The Archive · 1939

Spokesman's Comment

Tokyo, May 4. on Wednesday's. raid Chungking, spokesman of the Navy Olllee said today that the Japanese pilots had been strictly me ducted to diveer their attacks against Chinese military establishments, and to take scrupulous care not to attack civilian quarters or foreign property.

Japanese pilots carried maps of king on which the locations of "ign property were marked with red ink, the spokesman said.—Dome Second Maid yard, ok sailed through the ud Janded near the entrance 10 the dugout drated four in the dugout, -Keuter's correspondent saw seven big tires within a radii of, 300 yards.

The 'streets wi people

res, some led, ray blazing their ful Due to the lack of stretelers Chungking, May 4.

Chungking was raided by Japanese succession, ing casualties planes today, for the second day in

Dflieilly' estimated. at between 800 It is officially: a swe bombers participated two ps bombs One Japanese xi, was shot dow The announcement says:

The Japanese pines apparently ntrated on certain military ext= fablisliments which were moved some their poor es, doors were torn down to our the severely injured.

western suburbs known nue pice New City, were left practically touched ti The south the se wae also hot bombed except phiee a Tat distance up tiver, where appa the Japanese raiders made the Lighted candles burned at the doors of houses, thus telling that at Toast tine of the intnates had been killed. collins. inside the pave some apparently already' dead. total aatmber of casualties is belie to be at least 200,—Reuter. ving ne there: halt of the Highs, and tte The Chi Biggest to Date A Japanese Naval Air Buse, May 4 Yesterday's naval a a capital of the Japanes had not set bee The National sending relief units to the tected.

to distribute food and make for the thousands of homeless. shot dow planes in a combat last Bombs started 23 places and the city was veloped. in searing Madame Chiang Kal-shake TI, Kung, President of the Exeet ound Minister of Finance, inspected the bombs convened in the eily for a secret cut ference of the Supreme National ted order to raid Cinngking was given yesterday afte the Japanese naval craft, took off one by one from an undisclosed slight knee injury: 2 on the same street collapsed durin yesterday's raid—Reul

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