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Chengtu, July 7.
The sounding of the air raid alarm half an hour after midnight on Wednesday rudely awakened the of Populace from their slumber, but happily, it turned out to be a false alarm as no riders appeared. The was sounded two hours later, at 230 am.
Owing to the dismantling of part of the city wall beside each pate, creating new exits, evacuation of the city is now much easier, Plans for fire lanes are being put into operation and the city is now better prepared for Japanese air attacks, Seventy university and theological students have left Chengtü in three trucks to spend their summer vacation by helping the wounded, under the auspices of the National Christian Service Council for Wounded Soldiers in Transit—Reuter.
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