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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1998.
Insurgents Bomb and Sink British Steamer
BRITISH PROTEST NOTE APPARENTLY WHOLLY IGNORED
Heavy Loss of Life When Planes Raid Granoller
Valencia, May 31. Within a few hours of the Insurgent the strong authorities at Burgos receiving British note of protest regarding the sinking
of
steamer the British last Wednesday Thorpehall, with the loss of three British lives, comes news of another similar incident.
Carrying out an air raid on Valencia to-day, Insurgent planes dropped bombs on the 1,988-ton British freighter Penthames, which was lying in the harbour.
Three bombs struck the ship, not known immediately. It is
whether there were any casualties.
The Penthames was built in 1909.
on the Clyde, and was formerly the i Comtesse de Flandre, owned by
French shipping Brm.
The present owners are the Pep-
tu on Steamship Company Ltd, of
Leach r
United Press,
Terrible Loss Of
Lffe At Granoller
Barcelona, May 31. An heavy insurgent air raid was. carried out on Granoller, north of Barcelona, this morning.
the city, in a tele- ! The Mayor phonic interview with United Preas states that between 350 and 400 were killed and 800 were wounded,
Subsequent official figures issued at Rarcelona state that 100 were killed and 150 wounded in the raid. -United Press.
Loyalist Reprisals
which sank at present
CHINESE GAINS IN SHANSI
Japanese Driven From
Tsishan
Tungkwrn, June 1
the city Chinese Smushing to troops are engaging in bloody street fighting with the Japanese le Tsishen, of the Fer on the northern back River.
The greater part of the city us Chinese, by the been re-decupled who are now "mopping up the Jap- anese cornered in the noern sec- tions.
Barcelona, May 31. In retaliation for the Insurgent ut- tack on Granollers in which 100 were
Meanwhile, the Chinese recapture killed and 450 injured. squadron raided Palma de Majorca | of Chiensten, another town in south Shanst, la revealed in a report from to-day.
Loyalist
CHINESE
VICTORY
CLAIMED
Furious Aerial Battle Fought Above Hankow
Hankow, June 1. The Chinese claim to have won
a signal victory in the air when Japanese raiders attempted to bomb Hankow yesterday.
NATIONS ARGUE ABOUT COST OF WITHDRAWAL OF SPAIN VOLUNTEERS London, May 31. The cost of withdrawing volunteers from Spain was dealt with at the sub-Committee's meeting of the Non-Intervention Committee to-day.
The estimated cost of the collection, transportation and maintenance of volunteers in concentration camps is between £1,000,000 and £1,500,000, while the cost of sea transport of volunteers homewards is £750,000.
cost of is proposed that the It collection and maintenance shall be It was a desperate air battle, burne equally by Great Britain. the first to be staged in liankow France, Russia, Germany and Italy, since the terrific combat be-the Ave Great Powers participating in the Non-Intervention Committee, tween Chinese and Japanese awhile the cost of sen transport whi
be borne proportionately by countries whose volunteers are re- month ago,
patriated.
It is reliably reported that 14 aut of Japanese planes were shut down
Chinese pursuit pilots,
<i
the
Lord Plymouth, Chairman of the Committee, said that Great Britain was willing to contribute, and the German and Itullan representatives undertook to refer the matter to their Governments.
Aviation Headquarters chims to enemy planes downed, 12 at Jankow and three at Sukow.
Fifty-four Japanese and 50 Chinese
The Soviet representatives, how- planes fought over the clty. As the
port and maintenance of volunteers suburba Chinese, patrolling high should be borne by the countries who Japanese drew near the north-west ever, declared that the cost of trans-
A had volunteers In Spain-Reuter,
above Bankow, swooped down. A
furious engagement followed at great height,
right, the Chinese attacking In
three groups
One pilot came down by parachute. Twn Chinese planes were forced down at the nerodrome.
The
Japanese planes eventualy bandoned the attempt to bomb the elty
CITY APPREHENSIVE
The most desperate engagement north-west ik
the Over suburbs when the Chinese 33]:ጓገር•ቲ፡ Arst upped the Japanese raiders.
Memwale,
More Japanese the Chincre apprehensively
45
appeared, 1 ruidors
populace became
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CZECHS'
PROTEST REJECTED
Germany Denies Violations Of Frontier
Berlin, May 31. The Czech Minister to Berlin this evening handed a Note to Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, the Foreign Minister, protesting alleged and specified frontier violations by German aeroplanes.
Contact With against fifteen
Kidnappers Established
Federal Authorities
Not Interfering With Negotiations
Princetown, Penn., May 31. excited, due to the recent
Mr. James B. Cash announced lose of life in Canton, and reports of
indiscriminate at 6 o'clock this morning that he the possibility bombing of Hankow,
had established successful con- Bejant p paneset with the kidnappers of his Bunlar participating in the raid as 36 pursuit 5% year-old'son, who was seized bombers, although on Saturday evening while his Planes and 18 independent observers believe that mother was abant helping Mr. these gures are somewhat ex Cash count the receipts of a aggerated
nearby general store.
The abductors are believed to have
left two notes, demanding a ransom of $10,000,
The Chinese reports state that the Japanese bombers Immediately turn- ed back on the appearance of the de- fenders, while the Japanese pursuit
Mr. Cash refuses to reveal whether planes fought a rearguard battle.
Meanwhile, Chinese planes from he is paid the ransom. He stated, another aerodrome intercepted and however, that he expected to The Loyalist planes carried out Shanchow.
It trapped the returning bombers which, advised at any moment regarding the extensive bombing operations, set-
Sunounded by the Chinese
to profeet whereabouts of the child. without pursuit planes the Japanese Inside Ling five to three trawlers forming
Federal muthorities did not inter. part of General Franco's blockading several days,
Chienhsten made a desperate attempt them, were comparatively defence-
less.
claim to The Chinese
have fere with Mr. Cash's attempts to re-¡ neet.
Five tri-motored Insurgent planes to break through the Chinese cordon
They succeeded in foreing brought down three of the bombers cover the child by methods demand- Granollers, yesterday.
as a result of this move. carried out the ruid on
jed by the abiluctors. dropping 40 bomba In the centre of 4 way out of the east gate and re- the city and destroying 30 buildings. trented towards the cast,
Among the victims were women and children who had lined up for food rations at one of the depots.
After
their
bomba
dropping dying in
Insurgent strafed
planca,
formation,
with machine-guns.
The
the
the
One Chinese column entered the ity in the wake of the enemy's with drawal while another followed in freak pursuit.
perfect population It is reported that the Japanese at Yancheng north-east of Chichsien, bombed numbering about 300, withdrew in a
May 30.- Sagunto, killing one and wounding northerly direction un
where Central News ten. Castellon de la Plana. several houses were destroyed, and
Insurgents Also
Sandrin und
persons were
Badalona, where ten killed. United Press.
Pohsien Besieged
Hankow, June 1. Grave tension prevatis at Polisten. on the Kwo River in north Anhwei,
Armed Turks according to military advices
Lead Uprising In Antioch
Three Killed In Fresh Outbreak
re-
ceived from the front late last night. Concentrating their artillery fire on The cast, west and south city gates, the Japanese are attacking the city.
The
In addition, the Chinese chum to However, Mr. Edgar Hoover, Chief have brought down 12 Japanese of the famous "G" Men, is reported pursuit planes, making the
to be en route Princetown
to
by Japanese losses 15 phones-Reuter, aeroplane.
Mr. Cash is the owner of a chnin Plane Japanese
of petrol-filling stations in Pennsyl- vania. Down
toll
Shot
Two cases of kidnapping occurred Chengchow, June 1. Inst week. In addition to the kid- While conducting reconnaissance napping of the Cash Infant, Betty over the Chinese positions along the Ray, the four-year-old daughter of Lunghai Railway, a Japanese piane Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harboard, of Wat- was brought down by Chinese anti-sonville, California, is believed aircraft gunfire yesterday.
have been seized.
it
to
The machine burst into flames as Visitors to the casino at Santa Cruz. fell near Hinglungchi, east of where the Harboards were boliday- Kaifeng-Central News.
Japanese Planes Raid Many Cities
Hankow, June 1. Havoc was wrought by Japanese
Ing. say they saw a plump, dark- complexioned woman leading a small girl away.-United Preas.
MONEY PAID CHILD MISSING
Princetown, May 31.
A brother of the family, Mr. W. P. Japanese Infantrymen, iried to settle planes in many cities besides Canton Cash, confirmed that the father had the cky walls with ladders. Chinese defenders stubbornly resist- yesterday, recording to reports re- delivered U. S. $10,000 to a rendez- ceived here, including Lishul, Chu-vous near a negro shack on the out- ed, repulsing attack after uitück. The chow, Ningpo, Foochow and Chuan-skirts of the city. elty was still in Chinese hands late
chow.
The ransom money was left at the inst night.
At Lishui, about 250 kilometres desig
signated spot before dawn, e south-east of Kinhwa, in Chettiang, kidnappers promising, if Instructions Japanese machines dumped were carried out, to advise by tele- about 70 bombs in various parts of phone where the boy would be found. Noon passed, however, without any elvillans.
telephone call, and Federal agents city, kliling and wounding about 85
Chuchow In west Cheklang, was fear that it is futile to hope that the bombed by six Japanese aircraft, kidnappers will endanger themselves which released more than 30 bombs. by making any attempt to re-establish Five persone
killed were
and 28 contact with the parents, wounded.
Severe Oghting also broke out in
nine Surrounded Alexandretta, May 31.
the outskirts yesterday. and killed
four Three were
number overwhelming by an wounded in Antioch it a renewed demonstrations led by armed Turka, Japanese troops, and subjected to in- To cope with the terrorism, the cessant artillery and aerial bombard- millary authorities have erected ment, a Chinese battalion sustained barricades and have restricted motor heavy casualties.-Central News. traffic.
In addition resklents are being
moved to safer districts.
Troops marched into and occupied
Antioch yesterday.-Reuter.
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At 3 pm, three hours after the Six Japanese planes carried out a stipulated time, 300 angry farmers rald on Ningpo in the afternoon. gathered in preparation for a search More than 30 missiles were dropped, of the entire countryside-United
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Foochow was severely attacked in the morning by five Japanese raiders coming from Quemoy Island. Over 20 bombs were dropped, most of on the outskirts. In the afternoon the invading planes staged a second raid.
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280 HOLIDAY DEATHS
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San Francisco, May 31.
Official German circles declare that the Czech allegations are completely unfounded.-Reuter.
Claim Huge Chinese Loss At Hsuchow
Tokyo, May 31.
In an official recapitulation of the story of the Battle for Hsuchow. Imperial Headquar tera claims that the Chinese casusilies in and around tho city to May 24 totalled 240,000.
Of these, 103,000 were killed.-— United Press.
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