BLACK MARKET WHILE MANY STARVE
, Kei-eived Fridav, 7 p.tu. I X K W YORK, .May 80. j The (xo\-erinnent has been asked to . seml a speeial ol>ser\er to Shanghai to in \ est igat e w idcsjiread blackniiirket i ng of Fnrra food. A Guvernment source j revealed that less tinui l'l per cent. of j food .sliipments are teaching the most ! desperate f'amine areas inland. Chineso; otiicers failed to get adeipiate sujiplies | to llupeli and ihunui pruvinees where more tlian 0,0(10,000 are reported starv- ■ ing. I.ack of internal transport is an | important l'actor, but ihe most serious i proldein is Cliinese inerehants buyingup bullt supplies and selling tliem at iiillationary prices.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 June 1946, Page 5
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