The Archive · 1940

American Red Cross

US$10,000 For Relief Of Air Raid Victims W. W. Yen Arrives In Hongkong Japan Sugar Federation Délegate for N.E.I.

Tokyo, Aug. 27.

The Japan Sugar Industry Federa-tioħ will send a representative to the NetherJands East Indies in connection with the forthcoming visit to the Colony of Mr. Ichito Kobayashi, Cothmerce and Industry Minister, as a pecial Japanese envoy, it was derided yesterday by the directors of the Federation—Domei.

Chungking, Aug. 27.

The American Red Cross has presented US$10,000 to Mr. Wu Kuo-chen, Mayor of Chungking, for the relief of civilians rendered destitute by the Japanese bombings on August 19 and Mr. Willys R. Peck, Counsellor of the United States Embassy, yesterday forwartied the money with a letter expressing American sympathy.

A foreign committee will assist Mayor Wu in the distribution of the relief funds.—Reuter.

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