UNPRECEDENTED FAMINE
900,000 STARVING IN JAPAN. APPEAL MADE FOR ASSISTANCE. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 10.30 p.m. .Tokio, Dec. 8. Aomori officials. are appealing to tim Government to grant 20,000,000 yen to relieve 900,000 inhabitants of the prefecture who are facing starvation as the. result of the worst famine in many years. There is unprecedented distress. The Imperial household has granted monetary relief and has sent an officer to investigate the conditions.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 December 1931, Page 7
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