Rival Tong Members Join to Aid Refugee Nationals New York, Oct. 31.
Members of the Hip Sing and On Leong tongs, whose bloody battles for years rocked New York's "Chinatown," walked—arm-in-arm to-day, a red-headed unicorn prance ing at their head, in a parade. to raise money for Chinese refugees Shanghai.
Coppers, nickels, quarters and dollars rained from windows along the route into blankets carried outstretched by two squads of tong members. It was estimated the contributions either thrown into the blankets or donated by prominent Chinese businessmen exceeded $6,000 for the day.
The parade ended at the Chinese school, where Gen. Hwan Ching-san delivered an address.
"Temporary reverses in North China cannot be regarded as decisive," he said. "Our strategy is to draw the Japanese deeper inland. China does not expect the United States to declare war on Japan, but she hopes the United States will refrain from aiding Japan indirectly by sending her scrap metal, oil and oilier materials."—United Press,
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