The Archive · 1940

Chungking Being Rebuilt

Meanwhite, the the rebuilding for The great downtoven sce fon the mornings of Aurust 3 Inyo Evacuation of Tebans, Chinese in generat are still cone fident that the much talked of fee evacuation of Tehane will take place, "Usually reliable sources have ied that st toast 6,000 of the forces have proceeded dover military "elreles explain the renewed minor westward pushes of Sapanese companies as an effort fon "the part of the Japanese come inoad' fo conceal the true situation.

'Meanwhile the price of cotton ur Chungking "has dropped. Althoueh ther. commodity prices continue to rise at-an unhealthy rate, a bale of fenton yarn coming. from. coastal ports' can be purchased here for $4200, approximately 20 per cent tinder' the market price in October, The drop was undoubtedly caused by" willingness "onthe "part merelints to unload old stocks pro oratory to receiving new shipments ron Hengyang entirely by water.

'A. more (rage Cor comic, accord minence, But they.

Uxtremely adept in making the most fut of the worst, so that the bare of yesterday Have become the Shops and on every" hiper warning posts where foisted selion enemy the capital continue horror that has passed, of the des-Iruction that may be yet to come.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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