1938-05-16 — Page 24

BAD SMASHES IN GRAND PRIX OF TRIPOLIS

Tripolis, To-day.

The international automobile race for the "Grand Prix of Tripolis" was unfortunately marred by several accidents.

The Italian driver, Siena, was tar mortally injured when his

and overturned at full speed, several spectators were more or less seriously injured when cars driven by the Hungarian, Har- tmann, and the Italian, Farina, collided.

race

an-

in The

resulted other victory for the Ger- since man' automobile industry the winner of the race as well as the cars which were placed se- cond and third respectively were Mercedes Benz cars.

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VIOLENT STRUGGLE

Hsuchow, To-day. With little change reported along. the front of the south Shantung line, fierce fighting of unparallelled violence continues to rage at many west points over a wide area in Shantung

Honan near the

and Kiangsu borders.

Japanese mechanised units, lum- bering into action against the Chi- nese line at Hotseh, on the Hopei- |Shantung border, encountered stiff resistance by the defenders. They succeeded in forcing the Chinese to retire to the outside of the walled

city.

HOLDING ON

To the southwest of Kuyoh, his- The race was won by Herman Lang who also won the Grand toric battle ground twenty-five kilo- Prix last year in the excellent metres west of Tsining, Japanese time of two hours, 33 minutes, 17 troops are pitched against a strong seconds at an average speed of force of Chinese near Kwanyingtai 205.2 kilometres per hour.

and Lungkangtsi, where a fierce encounter is imminent.

The two other Mercedes Benz drivers, namely von Brauchitsch and Carracoiola finished second and third.

Comotti in a French Delahaye car occupied the fourth place and the fifth place went to an Italian Alfa Romeo car driven by Som-

mer.

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A column of Japanese troops vi- gorously attacked Yutai near the Kiangsu border. The defenders are grimly holding on, yielding no ground.

At Linputsi, on the eastern bank of the Yellow River, vanguards of the Japanese force have started, to retreat.-Central News.

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