Show wheat from america ends famine threat in III war torn italy the hunger of If italian allian civilians is being relieved by foodstuffs from america although italy is largely an agricultural nation it has not been able to provide for all its needs for many centuries but has had to import grain and other provisions since the time of the caesars caesara Cae sars now that both farming and shipping have been disrupted by war the internal situation is serious in many localities children in particular have been suffering from malnutrition 1 N 4 0 t an aged italian dockworker dock worker fondles a handful of american wheat that has just been unloaded and tells three smiling but spindly chi dren that it will soon be made into spaghetti TAW k k A huge crane swings an unloading machine over the open hold of an american ship in an italian port in the castellammare area more than tons of wheat and flour were landed in italy for the relief of civilians up to the middle of october I 1 I 1 at e 1 00 z A A large part of the wheat and flour received from the united states sta is made into spaghetti here is shown one ot of the factories where this t odd foodstuff is produced the very modern machine in the background back groi nixes mixes the dough and squeezes it out in long thin tubes they are cut to the proper length and hung on bamboo poles to dry stunted and diseased little bodies 1 are common I 1 wheat is the principal food supplied by the united states although great quantities of meat dried vegetables and powdered eggs and milk are also sent coal petroleum and many other essentials are also being shipped to help rehabilitate this stricken country great britain is providing some of these goods the U S army service forces in conjunction with british army units handle the transportation wall warehousing chous and distribution of these supplies the amount of wheat and flour dispatched to italy is approaching a million tons much of it is of the hard milling varieties used in manufacture of spaghetti and the long twisted loaves of italian bread the italians like the french depend upon breadstuff bread studs s for their basic bas ic food requirements to a greater extent than most other peoples As soon as possible italian farmers will be assisted to resume production on as large a scale as they can american seed fertilizer and machinery will be provided |