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three n as the 165 pr ments v 000 fro nial butds 10c total.Hongkong. obtained an a ninety-nine year lease in 1842, has a population of more than 2,000,000 persons, many of whom formerly resided in Canton but fled to the settlement before the Japaneseinvasion.girl to list be altera-h ave-Kl Ml -24-tfcAll means of travel from Canton are controlled by the Japs, and while boat fare from Hongkong, an island, and other nearby populous isles to Canton is only 25 cents, the fare from Canton to Hongkong is $25.This difference in price serves to virtually “imprison” in (anton those Chinese who visit that city from the islands, since at Chinese rates of pay it takes years to save the from-C'anton fare.iaBy this rule, too, Sam saidi Japan hopes to build up the Canton population which it so ruthlesslydestroyed.Qymem173450The Yu man said Japanesewere especially harsh to those wounded, denying them medical care and compelling them to suffer their hurts untreated.For a time, medical missionaries sought to treat the hundreds ano thousands of injured, but the small supplies soon were used up and, with the exception of occasional replenishment from foreigners in Hongkong, most of the time no relief was available.^NKIt was Sam’s third trip to the Orient from Yuma, and many were the changes that took place while he was there this time. Leaving Yuma in July. 1937,Eand arriving there a few weeks later, Sam visited in Canton and;pairs,R5-lmoppricesEighth j-23-tf!ox F, -233tcTexas, ladies, ie Ad-venue.22-3tpother villages of KwantUng.Eventually, however, these trips became more perilous, and were finally abandoned by him after the Japanese occupied Canton. Since that time, tales of horrorand wanton cruelty were heard byhim from the lips of Canton refugees in Hongkong.The slaughter of non-combatants by air raids, and the denial of medical care, has resulted in disease and plague in many areas, and whole villages have died, with none ieft to even bury the bodies.'But,” Sam said. ‘Japan will take nothing from China. Japan cannot gain. The time hi not far off when the tables will he turned. Japan is using her capital. Soon the time w ili come when Japan can no longer support a war and will have to withdraw.”, high ; workply in, Som--24-tfcSam has been a resident of Yuma for a quarter of a century.'abinet U »521-1 mooWith his father Charley Sam. he was in business first as the ’ Son” of Charley Sam. conducting a wholesale and retail grocery.ke In* ve by sr cot-prices.3rd ie 628-f-2mopr Ply*Ml It 6.22-4tpdng to: June of SunSome time ago the name of this store was changed to the YumaGrocery.His recent trip to his homeland, he said, might be his last. At least, until China is again free, Sam may remain here “But China will be free.*he insisted. - : «And his opinion is backed up by hundreds of years of history. For no nation in the world has conquered and subdued China.*England imports matches from * pkThe dlabor clt;the sen mittee lt;rebuffs major i so far—the 1has e The s mittee Wagy c which ii on grou name o major o or favoi ing bef I for proti lished b mission.BRITt COIite qut does no sion’* ir military sistent f riendsh I, He alances twould t of thevakia b withoutof comn“It is governn recognit added tconsiderAT ViWIN?(U.Rs Ki Winnipe10:31 a*The 1corned I Gov. an« , the Hoi and Mi | John QiI!;
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Wed, May 24, 1939
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