FAMINE IN CHINA
Worst War Disaster (Rec. 11.40) CHUNGKING, April 6. There is a famine in the Honan Province of China. It is affecting approximately five million persons. It is the greatest national disaster that has befallen Chinese since the start of the war, states an official announcement here. ’ The Government’s attempts to relieve the situation have been rendered difficult because the neighbouring provinces, with the exception of Anhwei, have no food surpluses. Furthermore the Japanese have burned rice stocks in Anhwei that were intended for the relief of Honan.
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Grey River Argus, 7 April 1943, Page 1
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