Tokyo, Juno 9.
'Three forcigners=—-a' "Briton, "an American "and't Now Zealanders" were reported ° missing "from "te Souther Baptist Hospital tu Chen, chow by an" American. press cet Pondent, who left the threatened {or Hankow. yesterday.
"The correspondent, ivhose message was relayed here. from New York, was reported fo have Taken the ist ain to leave Chengchow for Loyang.
'The rapid advance "of Japanese troops, the report said, had. thrown the ity nto "intense pant, here who failed to. get. space on' the last Train from Chengehows were said te be streaming out of the ely by. all routes leading. south and Westward Chinese Aerodromes Meavily Hombed Shanjjhai, June 11, Staging their daily raid on Canton, Japanese naval aircraft went farther afield on Thursday, bombing military objectives in Kwangtung, Pukien and Kiangsi provinces, In "Canton, bombs. were again Gropped on' the already badly damaged Wongsha Station, terminus of the Canton-Hankow Railway, and fon the offes of the Municipal Government, Hanyars at the' Paiyun aerodrome, a suburb of Canton, were set on fire, a naval communique issued here yesterday morning claimed, In Shaokwan, on the Caniton-Hankow Railway, bombs were dropped fon the aerodrome and an arsenal, 'One of the buildings attached to the airfield and a gasoline depot were said by the communique to have been set on fire, while a part of the arsenal was' blown up.
Veoring in the direction of the Canton-Kowloon Railway, the raiders Combed the station buildings and railway tracks at Shelelun In Bukien, Japanese airmen raided aerodromes " at Kien-we, Pucheng, Lungyen and Changting, while Kiangsi, bombs were dropped un the runways at the Yoi Canton, Ju Giving residents no respite what seems to be a continuous series of night raids, Japanese planes appeared over the city for the fifth night succession late tonight, Four separate squadrons took part in tonight's raid, first dropping bombs fin the vicinity of: Sachuen, and than Rear the old Power House, and the Pearl River Bridge on the East Bund, jess than a mile from Shameen. The explosions of the bombs rattled wit Sows in Shameen, The "All-cleat™ signal was given at midnight, "The new Power House at Saichuen suffered three more direct hits last ight, putting. the $3,000,000 German built enterprise completely out of 0 man interests, it is believed, feel that they have lost the station, the cost of which was to have been borne by the working revenue—Router, cantor Third Alarm in One Day Canton, Juno 13, For the first time in many months, Japanese aeroplanes in a second raid today invaded Kwangtung. from. a new base somewhere on the Fukien coast, probably at Amoy, At'1030 this morning, three Japanese planes were signalled to have come to the Kwanjtung border from Fukien, vin Swatow, according Chinese despatches, The alarm was sounded throughout Canton and, although no aircraft. peared, the "all clear" was not given Until noon, was oMcially learned that the raiders "reconnoitred over a large area in east Kwangtung, and. seat tered thousands of leaflets as well fas dropping eight bombs on Kwel-chow. details were available on the damage done on the contents of the leaflets.
In the morning's raid on Kwangtung, ten bombs were dropped near Kiangsun, resulting in a number of casualties! among the peasants. Many farm huts were also stated to have been demolished.—Reuler.
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