The Archive · 1935

Manchoukuo Border

Salkokuka, May 2.

'A feet of #2 Russian army planes created a. sensation along the Manchoukuo-Soviet border to-day as they roared high overhead in a spectacular May Day planes, reportedly connected with the Soviel Army of the Far East, first appeared over Blagovestehensk at 9.20 a.m, from the direction of the upper Amur. After flying for some distance along the border, they disappeared In the direction of Habarovsk—

United Press. their crops. In all probability, the Bank of China, will, at the instance lot the Government, make loans to all who-evince a willingness to produce Jsugareane for the public refineries. Farmers of several other counties fare also being given inducements that large tracts in all these coun~ ties may be devoted in the future to the raising of cane.

Women Waitresses Young women who had steady jobs in Kuangtung sill tures are seeking other means of earning 9 livelihood, and in Canton city there Jare seven, restaurants which hire waitresses instead of waiters, most lof these women being from the silk districts.

The male restaurant employees are up in arms, seeing in the coming tendency to employ women to wait on tables a big, bad wolf that will fet them if they do not get it first. Their union has petitioned the authorities, reminding them that had. been' declared illegal for any ting house to engage women take care of the wants of its patrons. [fu the metropolis are three women's rights societies, and they are taking leoncerted action in defence of the [Canton waitresses. Their answer to the complaint of the waiters is that, In the old days, only women of loose character would think of waiting on men at table, but circumstances have driven these young maidens from the silk-producing area to take up this new line, and what is to become of them if dented the right to get their aay, rice by working for these

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