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CHINESE TROOPS FORCE ENTRY INTO KAIFENGTM Japanese Outer Defence
Posts Are Defeated.
an
and
CHUNGKING, July 1 (Central)-Chinese troops farced
west entry into Kaifeng at 2 am; yesterday from the north, according to dispatches from Loyang and "Chengchów.
Sanguinary fighting broke out inside the city. The Japanese were cornered at the south-eastern part of the city, sustaining heavy losses. Strategic points as well as Japanese military es tablishments and ofleas had fallen into Chinese hands.
Another Chinese column pushing toward Kaifeng from the south defeated the Japanese guarding the outer defence points. But Japanesa tanks were brought up for a counter-attack" and the en- gagement developed with increaa- ing fury,"
HAILWAY DAMAGED ·
Japanese Losses At Ichang
Maginot Line To Be Demolished
BERLIN, July 1 (Reüter)— Hitler visited Mulucim and Upper Alsace yesterday, in- specting the fortified works of the Maginot Ling” which, ac cording to the official German News Agency, are shortly to be demolished.
SOVIET PRESS WATCHES FAR EAST
Amoy,
TUESDAY JULY 2, 1940.
FOREIGN
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Haiphong
Shanghai.
Haiphong and Hofhow......................................................
Als Mail by “Ale France Airways Servies” Saigon...
Canton
Air Mail by "Pan American Airways Direct Ser-
vice."-San Francisco date, 25th June, ¦
MOSCOW. July 1 (Central Close attention is being paid by The Kaifeng-Sinstang Railway CHUNGKING, July 1 (Central) the Soviet Press to the develop- was severely, damaged by the Chi--Over 3,000 casualties are said toments: in the Far Eastern situa- nese. The railway bridge span-have been inflicted upon the Jaption conséquent upon the cessation Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Service" ning the Yellow River was blown abese at Ichang as a result of by the French Indo-China au- Shanghai and Amoracia up with dynamite. Traffic on the Chinese land attacks and aerial thorities of the transportation of Shanghai.
supplies into China
Japan and Shanghal. bombings during the past days. ̈' line was totally disrupted.
Rain slowed down the war pace
The protests lodged by the Chi-Formosa, Amoy and Swatów. Clashes continued to the west of the Han River in Hupeh, according on the Nanchang front on Friday, nese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Canton
with the French Indo-China Canada, UB.A, Japan and Shanghai - (Vancouver to military advices from the but in northwest Klangsi. the
and Chinese authorities
press B.C. 18th June.) Friday Hupeh front. A Chinese contin-Chinese.
morning, gent broke through the Japanese recaptured the high-level ground comments on the issue have been Bangkok and Saigon.......................... defence lines to the east of Ichang to the south of Wuning. 70 miles given great prominence in the Shanghal
Soviet newspapers.
Manila yesterday morning. Fighting con-northwest of Nanchang, and startin tinued with several thousanded an encircling attack upon the Japanese troops until noon.
city.
Two thousand Japanese troops Strategic points along the Nan- | at Ichang tenthily crossed the king-Shanghai Railway have been Yangtze River at 1 am, on Eafur-subjected to repeated attacks by day to attack the Chinese. Bitter Chinese troops during the last few fighting broke out in the hills on days. Traffic on the line has
the opposite bank. Occupying been again and again disrupted.
directed intense fire against the place on June 24 when a Japanese
ties.
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higher positions. the Chinese The most disastrous attack took
Japanese, indicting heavy, casual- armoured train Was destroyed by the Chinese who broke into Tan- LINES WAVEE
yang station, 61 miles southeast of When the Japanese lines began Nanking. Over 500 Japanese off to, waver under pressure, the Chi-cers and men were killed. nese closed in and engaged in band-to-hand combats with the
enemy.
AIR RAID IN THE FILMS
Driven 'back to the brink of the river, the remnant "Japanese re-
CHUNGKING, July 1. (Central) embarked on their boats around 1-News-reels of recent Japanese a.m. yesterday. Several boats ruthless bombings of Chungking were sunk by Chinese Are.
released by the Central Motion About 10,000 in the Kingmen Picture Studio will be shown in and Tangyang sectors are.reported Chungking beginning from to to have withdrawn to Klangling, night.
Shari
neighbouring town of Truckloads of Japanese arms were also sent to tangling.
PUPPET TROOPS. MUTINY
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BALBO DEATH phong
MYSTERY
Prominent Italians Japan. Among Casualties. Java and Manila,
LONDON, July 1 (Reuter)—V, 8. A., Honolulu and Japan-(San Francisco date, Mystery has developed about the
19th June), o circumstances surrounding the Shanghai' death of Marshal Balbo, On Batur- Japan and Shanghat day night Rome radio announced Manila that the plane in which he was Shanghai. fying was shot down in Bames Shanghai. during a British raid on Tobrak, Calcutta and Straits Libya.
ኒነ
On Sunday morning, how. ever, Rome radio said that there were eight people in the plane with Marshal Balbo The other prominent Italans who lost their lives included the Federal Secretary of Tripoll, tha - editor of the Corriere Padano and other Important Tripoli' officials.
Marshal Obviously, therefore, Balbo could not have been in a
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Three divisions of puppet troops fighter plane. The Italian account
TUESDAY of his death, that he was killed in Manila, Batavia and Sourabaya under the command of Chow
CHUNGKING, June 30 (Cen- Lan-yl, so-called pacification com- action, has therefore, caused Formosa
tral) Bir Archibald Clark Kerr, British
missioner for east Honap, sudden- some surprise to the RAF. and Ambassador to
ly revolted against the Japanese Friday's raid on
RAF. pilots who took part in straits and Calcutta.. Chin's, and M. Henri Cosme,
(on June 29.
Tobruk. They Mauritius and Lourenco Marques: French Ambassador to China, had
state that they did not meet any Manila; One
battalion stationed at several conferences in Shanghai, į It is learned from diplomatic cheng detained a Japanese de-large passenger type of plane.
They saw a plane burning on tachment commander and wiped
Sources,
British
Date and Time
Tue. 2nd
8.30AM 4-10.30 AM
Parcels 10.30 AM Letters 11.30 AM
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Wed, 3rd
It is said that Britain and France out the Japanese garrison there. the ground but they were unable
to identify the type. will continue their co-operation
DID NOT FALL IN BATTLE Air Mail for Malaya, Java and Australia by the Reg. in the Far East and their Far MEMORIAL SERVICE
LONDON, July 1 (Reuter)--| "Imperial Airways Service" ... Eastern policy will remain un-
LOYANG, July 1-Catholics in The Foreign Office news depart Shanghai and Parcels only for Tientain, changed,
Loyung on Saturday held a me-ment states that a careful inves- Straits. morial service for Father: Vincent [tigation shows that no CHINESE MESSAGE Lebbe, a naturalised Chinese citi-aircraft were concerned to the TO MINISTERS Izen of Belgian birth, who passed trash of Marshal Balbo's ma- away at Chungking on June 24, chine, and there is no truth in CHUNGKING, June 29.(Central) "Only by the adoption of effec-according to a Central News mes-the statement that he fell in tive sanctions can the wildfire of aggression be checked," declared
sake.
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battle.
WEDNESDAY
"Air France Airways.”
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5.00 P
Ord.
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His death in an unexplained Airmail for Indo-Chins, Iran, and France by the Beg a message sent by the Chinese JAPANESE ESCORTED disaster recalls similar accidents Straits.
in the past, particularly the death
'Amoy. at Warsaw of General von Fritsch,
Shanghai an opponent of Hitler's home and Bangkok foreign policy...
1:
TO SIAN
Beamen's Union to Mr. Henry L Stimson and Colonel. Frank Knox, extending congratulations on their STAN, July '1--Three Japanese appointment as U.. Ministers of airmen who were captured at. War and Navy, respectively.
Pellostang, north of Lonan, on June 16 were escorted here 01 Saturday, says Central Newa
The message urged them to use their infipence to prevent Japan from making any further aggres- Their plane which had been sive move in the Far East by tax.
·ing - advantage of the disturbance in Europe...
EDUCATION SCHEME
CHENGTU, July 1(Central)- Bacchwan will, enforce a three- "Year" mass education programme
beginning from August 1.
damaged by Chinese anti-aircraft
WAR STATEMENT Canon
મ
THIS WEEK
THURSDAY
Canton Shanghai (Parcels only)
Manila
10:30 AM
3:30 PM.
RPO"
Reg.
$6.00 EM
Only 6.30 PM
fire during an air raid over LONDON - July 1 (Reuter) Chungking crashed at Pellosiang. Mr. Winston Churchill. is expected Threw others of the crew were to make a further statement InAir Mail for Manis, Guam, Honolulu, U. §. A., & GPO.
the House of Commons this week Europe Tia "Pan American Altways and Trans-Beg: 5.00 PM regarding the failure of the French Government to continue resistance and the consequences of that failure to this country.
No definite date is fixed for the
WELLINGTON KOO IN LISBON
Atlantic Bervious," teinimeses
FRIDAY
Ord 7:00 PM
Pri 5th Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, UBA, Central & South G.PO &
America," Canada; and "United Kingdom la Reg San Francisco Parcels only for Tentain
For the first year the Provín- LISBON, July 1 (Central)-Dr. cial Government will appropriate V. Wellington Koo, Chinese statement, but it will be made at $1,000,000 and the National Gov. Ambassador to France, has arrived the earliest possible moment. ernment will subsidize -- $2,400,000, in Lisbon to convey China's con- Tuesday has been suggested as A total of 25,000 teachers will be gratulations to the Portuguese the probable day but it might needed of them 17,000 are under Government on the 800th anniver be postponed until later in the Manila, Rabaul, Australia training while the rest will be sary of the independence of week "selected from the present teachers | Portugal.
SECRET DEBATE. In various schoola.
Brisbane Holhow
Dr. Koo was received in audience It is likely that the House of Amoy. The present number of illiterate by the Portuguese President Commons will wish to debate on Shanghai. children in Szechwan is estimated General Antonio Oscar de Frangoso Mr. Churchill's statement and Bangkok at 3,000,000 and of literate adults Carmotia on June 28 when he pre-in that event, there might be Gandakan. 13,000,000 1 is expected, that sented a congratulatory message another secret sitting: after the completion of the three
Year programme, approximately ninety-five per cent of them will have been educated:
BATURDAY
from the Chinese Government The House of Lords will also Parcels only for Tents
wish to have a debate of "a similar
The German wireless itself drew kind during the week. Wednes
a parallel when it said last night: day is suggested as the likely straits, Ceylon, India East "Balbo's death has thus occurred day,
United-Kingdomu.
TURKEY ADVANCES in the same spirit as that of von Lord Halifax, the Foreign Be-
Tritsch As in the case of Gene cretary will
many others, Government
CLOCKS ONE HOUR.vn tachy
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