher at Tech High School, for instance? called up the City Hall |3 the other day to inquire apout the Mayor’s veto powers and the Council procedure in passing an ordinance over the veto. Since on Council has bucked the executive veto for more than 12 years, officials didn’t know the answer. When they looked it up, they found that it takes a two-thirds majority at a special Council meeting |# to enact an ordinance over the Mayor’s veto.

Man Without Politics

“Slim” Shepherd is the tall, spare gentleman who canvasses the City Hall each afternoon with2 apples, candy bars and ice cream. He does a thriving cash and on-the-cuff business, .is unobtrusive and has never been known to argue politics. [§ For 10 years, Mr. Shepherd has|& walked quietly through the City!gH Hall corridors with his basket of | refreshments. Administrations have| changed, “scandals” have flared and |} died. But he’s never failed to ap-j& There has been sporadic competition in Mr. Shepherd's field. It has never bothered him. He has continued on his daily round until the competition left, as it always has done. For City employees, there is only one “candy man.” That's “Slim” Shepherd, whose |& politics nobody knows.

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