The Archive · 1939

Tale Alarm

Chengtu, July 7.

The sounding of the alr raid alarm half an hour after" midnight Wednesday rudely awakened the populace from their slumber, but happily. it turned out to be a false alarm as no raiders appeared. The all-clear" was sounded two hours hater, at 230 am.

Owing to the dismantling of port of the city wall. beside acts ate, Jereating new exits, evscustion of the ety, is now rach osa 1 for five Innes are being put into operation and the city is now {hottes" prepared for Japanese air attacks.

'Seventy university and theological students have left Chengtu in three tucks to spend their summer vacation by helping the wounded, under [the auspices of the National' Chris-tan "Service Council for Wounded [Soldiers in Transit—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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