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Show ii n ii - - - ! i ii si eoxeaawaw-e. S. L. Chinatown Buzzes Over News From War Front PW7' : MJI r- 'V vy) 7 a-' :;y IHi (A m 'i rv- - ! ii . - - - 3" A A.aaa -i : PLUM ALLEY BULLETINS POPULAR WITH CHINESE 4 Yee Sam Wo, left; Lee Loy, Ah Fook and Leo Dan Excitement Sways Plum Alley When Telegram Is Delivered Colony Hangs Upon Shanghai Struggle; Big Sum Raised for Sufferers Salt Lake City's Chinatown Plum alley buzzea with excitement excite-ment every evening when The Telegram is delivered along the alley front, because those who can't speak English know that diminutive Alfred Mong, secretary of the China Was Relief association, will be alone to translate the latest war news in Chinese. Gathered at the bulletin board in the window of a Plum alley shop are Chines business men as well as workers, some who have relatives rela-tives In the wartorn sections of their native land and who are eager to keep abreast with daily happenings in the war sons. Among those who atop In front of the bulletin board almost every evening is Lee Loy. who returned from south China a little more thaa a month ago. Lee Loy was born in California, but he has lived In Salt Lake City 30 years. He speaks good English. "I went to China to see folks." he said. "They are' right. But I learn Chinese people are going to fight until whole nation is overpowered. over-powered. They say Japanese will have to kill all Chinese before they get north China." Chinese papers from San Francisco Fran-cisco also are posted on the board. . w 1 The latest one carried a statement by General Chiang Kai-shek. Translated by Wallace Leong. local Chines business man, It says, in part: "China will never surrender. She will fight to the last man. It looks like war will be carried on three years. China is united. There is no such a thing as a soldier of the south and a soldier of the north." His statement also urges Chinese Chi-nese in the United States not to become discouraged. An Investigation of the Chinese section shows that every one Is loyal to his country. Alfred Mong said Salt Lake Chinese have contributed con-tributed a minimum of (10 each to aid the suffering in China. So far approximately (8 000 000 has been collected among the Chinese In the United States and forwarded to China. |