Chengchow. Apr. 12.
violent sandstorm, laden' with the loess from the Yellow River, is raging in Honan province, the like of which has not been experienced in. the past 20 years. 'The long-distance {telephone network connecting Chengchow with other districts, in Honan has been dislocated. 'The Eurasia aeroplane could not land here yesterday, white trains on. the Li and' Peiping-Hankow. Rallwa delayed. Large sections of young wheat on the farms ruined.
Kaifeng, provincial capital Honan, was in complete darkness during' the forenoon when the strong wind "whirled the dust in the alr. TraMe was practically at a stand: still and the people had to stay indoors most of the day—Kuo Min
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