They then returned to cruise in the vicinity of Chungking, occasionally trying to enter the city Limits. Each time, Chinese searchlights spotted the voiders, while Chinese pursuit planes ave chase, foreing the raiders to disappear, This yama of "hide and seck" went fon until 3am, when the last Japanese machine "was seen returning whence it had come, The all clear signal was sounded soon atte!
'AL the same time, much anxiety is felt here over the safely. of several hundred children in a war orphanage the hills, Telephonic communica interrupted, tion with the orphanage has been
It is understood, however, that a dugout, constructed from finds recently " publicly donated, was near completion, and it, Is hoped that may have' afforded shelter for the children during last night's raid, An official communique issued here this morning states:
"Between 20 and 30 Japanese bombers, in three or four groups, dropped bombs on several places on' the outskirts of Chungking."
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