Washington, June 7.
A few minutes after taking off from Boling Field for New York, the noted Mexican airman Sarabia was killed when his plane crashed into the Anacosta river. The Mexican Charge d'Affaires here, who watched Sarabia take off, immediately dived into the river to save the airman. He returned saying that he could find no trace of the pilot, who is presumed to have drowned.—Havas. on Monday at Liulinchen, west of Lishih "in western Shansi, and captured the town, according to a feld dispatch received here Jast night.
ture of the town deprives the Chinese forces of an important way station on-a supply route frómréd Shensi to Shansi. The Chinese stored military equipment there after entering Shansi by way of Chuntu, a fording point on the Yellow River.
In mopping-up operations in Shansi in May Japanese detachments fought 261 engagements with an aggregate of more than 66,200 Chinese troops, who abandoned 5,357 dead, according to information received here from various fronts.
The "Japanese took 370 prisoners. Booty comprised one trench mortar, 300 trench mortar shells, 800 mountain gun shells, 20 light machine guns, 1,500 rounds of machine-gun ammunition, 600 automatic rifles, 90,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, and large quantities of other arms and ammunition.—Domei,
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