SHANGHAI’S PLIGHT
DISTRESS UNDER JAPS.
FOOD QUEUES LENGTHEN
(Reed. Jan. 10. 10 a.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 9
United Press correspondents who escaped from Shanghai to Tien Mushan report that the Japanese occupation of Shanghai has completelv dislocated the economic life of the city. Many Chinese, Britons, and Americans face starvation and epidemics in the worst winter Shanghai- has known. The most recent refugees leaving Shanghai are Japanese civilians who are moving to the interior in large numbers for fear of aerial bombardment. Economic distress is such that the Japanese are now urging the Chinese to leave the city. Most industries have closed down, food lines are lengthening daily and the banking system is disrupted.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20660, 10 January 1942, Page 5
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