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A central council of the China Nutrition Aid Council was organized in Shanghai following the conspicuous success of Miss Nellie Lee's experiment in setting up nutrition aid centers in the interior. This council is serving as a clearing house for research and promotion work in other parts of the country. 

Dr. S. K. Alfred Sze, formerly Chinese ambassador to Washington, is the president of the council. Major A. Bassett succeeded Mr. Julean Arnold as the chairman following the departure of the letter from China.--END.

CHINESE SANK 192 JAPANESE WARSHIPS

Up to the end of 1940, Chinese shore batteries and river mines sank 192 Japanese warships of different sizes, costing about $208,600,000. During the same period, 188 more Japanese ships were damaged, whose repair would cost another $5,640,000. Together, the two figures represent a loss of $214,240,000 to Japan. 

As announced by the Naval Headquarters of the National Military Council, the detailed figures are as follows: 

SUNK   27 medium-sized warships at --- $5,000,000 each
       10 small war vessels ----------  2,000,000 each
       26 transports -----------------    600,000 each
        3 merchantmen ----------------    600,000 each
      118 steam launches -------------    300,000 each
        8 tug boats ------------------    100,000 each
      ---      
Total 192 ships ----------------------  $208,600,000

DAMAGED  24 medium-sized warships
         43 small war vessels 
         23 transports
          7 merchantmen
         87 steam launches
          4 tug boats
        ---        
Total   188 ships --- Total repair cost at $30,000 each -- $5,640,000.

In most cases, the losses were inflicted by ingeniously constructed Chinese mines. It is estimated that the mines thus far planted cost only $5,800,000 to make, whereas the damage already done by them is $195,000,000 worth of Japanese ships.--END.

CHEKIANG'S WARTIME INDUSTRY

Before the war, Chekiang has 118 registered factories with an aggregated capital of $18,800,000, employing 25,000 skilled workmen. These were reduced to 38 factories with a capitalization of $4,500,000, and less than 10,000 workmen after the Japanese occupation of Hangchow at the end of 1937. The province lost 90 per cent of its silk filatures, 82 per cent of its silk weaving factories, 50 per cent of its paper mills, 45 per cent of its iron works, 42 per cent of its power plants, and 36 per cent of its cotton mills. Most of these factories were situated along the Shanghai-Hangchow Railway or on the north shore of the Chientang River, now occupied by the Japanese. 

When the Japanese were unable to advance south of the river, the provincial authorities in 1938 drew up an "outline for wartime administration." It provided for the encouragement of small industries and handicrafts to assure self-sufficiency in the province. The scope was extended in 1940 to industrial production in the "Chekiang three-year administration plan."