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"Food Crisi
Still Confrdnts
The World":'
wASHINGTON, Dec. 24. A.A.P.
-The United Nations( Foodl and
Africultural Organisatiorl has warn
ed that a food crisis still eonfrosnts
the world and has called; on. all ,aa
tions to institute a food savinpg mea
sure immediately.
Darker flour, rationing and the use
of a substitute in bread making wers
among the conservation measures
recommended to help aliert hunger
in Europe next samino land in the
Orient later next year.
The pessimistic repor't on world
food supplies said production in
Europe, Russia and the Orient woea
still far below prewar leoelo and was.
only just beginning to show sians of
recovery. It said famine conditions
still prevail over large aadeas of Chiam
and that many Europesns are still
living on 1500 calories a day, cons
nared with 3300 caloicis in the
United States.
Disease Increase
"Many people have bden living for
five to six years on a: sob-normal
diet and the cumulative effects are
now becoasing apparent.'?
Rho report added that surveys of
food deficit countries ohowed an in
crease in anaemia anti vitamin de
ficiency diseases. Infanat mortality
remains high and tubhrculosis hlas
become nsore prevalent. '
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