Show DEATH RATE DECREASING Famine Conditions in China Slightly Improved as Result of Relief Measures Shanghai Chi A a. a A correspondent of the Associated Press who returned Tuesday from the stricken famine stricken districts districts districts dis dis- dis- dis of northern China found c condition condition condi condi- tion improved as a result of the relief relief re re- re- re lief liet work but still very b bad d. d The daily death rate has decreased ased from froth several thousand in the middle of ot March to a few hundreds Many farms are deserted only mud walls indicating that they were once tenanted Children who formerly were sold for fifty cents each are now exchanged exchanged exchanged ex ex- ex- ex changed for a few pounds of or grain Women are arc sellig themselves s into slavery to provide succor for the themore themore themore more helpless ones of families |