The Salvation Army, however, was on the job and hundreds of homeless and starvi.g unfortunates, shivering in the doorways and passages, had been picked up and sent to the beggar camp to swell the number of inmates to well over 1,200.
The Army's Rice Bus went arou..d the Central district, Yates Road and many of the other streets of the city feeding the poor. Two, however were in need of neither dood nor shelter, having died from exposure before help could be re..dered them.
One woman was found in such a pitiable state that she was immediate~ ly taken to a beggar camp, where she was given immediate medical treatment, Her condition, however, was considered almost hopeless.
Others to suffer from the sudden change of weather were Chinese farmers in areas surrounding the city. The snow and the cold weather, it was said, would ruin their crops, Naval Spokesman Denies Chungking Report Counteracting Chungking reports concerning the death of Admiral Mineo Osumi, Supreme War Councillor, and rty involve aeroplane a on Fel y 5, Commander Naoa i Hazama, Japanese Naval spokesman in Shanghai, issued a statement last avenin, The statement says th t bluejack-riy on the morning of Febru-7, effected a landing on the southern foot of Hwangyang mountain, reached the wreckage and recovered the bodies. The remains' of the wrecked plane were received aboard a Japanese naval vessel on the same day. The lying-in-state services were held on the morning of February 8.
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