rain for Sowing Consumed by Starving People Riga, Sept. 21.
As a consequence of the failure of the crops in the Ukraine the Soviet Government has decided to take in hand the task of feeding 809,000 people and has allocated 31 million roubles to provide food, cattle fodder and seed-grain in the afflicted area.
Three-quarters of 200,000 tons of grain recently purchased from America have already been distributed for sowing this winter, but in some districts hungry people have eaten the secd-grain and are demanding fresh supplies.—Reuter.
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