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From their bases in Australia and Hawaii, from secret spots in the vast expanse of the Pacific, U.S. submarines range up to Hong Kong. The first sub sinking admitted by Japan (last January) was only 75 miles southeast of Yokohama. Some U.S. subs have penetrated Tokyo Bay to gather information...
Chungking greeted this display of U.S. airpower as the start of a long-awaited air offensive. Such rejoicing was premature. But by simple arithmetic the Japs could figure that if U.S. bombers were within range of Linhsi and Hong Kong, they were within range of most of the Stolen Empire...
As usual salaried people have been the worst sufferers. But wage earners have also had hard times. It was estimated last winter that, against a 40-fold increase in the cost of rice, unskilled Chungking workers had got only a 29-fold wage increase, skilled workers only a 16-fold...
TIME'S Correspondent Theodore H. White last week cabled from Chungking this dispatch on starvation in China:
Catholic Bishop Paul Yu-pin returned to Chungking last week from a tour of the stricken areas. In Loyang he saw bundles of leaves being sold to refugees for food, a dollar a bunch. Children's bellies were bloated and distended with such Foodstuffs. Sometimes starving families collect all...