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IN SHANGHAI

Shanghai, To-day. Three Japanese were wounded in the International - Settlement

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It is officially reported that Président Roosevelt yesterday afternoon when

may shorten his absence from Washington be-revolver and fired the full cham- cause of reports reaching him concerning de-ber of shots. velopments abroad.

This is according to an Associated Press despatch

from Key West, Florida, which says:

The incident occurred as two Japanese men, accompanied by two Japanese women, had taken their seats in a motorcar after having lunched in a Chinese res taurant on Nanking Road.

"It is understood that information reaching Pre- sident Roosevelt since he left Washington to watch the fleet manoeuvres is related to possi-a Chinese assailant sprang on to ble renewal of demands by the totalitarian powers in the early future.

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Just as the car was driving off,

the runningboard and several shots through the open window of the car.

One of the Japanese women was wounded in the chest.

Both men received minor wounds.

The assailant succeeded in Paris, To-day. getting away, despite all the pre- Five bombing, planes yesterday cautionary measures taken by the "Exact nature of the reports is afternoon dropped sixty bombs on International Settlement Police. not disclosed, though it is under-Alicante, doing considerable ma-in view of the Chinese New Year stood that the developments are terial damage. Trana-Ocean. more of a possibility than a prob- ability." Reuter.

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The inhabitants of Metz, Thionville and all frontier, towns

There was relatively little acti- will participate in the exercises, vity in the State Department but including A.R.P. demonstrations, it was pointed out that President Towns will be blacked out and Roosevelt may have been in touch dummy explosives and incendiary by telephone with Messrs. Ken- gas bombs dropped by "enemy" nedy and Bullitt, Ambassadors to aircraft.

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SENATOR BORAH EXPRESSES AN OPINION

Washington, To-day. "Totalitarian nations will not put forth any threat to the Unit- ed States which need shorten the single President's visit by a

Rome, To-day.hour," declared Senator Borah, Marshal Badoglio has left here commenting on President Roose-

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