'A week ago, Gen. Liu Chih, chatrman of the province, went to Kweiteh to inspect the 78th division, a rem-ant of the 19th Route Army, and returned to the city on the same day. He. intends to inspect the Yellow River dykes in the very near future. A light railway is now being built from the west gate of the city to He-'Kangkou of the Yellow River, 25 1i north of the city, to transport stones to repair the dykes. About 10,000 have been transported by wagons during these few peanuts in East-14. tobacco leat in. dustry has become depressed. For instance, in Chouping hsien in Southern Honan formerly there were more than 1000 looms but at present, the number has been decreased to " 100. Food prices have become extremely cheap." In Nanyang $1 buys 40 catties fof wheat flour. while in 'Tenghsien, Sinyeh, and in their vicinity, the farmers use their wheat flour to' feed their cattle,
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