Japanese Believed to Have Bombed Wanhsien Chungking, Mar. 29.
Chungking has had two false air raid alarms within 24 hours. The most exciting experience was, when shortly after 9 o'clock last night, the air raid alarm sounded just when the streets were crowded with people, the theatres were packed, and the restaurants filled with diners.
There was a wild scramble for shelter, motor-cars, buses, trucks, rickshaws and sedan-chairs rushing in all directions, while the side-walks were jammed with pedestrians, Searchlights combed the sky for the invaders. The all-clear signal sounded one hour later. It is believed in some circles that the air raid alarm was given for the purpose of testing the defence against a night raid.
The alarm again sounded at noon today, and Chinese pursuit planes were seen cruising high above the city, but no raiders appeared, The "all clear" sounded shortly afterwards.
The second alarm was sounded in Chungking, it was learnt, when 18 Japanese bombers were sighted above Wanhsien, on the Yangtze River, halfway between Ichang and Chungking, but the raiders, after passing Wanhsien, turned back and probably bombed Wanhsien—Reuter.
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