Tokyo, Sept. 16, Invited to becrime the managing: Jdirector of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and industry in Shangh: Mr. Kozo Sugimura, former assistant professor of Tokyo Commercial, University. will leave here tomorrow. for Nagasaki en route to his new post, Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Sugimura said his work In Shang: fhai_would probably "be far hard {than class-room. lectures."—Domel, Tokyo, Sept. 19.
Eight Chinese planes of a squadron Jot sixteen en route from Liuchow to Nanyung in Kwangtung were shot Jdown by Chinese anti-aircraft batteries on September 17 when, they were mistaken for Japanese raiders, according to a report received here tonight, The remaining eight craft managed fo reach Nanyung with difficulty, the Feport said. "Bombers and fighting planes recently were imported from France and sent overland to Liuchow ud assembled. When attacked their own batteries, the leader of the squadron ordered the craft to dive to show the men on the ground their Identity; this only added to the confusion and caused the ground force to attack with machine guns, the report stated. Eight of the planes were Fiddled with bullets and crashed to the ground, the report said, The message recalled that six De Havilland ambulance planes imported from England also were attacked by [Chinese anti-aircraft batteries, which mistook them for Japanese ' planes when they were flying from Hongkong to Hankow, with the result that four were shot' down or forced to Air Defence Manoeuvres Tokyo, Sept. 12.
Under conditions resembling actual warfare, five days of air defence manuvres, covering nineteen prefectures in' eastern Japan, including Tokyo, Yokohama, Sendai and Aomori, started at 9 am, today, The first three days will comprise a preliminary stage, although the air raid alarm willie given once each day ud night from the beginning, Squadrons of military and naval planes will "attack" Tokyo and other cities with dummy bombs, - and will be "challenged" from the sea, land and air, Unlike past. manaeuvres, in which all operations were Jannounced beforehand, air: "attacks" this time will be of a surprise nature, When "hostile" planes appear all traMe in the streets will have to come a stop, only official motor cars and ambulances being allowed to move. For the first time planes will fake to the air to "engage" the raldand try ta "repulse" them Reuter.
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