No Elaborate Celebrations for Birthday Nanking, Oct, 7.
Expressing the opinion' that the lavish spending of money should not be practised for the celebration of the birthday of an individual, Gen, Chiang Kai-shek personally written instructions asking that no festivities be held in his honour, All preparations for such celebrations, the Generalissimo said, should immediately be suspended. The War Min-Istry also has decreed that simpllelty the Keynote of any celebrations view of the national crisis Central News,
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