Residents generally take air-raid alarms calmly. After long blasts of siren, the first alarm, people could be seen still moving about in streets, some merely quickening their steps. The second alarm, short and quick blasts, which is sounded generally ten or fifteen minutes after the first one, finds a much smaller number of people left in streets.
Wherever possible, people seek shelter in dug-outs. These are few in streets built of stone and paved with asphalt. Here, sand-bags are generally piled high on the pavement buildings. under the canopy of tall, concrete
Striking examples of calmness and courage are displayed by the authorities and workers of Doumer hospital which: is operated by French missionaries, and Hackett Hospital, run by American. missionaries. The former is located in the power station Anking, June 24.
The drive of Japanese forces up the Yangtze River is progressing steadily and Chinese propaganda to the contrary is false, Japanese military authorities here announced this affer-noon, The Yangtze has risen greatly due to the rainfall which has lasted three weeks, they said. The river overflowed its banks about 50 kilometres upstream? from Anking but no serious damage is expected the Japanese authorities said—Domei,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.