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Mass Air Raids In Interior
ATTEMPTS TO KILL CHIANG KAI-SHEK?
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
Astronomer Royal Ends Dreams Of Novelists
LONDON, Nov. 9.
MR. HOWARD SPENCER JONES, the Astronomer loyal, dashed the hopes of countless novelists to-day by expressing his belief that life existed only on the earth in our planetary system.
existed
In the Hght of modern knowledge, life
on Mars. Modern he ank, there could be only two research tended to show that there cumpelitarn-Mars and Venus.
Was no oxygen on this planel
If life existed on Venus it would Mr. Spencer Jones apologised for be of is most primitive farm, disillusioning novelists and readers of
It was extremely improbable that [fictions.
BRITAIN
CHUNGKING, Nov. B. INDICATING CON- TINUED JAPANESE at- tempts to kill Generalíssimo
Nicht-Nicht chain of newspaper Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese points out in a press message. reports state that Japanese Yunnaniu, the capital of Yunnan planes yesterday continued Province, is only 750 miles from to make very severe raids now and 520 miles from Canton, on Hengyang, where Chiang Chiang Kai-shelt, he declares, is Kai-shek is reported to apparently making a fourth and pos- have made his headquar-y #nat atempt to reorganise the Chinese air tören with bases estab- ished at Lanchow, capital of Kansu However, this part of the Province,
capital Yunnontu, Yunnan Province, and report cannot be confirmed.
The Japanese raids have in-capital of Szechuan Province, gt,
which bases Bighter planes of the creased since they repaired the type of Soviet manufacture, Gloster: MINISTER OF HEALTH,
ters..
the correspondent observes,
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DECLARES WAR ON CANCER
Attempt To Check Dreadful Disease
LONDON, Nov. 8.
Mr. Walter Elliot, to-day an- Wuhan aerodromes where hugediators of Briush matte, and De-nounced that the Government fleets have been recently based. woitines of French manufacture,
Chungking had on air raid alarm totong 200 in number, have been would introduce a bill in the present sessions for the es- this morning, but no planes appeared, insigned.-Domel.
tablishment of a cancer service. Initial reports state that severe air des have taken place at Batung. battles
!making available modern facili- Liangaben and Hanchung, in south Shen, but the results are not known.
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It is noteworthy that Sir Archibald Kerr and Chiang Kai-shek re-
to-day. turning
JAPANESE MASS RAIDS Chungking, Nov.
Besides bombing: Chung in Se-ties for its diagnosis and treat- churn, Japanese aircraft also raided ment overthe whole of England yesterday tengyang and Hengshan and Wales.
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a conference at Heng m Human, Nuneding in Kungs, Mortality rates from cancer, said yang during the week-end during Shhung, Lukpo ราค Lakenong in Mr. Ellot, have been rising atendity which time the Japanese made Kwangtung,
and the disease reportaj for many years, frequent air raids on the elty,
caused nearly 70.000 deaths a year LAUGHS ! ROMANCE I DYNAMITE ! ACTION! thus far received. The Chungking military aerodrome
In England and Wales alone, and an after 1 p.m. bombed shortly
Hengyang, 115 miles south-west of incalculable amount of suffering.
matter 33 milest
of urgent single Japanese plane, re- Changs and Hengsnan,
He regarded it as a from
"Chengtu, dropping eight north-east of Hengyang. were at public necessity that they should on the Chinese Bir defenders, tacked by two separate groups of make a
and organised sustained DAY TO DAY TOMORROW but no essential damage was caused. Japanese warplanes.
attempt to deal with the problem on Eighteen gant Japanese bombers
the broadest national lines. Twenty-one of the machines broke and a
scure of pursuit planes dis-
The existing facilities were mani- the morning und turbell various parts of Szechuan to into Hengshun in
fostly inadequate, and Government's 100 ex- total of about They moved in six groups and dumped a confused the Chinese outposts who plosive and incendiary bombs it the aim was to extend them and to make them available to every member of 208 civilians are said that the Japanese planes con- city. More than centrated on
ated on the suburbs of Chengtu estimated to have been killed and 50 the community standing in need of where
more wounded. dog-fights took place. Two hundred bombs were dropped
aerodrome,
A whole row of over 40 houses onT but the on the Chengtu
Sichen Street outside the West Gatel caused is not knowth was razed
the ground by sixį
incendiary
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London, Nov. 8.
The Air Ministry has announced that the experimental air - mall London, Nov. B. service across the North Atlantic The general tone on the London will, it is hoped, be started as soon as Stock Exchango to-day
satis- the Botwood, Newfoundland zeaplane factory wih activity expending and buso la free from ice next spring- prices hardening in the latter parti Reuter.
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afler orening easy, hardened on Gift-edged holding were quiet, and publication of the American Parcau motors were again the strongeal report.
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exact damonfirmedly reported that
It is
one Japanese bomber was shot down.
bombs,
to
Huge fire started by missies at the North Gate
arta re-
The Chinese authorities Đt Chung King and Chengtu ure doing their utmost to evacuate the civilians in ouced the place to smouldering runs, buth cities, as it is expected that there will be a large death roll from the Japanese bombings in the future- United Press.
states.
JAPANESE PLANE DOWNED
rendering many homeless,
ו זורו
At Itungyang. 12 Japanese air- Craft released about 120 bombs. Six scouting inachints, however, re- turned later and sprayed the city! with machine-gun fire, resulting in over 30 civdian casualties.
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CHENGTU ATTACKED FOR FIRST TIME
la number of motor cars, proper- Tokyo, Nov, D.
Shortly afterwards, another squad-ty of the Hongkong company. For the first time since the out-
appeared from Confirmation of the report has been break of hostilities, Chengtu, capital ton of 18 machines
more mis-received by the Head Office of the Kinngst und dumped u Tuesday ng of Szechuan Province, on
Company in Hongkong. was subjected to a bombing attack by ses Hengyang.
An unknown number of ears were Japance aircraft, a field dispatch that mine Japanese planes passed over stolen by the Japanese. The thefts
A report from Nanchang revealed!
over the include also a considerable quantity Various kinds of Chinese military the city and after circling
suburbs for Some time, of accessories. Castern inland city Calci establishments in the
The premises were closed arid the seat of the British were attacked and damaged, the di- macmne-gunned the streets below.
sealed with no durnage was gaused. patch odds.--Dumel,
After
elreting over the city, three Consulate.
10 In order
the effect entry, Japanese planes related a manber Chengtu, Nov. 9. vi One of the In Japanese bombers us in the outskirts of Shithing Japanese broke this scul
Entry is believed to have been de- liberate. which staged the first air raid uver; and also across the West River in the Chengtu, provincial capital of Sze-)
other planes scouted along A huge signboard, carrying chuan, was shot down by Chinese the West Rver for a considerable name of the Brm in Roman and WIN over the airmen during the aerial combat.
doorway, The Japanese machings broke inte and dropped several missiles at Chinese characters,
The Brush ensign was flying from the city in two squadrons shortly Lukpo in the afternoon.
It is reported that Lukehung on the! after 11 o'clock in the morning and Canton-tankow Hallway In Kwang fagpole atop the building, and a ronmenced bombing the airfield in
tung was also raided. Details are Union Juck was painted on the door.
Representations lacking. the northern suburbs and the south-
have already Consil ern outskirts.
in An- been made to the British -se aerial activities hwel and north Kiangsu in the pas, General at Shaman, Mr. A. G. Blunt, regarding the incident. Mr. ways are also reported in
Blunt is expected to take up the despatches reaching here.
Chinese combat planes which had taken to the ir gave battle. The Japanese aircraft were forced betak ferihation,
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On Monday, 11 Japonese machines] matter with the Japanese authorities. bombed Tsingyang, south of Tung-
One of them was hit by Chinese bullets and nosedived to the ground,ng in Aanwei, in relays, dropping helching black smoke in lis trail,
It B estimated that 50 bombs landest near the airfield. The area
13 bombs outsid the south gate. Several farm houses were blown to
in the vicinity of the Taiping Temples. Most civilians in the city art
was
in the southern outskirts received said to have already evacuated.
Nanling, northeast of Tangyang. 40 misales, which killed two civilians
uns bonioed
on Sunday by
four and wounded one.-Central Newa.
Japanese planes which dropped seven ENTIRE CHINA WITHIN RADIUS missies, causing only slight damage.
Tokyo. Nav, 8. On Nov. 5, Ive enemy aircraft) The whole of China, even the out- bombed and machine-gunned Sutsleu. lying regions, are now within the on the Grand Canal in north Klang- radius of Japanese air force activity, su, killing more than 10 civilians.- the Hankow correspondent of the Central News.
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