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Tientsin, To-day.
The audience attending yesterday afternoon's per- formance at the Capitol Theatre, situated in the ex-German Concession, was badly fright- ened when two deafening explosions occurred at short intervals.
The explosions are believed to have been caused by incendiary bombs, as the theatre was imme- diately set on fire.
The audience hurriedly left the Concession, which is owned by the theatre, which was quickly cleared, same Japanese company. The then- as there were not many people tre was slightly damaged.-Reuter. watching the show.
Apart from one or two who were mauled in the rush to leave it is believed there were no casualties.
LEAFLETS STREWN
During the interval, the floor of the cinema had been found to be
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upon Chinese not to patronise the theatre as it was said to be Japanese-own- ed.
Fire brigades from the British and Japanese Concessions rushed to the scene to cope with the out- break.
AMERICAN SUGAR QUOTA
Washington, To-day. Mr. Henry A. Wallace, Secretary) of Agriculture, has announced that sugar quotas will be reduced in accordance with the revised estim- ate of domestic consumption.
The estimate is 6,780,000 short tons, compared with 6,861,000 There was a similar occurrence short tons in the December estim- at the Star Theatre, in the French ate. Reuter.
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Shanghai, To-day..
The Japanese spokesman this morning announced that Japan- ese planes raided Nanyang aerodrome, in Kwangtung, destroying five out of seven machines on the ground. Reuter.
Shanghai, To-day. Semi-official Japanese reports claim that the occupation of Keifeng, capital of Honan pro- vince, was completed by the Japanese this morning-Reu- ter.
Dairen, To-day.
A large fire broke out at the wharves yesterday morning and was not yet under control late last evening.
Many godowns owned by the South Manchuria Railway Com- pany were damaged and quanti- ties of merchandise destroyed.
The wharf brigades were re- inforced by fire stations as well as volunteers in fighting the blaze. Reuter.
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Canton, 11.45 a.m., To-day.
The sky was practically black with planes when the Japanese carried out the se- cond raid from 10.30 to 11.10 this morning.
At least 40 to 50 planes took part in the bombing, which was continuous and deafening, drowning out even the roar of the machines as they power-dived towards their objectives.
These included the Pearl River bridge, the old power house оп the Bund, the Government offices and the rairoad stations.
Bombs again fell on Wong hon and Taihang Roads, the residential district near Cen- tral Park and Sun Yat-sen University.
Observers of previous raids predict further very heavy casualties, and it seems the raiders will not be satisfied until this once-proud city is reduced to a shambles.
Foreigners on Shameen counted the explosions of forty-two high power bombs, after which they lost count, and it is believed that nearly 100 missiles altogether. were dropped.
One raider who power dived on the Pearl River bridge flew low over Sha- meen, and when he came out of his dive the insignia on his wings could plainly be.
seen.
Everybody is asking "How long will this be allowed to last?" and is wondering if the outside world is suffi- ciently informed of the terri- fic sufferings of the helpless civilian population.-Reuter.
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Canton, To-day. Only by reason of the tre- mendous exodus of people from Canton can the toll of to-day's systematic bombing of the city be less than Saturday's carnage. Even so, a preliminary estimate places the killed and injur- ed at over a thousand.
One 500-lb. bomb dropped in a crowded tenement area and hundreds must have been killed and injured in this spot alone. Correspondent.
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