The Archive · 1938

Scores of Planes

With six groups of "more than ten" bombers participating in the largest aerial Japanese operations since the beginning of the year, scores of naval aircraft swept over the skies of Central China on Wed-

An unidentified Chinese entered the ground-floor office yesterday evening as the circulation staff of Chinese were busy handling the despatch of the day's issue. He paused behind the counter, produced a hand-grenade of the -"potato-masher" type, unscrewed the top, pulled the ring hurled the bomb towards the c. ntre of the room. The missile struck and glanced off Mr. Fong, one of the employees, but strangely did not injure him. It exploded towards the rear of the room, with am ear-splitting roar, turning the place into a scene of wild confusion. Three other members of the circulation staff, Messrs. Chen;. Sigo-and Pei, were. wounded more or Jess seriously. Desks and chairs were splintered, every pane of glass was smashed to bits, and blood spattered over the debris.

The bomb-thrower, who acted with phenomenal speed and precision, darted out through the door, crunch-

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