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NEW RUMANIAN 'QUAKE SHOCKS

Tidal Waves Sweep Across Black Sea: More Dead

AIR FORCE

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GREETING" TO MOLOTOV

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It is revealed that in the record flight of over two thousand miles which British. bomber flights.carried out to attack the rail junctions at Danzig, the most heavily bombed section of the line was that over which M. Molotov should have passed to-day on his way to Berlin. Internation- al News Service.

with

Oilfield Crippled CHINESE But Not Destroyed HERO IN

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL"):

IN CONSTANT DREAD OF FRESH TREMORS, TWICE- STRICKEN RUMANIA IS BATTLING FIRES, BOLSTERING UP HUNDREDS OF TOPPLING BUILDINGS THROUGH MOUNTAINS OF DEBRIS IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP

THE DEATH TOLL TO A MINIMUM.

EMPRESS

AND DIGGING OF JAPAN

The loss of life alone is now around 3,000 BLACK

persons. With 5,000 square miles from Tur-

key to Russia partially laid waste in Sunday's PLAGUE vast tremor, new shocks hit Rumania yes IN NINGPO

terday.

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Hundreds of buildings weakened by the previous 'quakes fell, and hundreds of names were added to the list of dead.

ANOTHER ITALIAN DIVISION REPORTED

IN FULL RETREAT

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"

Both Moscow and Istanbul felt the shocks and in the Black Sea caused innumerable

tidal waves ships to send out distress signals,

The "Empress of Japan" was brought safely to port cwing to the coolness and heroism of Captain Thomas and her. Chinese quartermaster,

This is disclosed now that the ship, so well known in the Far East, has arrived, safely ́at

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") her destination.

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According to reports reaching Shanghai, Ning- po is suffering from a se- vere epidemic of black plague, which started at the end of October, when the first case made its ap- The oil industry is badly crip-pearance. pled but is reported to be by no means destroyed.

In the Rumanian oil fields, whole villages have been de molished, derricks Joppled and large fires started.

Three Thousand Dead (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

It is now estimated that at least three thousand have been killed in Bucharest alone.. by the earthquakes. The total ..deathroll in Rumania cannot yet be computed.-Interna- tional News Service.

REFORTS FROM THE CENTRAL SECTION OF THE ALBANIAN FRONT INDICATE THAT AN IMPORTANT NEW GREEK VICTORY IS NOW ON THE HEELS OF THE ROUT OF THE Five Separate Shocks ITALIAN DIVISION, WITH THE TRAPPING OF ANOTHER LARGE BODY OF TROOPS.

With reports of Italians retreating on all fronts, Albanian deserters carry tales of the horrible loss of life the Fascist armies have sustained.

SHANGHAI BANKING RUMOURS

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FINANCIAL CIRCLES DURING. THE LAST TWO DAYS CON- CERNING A POSSIBLE WITH

One stream alone carried the bodies of a thousand dead Italians, these Albanians say

Bucharest has now. had five separate earthquake shocks," in- cluding two at three p.m. and seven p.m. yesterday.

Bucharest "vas last night ghostlike city of smoking ruins after the successive shocks,, and the death-roll grows steadily as rescue workers dig into the de- bris.

The latest Greek victory is re- More than one thousand dead ported from the sector botwcuri inre reported from Ploetsi, Galtaz the Argyocastron road and the, and Giurgiu, Vogiusa River.

IT IS CLAIMED THAT THE ITALIANS, HAVE BEEN RE- TREATING' SO FAST THAT THE GREEKS HAD TO. RE- CEIVE SUPPLIES FROM THE AIR IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH THEMI

After a fierce three-hour Greek

DRAWAL FROM SHANGHAI OF | attack, three Italian regiments

Property damage rung hundreds of millions; of dollars.

into

gold

Some buildings are being dyna mited as they are in peril of collapse..

Hotels As Hospitals,

Hotels still standing have been

The Ploest oilfields are. XC- ported to be, on fire,

THE FOUR CHINESE GOVERN retreated in disorder, leaving be-transformed into hospitals. MENT BANKS AND THE ESTA hind all their arms and other ma- BLISHMENT OF A NEW CEN-terial. UTRAL BANK UNDER THE CON; TROL OF THE "NANKING. RE- GIME HAS CAUSED THE PRICE OF RICEL TO SOAR TO NEW "HEIGHTS, AN

Native rice rose to $91 apicul, while foreign rice reached a lavel of $72

Although the cost of gold bars, U.S. currency and the Pound terling have increased, these are not sufficient reasons for the climb in-prices, since large stocks of the staple products are available in Shanghaf. — Hayas.

Italians On Defensive

It is understood that the Italians are hastily mining Albanian roads and bridges in order to check the cxpected Greek advance.

Practically alt, buildings In Bratianu and Briand streets" In "Bucharest," have been razed, to the ground and only swift, work, by, the Fire Brigades pravant. ed. a widespread general con? -flagration,AN

stit

The railway system. largely crippled-International

Another Italian column la resi ported to be, trapped in, the, Pindus mountains, although News Service. noutral tources report that. Italian advances or the east,

flank of the Epirus front cars; WEATHER: FORECAST ---N, and, continuing International New

N.E. winds, ;"Freak; firia, gan-

Service.

The only sign of the attack by the German bomber is a slightly damaged rail, suffered when one bomb struck the rail a glancing blow, and a few lifeboats, which were hit by machine-gun bullets.

the

One of the crew, describing captain's coolness, said: "The skilful way in which ho "zigzagged" the ship out of dan- ger and avoided a direct hit, saved us all.

The Chinese quartermaster at the wheel was a hero,

'Plane Hit

Out of 165 cases (the total up to Monday), the death-toll . had reached 61, with indications that "Lying prone on his stomach the pestilence is spreading further to dodge machine-gun fire, he in the city.

carried out perfectly every

Ningpo is being blockaded byder from the skipper." the Japanese Navy, and tran

oi-

After one shell had burst un- sport of passengers and goods is der one of the raider's wings, possible only by land.

The various Shanghai authori

the plane was seen to be rocking.. and the gunners of the "Empress-

tics are taking preventive mea-of. Japan" are certain the raider 'sures against

Havas,

the epidemic.-

d'd not get away unscathed. Reuter.

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