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SWATOW RAIDED AND BOMBED

Reported Visited Before Second Canton Attempt

HUNDREDS FLEEING FROM CANTON IN PANIC

CRISIS ON SHANGHAI SEARCH FOR

ERONT REPORTED

NEARING

Canton, 2 p.m., To-day.

SOVIET FLIERS CONTINUES

Moscow, To

statement issued by ministration of the

Swatow was also raided and bombed by Japan- ese planes this morning, according to unconfirmed reports circulating here. The reports state that Waterways yesterday little damage was done and the planes, six in num- ber, proceeded in the direction of Canton.

The belief is that the bombers visited Swatow before going on to Canton, to be stopped in the re- gion of Walchow by the fighting squadron from Canton.

Details of the meeting at Waichow are not yet available.

the whereabouts of the Russian trans-Polar fliers that if the plane made a for

landing soon after the last

HOOVER

SEAMAN DIES OF WOUNDS

Shanghai, fe day.

S. Haskell, the President Hoove this morning from and leg wound when the Tiner

dentaly bombed

sage received on August 13, then of the

the plane must have landed close to the so-called "Pole of inacces

sibility in the centre of the Po lar Sea

alinen we

The plane may possibly have to Fam

landed on the extensive ice field Pole, when which covers the sea.

from the plane foes move at an Trans-Ocean.

The raids have spread panic throughout Can-Since i ton and hundreds are flocking into the country using every possible means of conveyance. Our Own Correspondent.

SHANGHAI FACING GREAT ATTACK

Shanghai, To-day.

Preparations for a general offensive on all fronts are still under way, according to a Japanese spokesman, who says that the Army is eager to en- gage its strength with the Chinese.

While the battle in the Liuho-Woosung sector was raging, the Japanese spent this morning clear- ing the eastern districts of the Settlement of all re maining Chinese non-combatants Reuter

JAPANESE BEING PUSHED BACK

Shanghai, To-day. the Woosung area, hav by crack troops from the rear the Japanese land

The Chinese

The Lobene

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Tsao Creek and bank of the lang- announced to day.

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