The fire is so intense and widespread that it is beyond human efforts to save buildings. So many incen diary bombs have been dropped that streets are covered with greenish-yellow sulphur dust. AIL troops, gendarmes, the engineering corps and volunteers have been mobilized to fight the fires and maintain order. Destruction is so extensive that it far exceeds the havoc wrought by the bombings in May, 1939.
Emerging from a dug-out immedily after the third group of raiders had dropped their missiles this afternoon, Reuters Correspondent saw 27 Japanese bombers flying low against the sunlight, like silver toys, over the lower city, probably observing results of their raid and taking pictur The raiders were greeted by heavy Chinese anti-aircraft fire, but so far as is known no raiders have been shot down.—Reuter.
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