Chungking, Aug. 25.
Touring the many street kitchens set up in Chungking to dish out food to the victims of the latest air raids, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wife of the Generalissimo, spoke to many of the needy and thoroughly inspected conditions at the kitchens Friday afternoon.
After her tour, she expressed satisfaction at the situation in which she found the food relief organization, but suggested to Colonel Huang, Secretary-General of the New Life Movement, that the congee being distributed should be made thicker.
The New Life Movement alone operates ten kitchens in Chungking. These have served 30,000 full meals to date.
Some of the street kitchens are using cooking utensils loaned by local restaurants.
While this relief work continued today, the authorities pursued anti-air raid precautionary measures, deciding to cut additional "fire lanes" in the city.
Thus, every fifteenth house in any one row will be torn down, as will be any house already damaged during an air raid. Fires started during aerial attacks may therefore be more easily placed under control.
During Friday's raid, the German Embassy building was nearly destroyed as bombs fell close by it—Havas.
Distribution of prizes for annual rifle and Lewis gun competitions took place after the tea and the following were the winner Rifle competitions—L/Cpl. H. Aquino (winner of "Soochow Cup), Pte. O. Costa, Lieut. A. M. Marques, Pte. B. Marques, 1/Sgt. M. A. Ferras, Cpl. A. Caldas, L/Sgt. M. Ferras, L/Sgt. A. Carneiro, P/Sgt. A. Silva, Pte. S. Silva, Pte. A. Collaco, Pte. L. Maher, Pte. J. Remedios, Pte. J. Guterres, Pte. T. Collaco, Pte. F. Rocha, Cpl. C. Aquino, Pte. J. Lliora (deceased), P/Sgt. A. Costa, Pte. J. Remedios, Pte. A. Sequeira, L/Sgt. E. Maher, -Pte. E. Marques, Pte. C. Victal, Pte. G. Marcal, Cpl. E. Silva, L/Cpl. F. Maher, Pte. H. Remedios, Pte. A. Silva, Pte. M. Maher, Lieut. M. A. Ferras, Pte. E. Cation, Pte. L. Pintos, Cpl. A. Britto, C.QMS. Gutterres, Pte. A. Cruz, L/Cpl. Costa, L/Cpl. F. Gutterres, Pte. Almeida, Pte. G. Silva, Pte. Rozario, Pte. A. Guterres, Pte. Xavier, Pte. L. Guterres, Pte. Collaco ("Wooden Spoor Lewis Gun Competitions—Lieut. A. M. Marques (High Gun); L/Cpl. F. Maher, Pte. L. Roza, Pte. A. Cruz, Pte, T. Rozario (Recruits' Pride).
Long Service Medals were awarded to the following members of the company: 1/Sgt. M. Ferras and S/Sgt. E. Marques. First Bar to the Long Service Medal was awarded to Captain P. A. da Costa and Lieut. M. Ferras. Second Bar to the Long Service Medal to Messing Sgt. F. M. Guedes. Third Bar to Major M. F. R. Leitao. Major Leitao and Messing Sgt, Guedes were also recipients of medals for their 28 years of service in the Portuguese Company.
Prizes were also given to the Portuguese Company Darts team, which participated in the S.V.C. League. The following represented the Company: S/Sgt. E. Marques, P/Sgt. C. Barradas (Captain), L/Sgt. E. Maher, L/Sgt. M. Ferras, Cpl. A. Britto L/Cpl. A. Cation (Singles Champion), Pte. C. Cruz (High Score) and Pte.
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