Places; Subscribers Put Out of Service investigation by Company officials d that this cable, containing He was collapsed rushed to happened one. At about the same ti other Japanese gendarme was shot headquarters in south-eastern Kansu on the Yellow River, a Japanese Chinese Army communique claimed last Japanese and pre-Japanese officials started investigations at once and the city gates were closed earlier than night. One of the biggest Chinese air bases is in the town.
All the Japanese planes returned to their bases safely, the communique said.
Two large squadrons of crack Army planes took off for Lanchow in clear but bitterly cold weather. One squadron flying in advance of the other showered heavy bombs on military establishments and artillery positions in and around the city before Chinese planes had time to take off for combat.
Following closely after the first squadron the second unit concentrated its missiles on about 40 planes at the aerodrome and maneuvered to battle 20 others which took to the air. The majority of the planes on the ground were destroyed, the communique claimed.
During the past few months several pro-Japanese Chinese officials and four Japanese military officers were two just -yung, chief of political police in the district, was murdered about a fortnight ago, but while the case was still being investigated the terrorists made two Japanese their targets of attack.
The Ministry of Interior of the "Reformed Government" at Nanking has appointed Mr. K. Hsieh, general secretary ofthe Hangchow Municipal Government, to succeed the late Mr. C. Ho, the late Hangchow Mayor who was recently assassinated by gunmen at his home.
Eleven planes were shot down by the second Japanese squadron. A plane piloted by Lieut. Shimizu downed four Chinese, craft although it was surrounded by eight attackers and hit by 52 machine-gun bullets.
Bight Japanese planes were hit by bullets but none: were shot down, the communique asserted.
A. Japanese sergeant and a newspaper man were wounded.
Some of the raiders flew over Sian, capital of Shensi, and Paoki on the western border of Shensi. No Chinese planes were seen there—Domei. two poles to collapse.
All Hungjao telephone subscribers are out of service and, while everything is being done by the Company until some time Wednesday on morning.
Sunday evening's theft is the fourteenth of its kind that has taken place in the Hungjao district since May, 1938. In every case the crime has resulted in the isolation of telephone subscribers, to say nothing of financial loss to the Company.
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