The Archive · 1938

Be Postponed Metal Shortage May Cause Abandonment of Olympics

Tokyo, July 11.

The International Exposition at Tokyo, due to take place in 190, will be postponed until the following year, according to reports in the Japanese press.

A formal announcement of the Mukden, July 11 Considerable damage to crops throughout Manchoukuo is feared a: a result of constant and unseasonable rainfall.

Although detailed reports are not yet available from all areas, it is known that if the rains continue the bean yield will be seriously affected It is also reported that in the south and south-western areas the kaoliang (sorghum) is greatly behind in growth, and it is feared that the autumn harvest of this crop, which produces for agricultural workers their staple diet, their principal fuel and the thatching for their farm houses, will be much below the normal, yield The cotton crop is already estimated to be twenty per cent. below expectations, while in mos areas experimental tobacco plantations are expected to show nothing but the most disappointing results—Reuter

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