Tokyo, Feb, 17.
"It is hoped that the Yangtze River can be: opened to navigation as soon as possible but it cannot be said when this will take place as military operations still are going on," the Navy Minister, Admiral Mistumasa Yonai, declared in a budgetary session of the House of Peers today.
The Committee today recalled Mr Morgenthau and the Secretary of War, Mr. Harry Woodring, to testify again regarding the sale of planes to the French air Mission, but the nature of today's questioning was not divulged.
Publication of the Morgenthau testimony of January 27 revealed day that the Army Chief of Stafi Gen. Maun Craig, had testified thet he objected to the sale of planes to France because such action might de prive the United States of an "entirely new type of bomber" which France subsequently ordered. Gen. Craig testified that his objections Were "over-ridden. by higher-ups He said President Roosevelt ordered various Government Departments, in cluding the War, Navy, Treasury ani Commerce Departments, proceed lations for the pur 5
$45,000 mark, the total being $44,994, it was stated by Major Colin K. Begley Donations are being accepted at Appeal Headquarters and it is believed ty Brigadier B. Morris that the fund reach the $50,000.
Appeal Headquarters are at 57 Nanking Ro st donation received foray was 21,000, this from a resident who has for years yarm friend of the Salvation y. The second largest donation was $300 and came from Shanghai Electric Construction Ca., Ltd., the staff of the Standard-Vacuum Oil Ca., being a close third with $261.
The list of new donations follows:
Previously Acknowle "anhwei Shanghai Eléeiric Construction
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