Yesterday; Chinese Planes Retaliate at Anlu Chungking, May 29.
Chungking University was badly damaged, and several students, it is learned, were killed and injured when Japanese atreraft raided the western outskirts of the war-time capital at noon today. Valuable scientific instruments in laboratories, it is understood, were destroyed. Central University, however, is reported to be untouched.
Several fires were started on the outskirts, but on this occasion the bombing' was farther away than yesterday's attack. A second group of nine machines passed Chungking but did not drop any bombs, though meeting anti-aircraft fire. A third group never came within the limits of the city.
The Chinese now claim that two Japanese bombers were shot down yesterday afternoon by anti-aircraft fire. It is stated that three groups of bombers, of 36, 26 and 36 machines respectively, also several scouting planes, took part in yesterday's raid on Chungking.
Hu Tso-lung, leader of a squadron of fighters, was wounded in an aerial engagement above Chungking.
Most of the bombs dropped here yesterday afternoon were demolition bombs, hence few fires were started. Many unexploded duds are still awaiting removal at several places. There is one dud immediately outside the Foreign Press Hostel, where all foreign correspondents are staying.
Despite the severe bombings during the past ten days, Chinese newspapers appeared "as usual this morning.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.