THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 13, 1939
JAPANESE CARRY OUT MASS MASSACRE ATTEMPT AT LOYANG
Loyang, To-day. After a midweek respite, massacre from the air was resumed by the Japanese air force yesterday morning when sixteen planes, in groups of seven and nine, bombed Loyang. The Japanese airmen chose as their target crowded residential sections of the city, where they dumped at least eighty missiles.
-JAPAN'S
MUGE BUDGET
Tokyo, To-day.
1939/40 Japan's budget for amounts to 10;410 million yen. It includes the ordinary budget 3,694- millions yen., extraordinary mili-· tary budget for the China inci- dent 4,605 millions, and the sup- plementary budget for the Navy and War Ministries, 910 millions -Reuter.
STAR FERRY INCIDENT
IT IS NOW STATED, IN CON- NECTION WITH THE STAR FERRY INCIDENT ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THAT MR. E. O. RE- PRICH'S FALL INTO THE HAR- BOUR WAS ACCIDENTAL.
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More than 400 houses were de- molished. Due to the timely warn ing given by the air defence thorities, the houses were evacuat- ed before the arrival of the raiders, which accounted for the relatively
casualties small number of
(40 killed) in proportion to the houses, destroyed.
First aid corps were immediately at the bombed area giving medical relief to the victims. A number the of people buried alive under debris were dug out and sent to hospitals for treatment.
re-
A message from Tungkwan ports that a number of small vil- lages in Shensi, including Wangkia- chuan, Fumintsun, Sinmingtaun, Wangkialing and Shaoyang, were also bombed by the Japanese air force yesterday. Thirty-six ma- chines passed "Tungkwan the morning, heading westward along the Yellow River-Central News.
NAVAL ORDER
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TO MOVE JUNKS
Mr. Reprich, who recently re-u turned to the Colony from a visit
to Germany to recuperate afteria. OUT OF
ABERDEEN
serious illness, had been to a party at the Gloucester Hotel, and felt unwell during the ferry crossing. He told the "China Mail" that he was, leaning over the side, felt giddy, and found himself falling Rumours flew thick and fast into the water. In falling he through Aberdeen during the struck his arm on the side of the week-end as the result of an order ferry and it is feared that he suf-served on fishing junks, under the fered a fracture.
Emergency Regulations, requir- He was taken out of the water ing them to move from their pre- by a police launch after fifteen sent moorings, and to anchor in- minutes, and is now out of hos- stead at Wong Chuk Hang, near pital, with his arm in a sling, but Aberdeen. otherwise none the worse for his experience.
The junks complied with the orders which were delivered by the naval authorities, through the
CENTRAL HUPEH water police.
FIGHTING LULL
Ichang, To-day.
Official explanation is that Aberdeen Harbour has been silt- ing up, and that it has become de- sirable for surveying craft to sound depths of water in the
After a full week of bitter fight-channel. ing, war
in
central Hupeh along Junks were ordered to keep]
clear.
the Hankow-chang, highway and west of Chungsiang across the Han River came to a complete stand-
still at the week-end, Central PACIFIC
News.
"NIKS
DEFENCE CONFERENCE
London, To-day.
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