Manila, May 4.
Twenty thousand persons were homeless here today a3 Gremen mo} ed up after a 5,000,000 pesos blaze Which destroyed the Tondo business and residential section last night, Fifty Chinese general merchandise stores' and hundreds of Chinese bamboo houses were razed during the fire which swept through 40 square blocks and" destroyed some 1.200 homes in all, 'A number of Chinese residents of the section were missing, but the Amown death toll remained at three early today.
"The blaze, which raged for hours before firemen drought it under control shortly before midnight, was the largest in' Mania' history—United ress.
'At a Japanese Naval 'Air "Base, Apr, 30, Japanese naval aircraft yesterday Jafternoon raided several important JChungking troops' bases on the border of Szechuen Province and in {the southern part of Hunan Province, inflicting severe losses upon them, according to a communique issue by jthe Press Section of the Japanese Central""'China "Seas Fleet today Filipinos Arrested for
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