1938-07-19 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 19, 1938.

JAPANESE LOSE 4 PLANES Dogfight Over Nanchang During Air Raid

Chinese Pursuits

Intercept

Nanchang, To-day.

It is now established that altogether four Japanese.

-MUNITIONS

FACTORIES IN AUSTRALIA

Canberra To

The Australian Minister for De- fense, The Hon: HV: C. Thorby

planes were shot down by Chinese airmen dur-stated that the Government plans

ing the dogfight early yesterday morning.

Three of the aircraft have been, after a series of land and air coun- located in the vicinity of Nanchang ter assaults, declared General Chen while efforts to find the fourth are Cheng, Chairman of the Hupeh being made by the Chinese military Provincial Government, in a press authorities.

interview.yesterday.

The machines were among a fleet The line running from Halang- of 18 bombers which staged raids

increasing the production of ame munition by erecting annexes.to the railway workshops in New South Wales and „Victoria för the production of shells.

Fourteen engineering firms. have agreed to take on this sup- plementary production-Reuter,

over the Kiangsi provincial capital shan to Mayinkiao, near Hukou, on BELIEVE IT OR

in two squadrons of nine planes the south bank of the Yangtze River

each. The first squadron broke is now firmly held by the Chinese. NOT:

into the city limits around 6.25 a.m.

NOT: ATLANTIC to Chen revealed, have been shelling FLIER'S ERROR

Chinese pursuit planes rose to et- Small Japanese warships, General gage them and forced them withdraw.

tres west of Tsienshan.

Dublin, To-day.??

CRUELTY TO

CHILD: PRISON FOR WOMAN

Sentence of three months hard labour was imposed on Kan Chuen, 31, of No. 105, Prince Edward Road, ground floor, by Mr. K. M. A Barnett this morning when pleaded guilty to

to ill-treating 5-year-old adopted daughter.

she

her

"On Sunday, a report was made

the Mongkok Police Station that ̧ ̧ the woman had tied the girl to drain pipe in the backyard and beat her with a rattan stick in a manner likely to cause her unnecessary suf- W. " stated Inspector H. fering," Fraser, who prosecuted.

Making probably the first sur. MAN AND WIFE

FINED

Sinkiang, east of Kiukiang, inte The second squadron came over

mittently. Japanese planes have about 20 minutes later and was

also been actively bombing various intercepted by the Chinese craft.

points along the Yangtze River. prise trans-Atlantic flight, Dou The four planes were downed.

General Chen also reported that glas Corrigan, 30-year-old Cali- In the meantime, Wucheng, on the west bank of the Poyang Lake, a stalemate has developed in South-fornian airman, arrived out > of

Leung San, 34, and his wife, were was also raided by 10 Japanese west Anhwei after repeated failure the blue at Baldonnel.aerodrome

day.w

this morning charged before Mr. bombers, which released a number of the Japs to push westward from near Dublin at 2.30 p.m. yester Prior to taking off yesterday, of missiles in the outskirts. Cen-Tsienshan. The Chinese holding

Wangchlapailou, about 10 kilome-Corrigan announced his intention K. M. A. Barnett at the Kowloon tral News.

of making a non-stop flight, from Police Court with keeping an un-

Sa Po Village. Kuyeh, Hotseh (Thaochowfu) and New York to Long Beach, Cali-registered. mui-tsai at No. 12, Mu ... Inspector H. W. Fraser, attach- Tingtao, in West Shantung, have fornia. been recaptured. The Japanese ⚫ Corrigan's plane which is des-

a dilapidated mono-ed to the ́S, C. A., said that the withdrew to Tsining. Taikang in cribed as East Honan, General Chen" added; plane, valued at £150, without girl, aged 14, made a report to his radio or navigation instruments, office on Sunday stating that she was has also been re-occupied by the did the crossing in 28 hours, 13 sold to first defendant for $80 four She was, Chinese -Central News.

years ago by her father.

second de Corrigan, in an interview lately, often struck by with Reuter, said that he never fendant because, it was said, she Intended to cross the Atlantic took, too much Tíce. but meant to fly to Los Angeles. The couple were fined $40 He said that he must have set $20, respectfully,

WARSHIP SHELLING

Hankow, To-day. Four Japanese warships, ac- companied by a number of mo- tor launches appeared in the vicinity of Wangchiapa, seven miles from Kiukiang on Sun- day afternoon," according to a Chinese communique received here to-day.

The communique added that the_warships shelled the Chinese-positions on the south. bank. The Japanese, it is said, retired when the Chinese bat- teries opened fire.

Two Japanese gunboats, es- corted by 'planes attempted to force an entrance to Poyang Lake and were repulsed with the aid of the Chinese shore batteries.

LOYANG, SECTOR

The Chinese and Japanese forces in the vicinity of Yuan- chu, 50 miles northwest of Loyang, have been engaged in sanguinary fighting since July. 7th, according to the Chinésé communique, which adds, that Yuanchu fell on July 15th.

Chinese forces, it is said, are still occupying the hills. nearby and are inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese.

The Chinese spokesman ex- pressed confidence that the Chinese will frustrate the re

ported attempt by these

in East Shansi, the.

of the Taoching Railway to make a junction with the Ja- ̈panese in Tungpu Rallway in

the vicinity

uanchu. Red-

OWNER WANTED

Apa of woollen swimming trunks, with an "Olympic" trade mark, and a

minutes.

his compass wrong.

After he had been flying for 25 hours, he thought he should have

from a private 8e towel, stolen been near his destination, s

car belonging to an European on Sunday, are waiting to be claimed at the No.7, Police ¡Station.

The articles were found in the possession of Li Kau, a street coo-

case in which two watchmen, It was only when he caught a Lau Lau, 38, and Li Ki, 30, were glimpse of fishing smacks and charged with wounding Mok Pat on high hills that he realised that June 27 at Kai Tack Bund has been he had completely lost his bear-fixed for hearing on August 2 at ing's. Reuter.

the Kowloon Magistracy. Detective- Sergeant G MacPherson is pro- secuting.

lie, in Western Street yesterday and UNEQUALLED

the man was charged before Mr. He R. Butters at the Central Magis- tracy with unlawful possession. He was remanded for 48 hours.

UNEQUALLED DARING

DUBLIN, TO-DAY.

press he looked as fresh as though he had merely been up for a short spin and his first question was re- THE TRANS - ATLANTIC garding the formalities since he had FLIGHT OF THE 31 YEARS-flown without permission of, the OLD AMERICAN AVIATOR, American authorities and had no

GARRISON SCHOOL DOUGLAS CORRIGAN WHO passport.

PRIZEGIVINGS

LANDED

IRELAND

AT BALDONNEL,

YESTERDAYS

“JUST WENT ON"

AFTERNOON AT 2.30 O'CLOCK.

hád

IS DESCRIBED HERE AS A Laughing, he declared, The presentation of prizes of the FEAT OF AN ALMOST UN no intention of crossing, the At Garrison Schools will take this week.

To-morrow, at 10,30 a.m. at St. Andrew's Church Hall prizes will presented to the elder children of the Kowloon School. The infants will have their turn at Gun Club Hill Barracks on Thursday at 11

EQUALLED DARING.

He left New York in model plane, worth which he had previou across the America 17 hours 50 minut

to lantic. I intended to return 1980 Los Angeles but when I was above

the clouds my compass, stopped func

His original intention return from New York to Cali, fòrnia but because of the weather

Then I just continued flying above the clouds and the first land

saw was the Irish coast.

Corrigan declared that his only conditions → he spent Saturday Featuring the flight as one of the direction finder was his wristwatch. night in his plane and then sud-most remarkable achievements The infants in Hong Kong will denly took off on Sunday morning the history of aviation,” the press receive their prizes at the Garden for an unannounced, destination points out that the crossing cost on Road School, at 10.80 a.m. on Fri- without wireless or technical in-the average 3.6 cents per sea mile world flight day, and the elder children in Hong struments of any kind.

As he stepped from his plane in lof Howard Huges cost 19.20 döl-

Ocean. ryang-Kong at 10 a.m, on Saturday

Ireland to greet the members of the lare. lidated Garden Road,

YANGTSE SITUATION-

Hankow

The Chinese position tze front

whereas the round mag