Shihchiachwang, Feb. 16.
Continuing the mopping-up ope: tions in Central Hopei, Japanese troops on Tuesday routed 400 guerilla remnants of the Eighth Route Army near Peihsingtien, west of the Ching River, belated' field Gispatches declared.
Four hundred Chinese troops were routed in the vicinity of Peitsetou, 15 kin. south of Ki-hsien, on Monday.
Japanese troops engaged Chinese troops in fifteen battles this week in Central Hopei, during which time the Chinese abandoned 537 dead while 31 prisoners were taken.
Booty taken by the Japanese consisted of 77 rifles, seven machine guns, 1,500 rounds of ammunition, 5500 hand grenades and fourteen land mines, the reports said—Domei, Berlin High Mass for Late Pope Berlin, Feb. 16.
A requiem high mass for the late Pope Pius XI was celebrated by the Apostolic Nuncio, Mgr. Orsenigo in the cathedral of St. Hedwig here today in the presence of the diplomatic corps. Chancellor Hitler was represented by the chief of the presidential chancellery, the Minister of State, Dr. Meissner, while the Foreign Minister, Herr von Ribbentrap, was represented by the Secretary of State, Baron von Weizsaecher, and Chief of Protocol, Baron Doernberg.—Trans-Ocean.
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