Two Men and. Woman Are Trapped While Asleep Tue daily report of Refugee Work, for January 6 is as follows: Camps under inspection by Public Health Department 171; Refugees therein 90,522.
Mr, Kuo Mo-jo, well-known Leftist writer and revolutionary worker, left Canton by train yesterday for Changsha en route io Hankow, states a dispatch to the "Sin Wen Pao."
Tue National Chungshan University ip Canton has decided to remove all its constituent colleges and departments to Kweilin the capital of Kwangsi province, states a dispatch to the "Sin Wen Pao" A new site for the University is believed to have been found there.
Treasure Island, San Francisco, site of the 1959 Golden Gaje International Exposition, the largest artificial island in the world, is so extensive that all the standing armies of the United States and Europe could be placed upon it, according to army engineers, Messrs, Liang Han-chao and Ling Ping, the Secretary-General and a member of the Codification Committee of the Legislative Yuan, respectively, arrived in Kweilin from Changsha yesterday, according to a report to the "Sin Wen Pao."
As a further extension of its activities, The International Relief Committee, is distributing cooked rice to refugees: in streets and lanes every day from 6 to 7 pin. The work is personally supervised by Messrs. K. Y. Li, Y. K. On and a foreign officer, As a result of the reopening of Hsin Lachichiao and the extension of No. 18 railless tram to its northern terminal, most of the shops in the vicinity of North Tibet, Kaifeng, Jehol and Kansu Roads have resumed business, says a report to the "Hwa Mei Pao." Meanwhile, the return of normal conditions has been even more rapid in Haining and North Chekiang Reade.
Barc,-Gen, John C. Beaumont, commanding the Second Brigade, United States Marine Corps, called on Col. J. W. Hornby, m.c., Commandant of the S.V.C., yesterday morning at the SIN. Administration Building. Gen. Beaumont, who was accompanied by members of his staff, was received by Col Hornby, Maj A. S. G. Douglas, retiring "Brigade Major of the S.V.C., and other Headquarters officials, Corones Chiang Ching-kuo, the eldest son of General Chiang Kalshek who returned to China from Soviet Russia last year, has been appointed Deputy Director of the Peace Preservation Headquarters for Kiangsi province, says a dispatch to the "Sin Wen Pao" from Nanchang: According to the message, young Chiang assumed his office on January 5. Colonel Chiang was recently reported to have gone to Outer Mongolia on instructions from his father and to have subsequently led a large Outer Mongolian force to North China.
CowrINUING the hi kly series of talks on modern problems begun by Monsignor William McGrath and Reverend James Kearney, SI., the Reverend John K, Lipman, SI., M.A, former Professor of Geology at the University of San Francisco, will broadcast a talk on "Christ our Contemporary" this next Sunday evening, January 9, at 6 p.m. over Station XMHA. This talk will be given at the Church of Christ the King, 295 Rue Bourgeat, during the course of the Sunday evening services, and will be the first time in Shanghai that the Catholic Benediction services will have been broadcast.
Tur Government's plans for the relief of refugees, which were passed by the Executive Yuan on January 4, have been referred to the General Relief Commission for execution, says a dispatch to the "Sin Wen Pao." According to a responsible officer of the Commission, there are now, 61 branch commissions and 162 subcommissions in different parts of the country. In all they have maintained 550 relief centres, which can accommodate a total of 600,000 refugees. The most important part of the relief programme, this officer went on to say, is thd placement of the war victims in suitable employment. In this connection the Commission has been pushing projects for the rottlement of the refugees in reclamation areas, for which an initial per capita outlay of $50 will be required.
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