The Food Minister said Britain wants canned meats and added that cheese was another important British need because of its high nutritive value Lord Woolton revealed that Bri-fain also needed sugar, particularly to be used in making candy in order io tempt the appetites of. children. He explained that Britain has vast Stocks of sugar at Queensland. but ihe distance made transport of this extremely difficult. Lord, Woolton suggested that possibly the United States could take the sugar stocks in Queensland for its own use-and ship American stocks to England, thus reducing the distances involved in transporting the sugar.—United Press, British Planes Said to Have Again Raided Sfax Tunis, May 31.
Three British planes again attacked
at 8. a port of Stas, yester dig) masoning They flew over the harbour where the Italian steamer Isarco weighed anchor on the previous day then dropped eight bombs aimed at this ship which was located at a spot several kilometres from Sfax. The ship was not hit.
Meanwhile, the second mate of the French ship Rabelais which kas been hit during the previous bombing of Stax. died at the hospital əs r -ult of the injuries he had sustained.—Havas Telemondial
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