Indo-China, Apr, 30.
A large formation of Japanese Army aircraft, conducting its third expedition against Chungking's military establishments in South China, turned Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, into a flaming city as ihe Japanese motion observed the birthday of the Emperor today, Japanese planes heavily bombed a military, school, munitions plants and warehouses as they roared over the important centre of Chiang Kaishek's war industry, the Headquarters of the Japanese Expeditionary Force io French Indo-China announced, yesterday evening, The Japanese aircraft, which did not meet a single Chinese plane, returned safely to their base, despite anti-aircraft fire, the communique stated, The communique also disclosed that another formation of Japanese planes, on the same day, attacked the headquarters of Chungking's Sist Army at Shangchin, near the French Indo-China frontier, inflicting severe Josses on the Chinese troops, All the Japanese planes returned safely to their base,—Domei, Dr, Quo expressed similar sentiments following his conversations and said that after talking with Mr. Hull he was "greatly encouraged" over the prospect of fine-American co-opera tion.
Quo said he learned that the United States already was sending material to aid China and that he found President Roosevelt strongly interested in helping China.
Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese Ambassador to. Washington who was with Dr. Quo, interjected that materials were going from the United States to China "in ever increasing amounts."
Dr. Quo is visiting here while en route to Chungking where he will assume the Foreign Minister's port-jeho in the Chungking Government.
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