On Thursday evening, when the Japanese raiders were approaching Chungking, Mr. Weiggle took off in In. addition 10 the $1,000,000 set wide for the relief of Chungking refugees, the Government has appropriated another $1,000,000 for the Construction of fire lanes within the tity proper. All Government "and Party' offices and staffs are con {ributing at least_one month's salary towards the relief of refugees.
The Chinese Government his. also Issued an official mandate, placing the Municipality of Chungking under the direct Jurisdiction of the Bxecutive Yuan, Mr, Hsu Shih-ying, Chair= man of the Reliot Commission, who was formerly the Chinese" Ambassador in Tokyo, arrived here yes~ terday afternoon by alr from Hong-Kong to assist In the relief work.
'AE the same time, it is significant that the Hsin Hua' Jib Pao, the official organ of the Chinese Com-Munist Party, which issued a paper Independently yesterday, "suspended 8 {raining aeroplane. While taking 9 lis publication today and joined in sharp bank, the engine stalled und the "Chungking Joint Daily," which the machine crashed, killing Mr.|is now published jointly by ten Weiggle instantly. By a curious ' papers,—Reuter. who had taken part in the Chungking raid had arrived in the city on Frie Gay and that the full facts of the} raid were now known, He added that the attack was made at dusk, heavy fire from Chinese antiaircraft) batteries being plainly visible. The attack, according to the spokesman was directed ayainst these batteries of which there were between 40 and 50, Immediately following the bombing, he went on, the batlones were silenced but other batteries on the opposite side of the river continued to fire, Fifteen Jap: Naval Alr Have aval' Als ose
Fitleen Japanese naval non-com~ missioned emeers lost their lives in Wednesday's bombing raid against Chungking, war capital of the Nationalist regime, It was revealed today, Included" were the crews of {Wo Japanese bombers that crashed {in flames during a combat with Chinese fighting planes, The deceased held the ranks of fest class to third class warrant Answering @ questioner, who asked it the Chinese guns had fred blanks as there had been no reports Japanese aeroplanes being shot down, the spokesman stated that It was simeult to say how many shots were registered as that" would amount to giving away the accuracy fof the Chinese fire. Several Japanese planes, however, had been damaged ud others were rocked by the force of the explosions.
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