The Archive · 1938

Y. 60,000,000 For Reconstruction

The Cabinet decided to appropriate 'Y.60,000,000 out of the second reserve fund for repairs to public works damaged or destroyed in the flood.

Five persons are dead and several are missing as a result of a series of rainstorms in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan proper since July 13, the latest figures disclosed this morning.

At least 1,154 houses were flooded, river banks overflowed at 19 places, and 5,700 hectares of fields were submerged, a survey showed.—Domei, Mongol Relief Donation Suiyuan, July 16.

Sympathizing with sufferers of the flood in the Kwanto and Kwansai districts in Japan, the Mongolian Autonomous Government yesterday sent ¥.10,000 to Tokyo and Y.10,000 to Hyogo Prefectural Governors in the name of Prince Teh, Chairman of the Government—Domei.

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