A Japanese Air Base, Mar. 19, Japanese Army airerafi. today resumed their attacks upon Siangyang Missionary Dead in Raid On Pingkiang Chungking, Mar, 19, lis been confirmed that the Rev, G.. Leigh, 35, of the Euallsh Aettodist" Asionary. Society, was tilled ducing the Japaneeo bombing of Pingkiang on March 15. Mr. Leigh, fceompanied by Mr. Dang, his cook and seven. members of the' cook's famuy, took refuge In'a dugout near the Paijen school A bomb fell dle reetly-on the dugout, instantly killing Mr, Leigh, the cook and the cook's entire family. Mr. Clark was slightly
on aad but managed' to dig himself Teverend E.G. Baker, of the English Methodist Missionary Soctety at Changsha, left for Pingkiang March i? 10 Investigate the report that a British "missionary had Been dulled: there, On his Feiurn to Changsha, he said that" the "body of MMe. Leigh had already been. recovered. from_ the dugout and would be buried in Pingxiang. He added thet. the Societys hhaspital, the Paijen School and resi-dances of foreign missionaries, which Were situated in the western section of the ell, had Union Jacks painted fon their roofs and wore also fying them. Altogether four bombs, he ald, landed in the compounds of the Hospital, school and. evidences, one of which hit the dugout 'Mfrs. Leigh and. a. four-year-old doughier "are at present. in London. Mr. Leigh rt came to China in 1081 He' went {0 England in 1097, from Where he. returned to China Sanuary of this year.—Reuter, British Property Bombed Shanghai, Mar, 17, A British missionary and 40 Chinese students studying in his school, called the Pel Yuan School, were killed on March 12 shortly' before noon in Pingkiang, north-east of Changsha when 18 Japanese planes raided the district, according to a Chinese telegram from Changsha yesterday.
The telegram, which appeared in the evening edition of the "Sin Wan Pao," stated that more than 100 bombs were dropped. One British missionary hospital and the above mentioned school were bombed, but the extent of damage was not seribed.
The Chinese name of the British missionary, said to be a Louder was said in Chinese to be Li Hsieh-pong, confirmation could be obtained last night from missionary circles, Both the damaged British hospital and school were covered with big British flags which can not be mistaken by planes, fying even at a altitude of 3,000 kilometres, the re-Port stated, Tientsin Central Bank Uses F.R.B, Notes Tientsin, Mar. 15, Regarded here as signifying a capitulation by the Chungking-controlled Central Bank of China, the Jocal branch of the institution yosterday began dealing in Federal Reserve Bank notes, The Central Bank of China's office here, located in the British Concession, began exchanging its own notes of small denomination amounting to loss than $10 with FRB. notes -at par.
In cases of amounts exceeding $10, the Central Bank issued cheques drawn against the Joint Reserve Board of the Chinese Native Banks and Bankers' Association. Payment of these cheques is effected in FRB. notes, Hitherto, the Central Bank refused to deal in FRB, notes, Ils own nolos, as well as those of the Bank of China, the Bank of Communications and the Farmers' Bank of China, were outlawed by the "Provisional Government" on March and Fancheng, major Chinese military bases in. central Hupeh province, which were subjected to a severe Vombardment on Friday. In the inioming and in the afternoon, power ful Japanese squadrons raided the two towns, strategically located along the upper Han River.
force of about 1,000 Chinese troops, concentrated at the site of the former military academy st Siangyang, was dispersed. In' the moming attack, when several othe: military' establishments in the towa were also attacked. The uflernoon raid caused several fires in both towns, In contrast to the intensive anti. aiveraft fire that greeted the Japanese raiders on Friday, the Japanese bombers were able to' operate today without any "Chinese aerial er artillery opposition—Domei
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