Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-09-19 | Page 13 | Reds Ransack Houses in Search for Food

REDS RANSACK HOUSES IN SEARCH FOR FOOD WASHINGTON. Sept IS Drastic measures to enforce the nationalization of food ha'e been adopted by the soviet sov-iet authorities at Petrograd. a state department telegram received today ' through Baltic channels said. All. houses In Petrograd ann the streets! .and yards as well were under close I Isurvelllanee and all foodstuffs found! in private possession 'were confiscated. Three commissalres have been designated desig-nated to take complete charge ol the' enforcement of the prohibition against private transactions with a view to soviet monopolization lof all bood busl-' busl-' ness. oo Oleomargarine production in the United States in 1919 amounted to 371,000,000 pounds.