British economic pres:
Japanese efforts to construct a new order in East Asia was becoming more and more apparent, the "Nich Nichi" chain of newspapers repo today on the basis of reliable infor: ation The papers reported that a 40 per cent, increase in prices being made on some commo for Japanese only," and that a change from f.0.b. freight rates to Lif was making it virtually impossible to ship goods to Japan, It was reported, according to the papers, that importing agents British products had been given instructions from British Government sources which make the importation of those articles difficult However. Japanese official circles denied all knowledge of these actions and expressed doubt of the an henticity of the reports.—Domei. tion upon the helpless city, the planes dropped bomb after bomb.
Occupants of the dugouts could hear the shriek of falling missiles and knew from the terrific concussion of result-plosions that many of the bombs falling close at hand. After ug and diving until their bomb-were empty, the planes circled ver the burning city and then ared into the distance.
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