The Archive · 1937

Bombers Near Nanking Again

Nanking, Oct. 1.

Five Japanese bombers appeared above the Lishul and Chuyung area at EAS this morning when sirens proclaimed their arrival though they didn't appear over Nanking. The Tocal populace did not see any Japan ese aeroplanes, but only heard. the distant drone of motors.

According to officials of the French Consulate, four bombs, weighing S00" Ib, each, landed during. Sature Gay's "valda within a hundred yards around the Consulate. This is the Closest shave any Embassy or Con-Sulate has had 30 far Reuter, It was learned that Japanese planes flew in zigzag fashion above Verlous places near Nanking, appar ently looking for new Chinese aerodromes. They eventually returned to Shanghai and at 1045 the all-clear signal was given.—Reuter.

'A Japanese Fleet announcement in Shanghat slated that Japanese naval biomes returned unscathed,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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