Tokyo, Oct. 29.
Drastic restrictions in the use of tinned food for domestic purposes were recommended to Vice-Admiral Dr. Takuo Gode, Minister of Commerce and Industry, by the Central Price Policy Commission, it was disclosed today. The curb would have the double purpose of conserving valuable base metals and of increasing the quantity of tinned foods available for export, Moscow Thanked for Aiding German Seamen Berlin, Oct. 28.
Herr Ernst Bohle, Secretary for the Nazi Foreign Organization, today called on the Soviet Ambassador, M. Shkvarzeff. The German news agency says his purpose was to convey the German Government's thanks The Commission pointed out in its recommendations that tin and copper, used to manufacture containers for tinned foods, were essential materials for the production of munitions and hard to acquire in Japan.
Moreover, it said, canned beef and other meats should be diverted to the use of Japanese officers and men in the field instead of being indiscriruinately consumed at home, while for the "friendly assistance rendered tinned salmon, sardines and other by the Soviet authorities to German seaman and civilians who returned to through Soviet territory."— sea products as well as fruit and vegetables in tins, should be exported to acquire sorely needed foreign exchange.—Domei.
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