Tathoku, uly 9, Lieut-Gen. Jun Ushiroku, former Commander of the Japanese' Expeditionary Forces in. South China who has been appointed Chief of Staff of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in China, arrived here today noon by plane' from Canton, He called on Lieut,-General Masaharu Homma, Commander of the. Formosan Garrlson. The new Chief of Staff will leave for Tokyo by air on July 11.—Domei, Welcomed and Cursed 'Chungking, July 'To the joy of millions of Szechuen farmers, whose crops "had been threatened by a forinights dry spell, there were heavy showers last night 'The. weather, "however, cleared this morning, with bright sunshine fand, intense' Neat' once again pre-valling, Last. night's rain, although tem= porarily hailing the intensive day and Bight Bombing of Chungking by the Japanese, caused the greatest discom-Tort to the 600,000 people of the city, as most of them are living in roofless houses, "Thousands woke up" this morning soaked through, With the intense summer heat and Jdamago to water mains by bombing, the most popular people in Chung king today are. water-carriers, water is obtainable for drinking oF Bathing. "ahd" water-carriers are charging $4 a barrel. of water Reuter.
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