Work Based on Experience In Spain, China Wars Moscow, June 25. Intensive air raid and chemical drill, involving the entire civilian population, will be carried out in the seven strategic cities of Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Baku, Vladivostok and Habarovsk between July 1 and October 1, it is learned, With the exception of Moscow, all cities affected are in the border zone, The decision to carry out the drill was taken by the Central Council of the civilian air and chemical defence organization.
Self-defence committees are to be organized affecting every house, office and factory, and defence work will be based upon experience gained in the wars in Spain and China, It will include mock air raids, fire-fighting, Grst-aid and gas-mask Gold Mine Manager in Malaya Murdered Mr. F. G. W. Dunsford Shot By Chinese Bandits Kuala Lumpur, June 25.
Mr. F. G, W. Dunsford, manager of the Tersang Gold Mine, was murdered in a bungalow near the remote village of Raub by a gang of Chinese bandits last. night.
The robbers were armed with a shotgun with which they killed their victim, then escaping into the jungle with $10,000 worth of gold amalgam.—Reuter.
Canton, June 25.
A veritable armada of Japanese planes, estimated to number 33, is reported to have raided the southern section of the Canton-Hankow Railway yesterday, The raiders are said to have damaged railway stations and tracks, causing the death of about 50 villagers living near the tracks, Those sections of the line situated south of Lokchong suffered most in the bombardment, and the train service was suspended today.—Reuter.
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