Nanking, Aug. 8.
All government offices and educa~ tional institutions in Nanking must complete their air defence preparations before August 10. Instructions to that effect were learned to-day to have been issued General Chiang Kai-shek, General Chien Ta-chun, Chief Aide-de-Camp to the Generalissimo, has been appointed to make a city wide. inspection on August 11, Organiza tions, having received said instructions, are threatened with severe punishment should they fail to com plete such preparations on time.
These preparations include the digging of cellars as tide-outs, erect tion of shelters, replenishment of fire tinguishing apparatus, acquisition of enti-gas masks, and other relevant safeguards for the people against air raids.—Central News.
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