Washington, Dec. 22.
Declaring that the State Department had received alarming reports of starvation and disease. among civilians in Spain, especially in Republican Spain, Mr, Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary of State, announced yesterday: that the Surplus Commodi. ties Corporation was prepared to provide 500,000 bushels of wheat per month for the next six months to relieve human suffering and misery.—Reuter.
O.S.K. Joins S. African Marine League Osaka, Dec. 22.
Enabling the Osaka Shosen Kaisha io engage in the shipment and discharge of cargo at various ports between Port Said and Cape Town on the east and south coasts of Africa, the firm has been admitted to the South African Coastal Marine League which controls the shipping industry in the area between Lourenco Marques and Cape Town, the headquarters of the company announced today. It is the only Japanese firm admitted.
Domei.
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