The Archive · 1938

Swatow Bombing Foreign Property Damage Will Bring Protest

Father Williams: Downs, of Erie

Pennsylvania, was slightly injured and his home partly demolished during the recent bombing of Swatow by Japanese planes, according to the Maryknoll Roman Catholic Mission here.

Reports from Swatow state that a protest is likely to be made in connection with the damage done to foreign property as a result of air raids. Foreigners are being urged to eva-enate Kakchiok by their respective Consuls, Following Friday's disastrous v Japanese planes again roared o Swatow yesterday and bombed the railway station area—Reuter.

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