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Shell Bursts And Ends Movie On U.S. Warship

EIGHTEEN OTHERS HURT

BY SHRAPNEL: FIVE

SERIOUSLY

Court Of

ADMIRAL

Of Inquiry Initiated

SIR CHARLES LITTLE SENDS CONDOLENCES

art

JAPANESE GOODS

BOYCOTTED

San Francisco, Aug. 20.

In Chlbstown, Chinese children standing outside Japanese stores issulug cards to prospective eustomers, reading: "You harm our friendship if you boy Japanese-made products, the pro- The from which finance

Lo kil! our Japanese

prople. by signed

The cards are

the

Young China club.-United

Press,

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JAPANESE ACCUSED OF USING POISON GAS

NANKING'S NEW ALLEGATION

A graphic story of how Seaman Fred Falgout met his death as a result of a shell bursting on the U.S.S. Augusta yesterday is described in United Press cables exclusive to the Telegraph. Fal- a large majority of the Augusta crew was gout, together with attending a showing of the film "That I May Live" on the well deck of the ship when the tragedy occurred. Twenty-one year old Fal- dropping poison gas bombs-United gout was pierced in the heart by a piece of shrapnel and he died in the arms of a shipmate.

Eighteen other sailors were wounded by flying splinters and shrapnel, five of them being reported in a serious, though not critical condition,

In the meantime a Court of Inquiry is being conducted on the Augusta. A Japanese spokes-

- man denics, that the shell could have been from a Japanese gun.

JAPAN

FORFEITS

SYMPATHY

Shanghai, Aug. 21. A communique received here to- from the Nanking Garrison Ilendquarters, charges Japanese with

day

Press.

Nanking, Aug. 21. Fourteen Japanese Lambers drop- ped mare than a dozen bombs in Nanking, shaking the entire city and breaking many windows.

The planes bombed near the Cen- tral Military Academy, and hit the Central University Bbrary and the Health

Administration utation. Bombs also hit a a Chinese munitions truck near the ammunition dump, but they missed the dump itself. It has been definitely established

The report that inpanese bonus |

Library that only one shell fell on the deck, hit the Central University

origin of which remains

and the Chinese Health Administra-

the remaining 13 were only slightly injured,

Shanghai, Aug. 21. When the Augusta was struck by the shell, she was within 200 yards of the nearest Japanese warship, which is the nearest of any of the foreign the vesels. However, at daylight to-day the Japanese ships withdrew to the vicinity of Garden Bridge.

mystery.) A court of inquiry has beection Station is admitted by a Nankingt

Įspokesman. convened on board the Augusta,

The names of the Augusta's wound-] Chinese anti-aircraft guns blasted Behind the Augusta is stationed the have been wirelessed to the Navy towards the Japanese raiders when U.S.S. Sacramento and isabel, as well Departinent at Washington, but they they appeared over the city, after as the British warships, Falmouth, are still not available to the Press, which five planes headed for Han-

Shanghai, Vice-Admiral H

E.kaw.

STRONG PRESS and the French gunboats Lamoite US. Asiatic Fleet will not permit the Japanese planes were brought down

CRITICISM

London, Aug. 21. "The Japanese have long lost every alom of sympathy they might have had as a result of their uncompre misingly aggressive attitude."

says

Danae, Duncan, Duchess and Delight Yarnell, Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese reports state that two Piquet. Dumont Durville, andase of names in interviews, but he nearby in attempting to bomb the

Augusta is anchored in mid-allowed men of the Augusta to be Kwangteh airteld.-United Press. stream off Kiuklung Road, Japanese gunboats are anchored off the Bund пенг the Augusta at night time in order to protect the Idzumo, which is

interviewed this morning.

HOW FALGOUT DIED

U.S. EMBASSY ESCAPES The American Embassy here has One of the injured sullor. now in been informed that Japanese planes

the Financial Times in a leading art ring of Hunt's wharf, from attacksick bay told Unlied Press "I was bombed Kuling and Kiuklang

by the small speedy Chinese torpedo standing by the feline looking at a Friday. ele supporting the Government's de-boats such as those which recently fit in Routing and talking of July

mand for compensation for damage

in Shanghai.

The journal adds, however, that much damage has been done in the way of dislocation of business for which compensation, even if obtain-

damaged the idzumo.-United Press.

SHELL DISTURBED MOVIE SHOW ON THE AUGUSTA

Shanghai, Aug., 21.

It has now been ascertained that

on

No bombs were dropped near the Fourth of which that are reminded American Embassy at Nanking- me, when the shell burst. I was] United Press.

about to go on watch when some-i thing hit the deck. 1 dived down the hate, and I didn't feel anything, but found later that my hand was bleed- ing.

able, cannot be adequate. The new when the shell hit the Augusta, forty wound helped to carry in the other

paper emphasises that alone

umong

the comparatively backward coun-silars were waiting to see a movie

China In recent show on the well deck. tries of the

world,

When the shell struck the ship, the The shell crew had gathered on deck to see

the film "That I May Live," which Kent.

Another of the crew, describing how Folgout came by his death said the sailor was struck over the heart.

Missing Soviet Fliers Latest Efforts To Locate

"I tried to pick him up. He was]

Washington, Aug.:20. The Soviet Embassy states that the still conscious and he recognised me. NO CONFUSION ON SHIP

picked bim up, but blood rescue (ller, Vasili Zadokov, who has spurted from his heart. I carried been at Point Barrow, has hopped Shanghai, Aug. 21.

far as the passageway off en route to Aklavik on his search When the shell exploded on the and then someone arrived to for the missing Russinn airmen. He

no confusion; help

me. I found Falgout had will follow the trans-polar route from hauled. The close co-operation be- Augusta, there was

All hands remained qulet died in my arms before we could Providence Bay to Siberia. tween China and the United States aboard.

wounded were rench sick bay. This would have Meanwhile, Jimmy Mattern has In connection with silver and gold and orderly. The

birthday. purchases has further strengthened moved to the stek bay within a few been Falgout's 21st

te hopped off from Fairbanks for Point minutes, while bugles and Gongs enlisted on May 5, 1938. His record Barrow, seeking suitable base, her finances.

years has been judged sumciently struck without warning, a stug hit worthy of credit to be the recipienting Seaman Falgout in the heart and features Rochelle Budson and Robert killing him instantly. The shrapnel of much foreign capital.

spread itself low, wounding the While Japan is at present culling majority of the other sottors in the the Dead Sea fruft of Manchurin, Bri-

Immediately legs. The decks were strengthening tain and others are their commercial relationships giving assistance of various kinds to the Chinese Central Government. Frederick Leith-Ross, Helped

Str by

and

Its fancial system has been over-

cleared.--United Press.

him

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banksUnited Press.

Dr. Kung, says the journal, has re- the general ulurm throughout was good and he became a first-class after which he will return to Fair- rently completed a highly successful the ship.

Annelal mission to Europe and and indie- America The integrity pendence of China is thus becoming more than ever of greater importance

seaman on July 28 last," The personnel proceeded to their Asked how he felt about Falgoul's

doctors battle stations while

and death, one sailor replied "Awful! pistons cared for the wounded in I'll never forget the sight. When he sirk bay.

died he was gurgling, trying to say attempted to rip his clothes

were in

to the several major Powers, quite 18 men wounded, five apart from any ethical principle-in-serious, but not critical condition, and

volved.-Reuter,

U. S. COMMENT

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GRIM SCENE FROM REGION WHERE BOMBS FELL

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Here is a grim reminder of the horrors of aerial warfare. These Chinese were amongst the huge member who were killed lust Saturday when bombs from Chinese planes fell car the New World amusement resort in the French Concession in Shanghai. (Photo by Mrs. Rosario,

of Shanghai).

Another Fierce Aerial Attack On Idzumo

15 JAPANESE CIVILIANS INJURED BY CHINESE SHELLFIRE

American Convicts Rescued

CONTINUED bombardments aerial and otherwise, mark the resumption of war the Shanghai area to-day. Chinese planes made yet another attempt to bomb the Japanese flagship, Idzumo, and the Japanese claim that the warship's

anti-aircraft guns brought down two of the attackers.

During bombing of the Hongkew district by the Chinese, the Toyoako The Hotel was damaged, resulting in injuries to fifteen. Japanese civilians. Japanese complain that Chinese plain-clothes men have been firing on the Japanese forces from the windows of the Nanyang Tobacco Company's premises.

Three American convicts from the Ward Road Gaol have been rescued by a patrol, and shortly afterwards a Japanese aerial raid on the gaol caused the death of a number of Chinese prisoners.

TSINGTAO TENSION

TIGHTENS

Tsingtao, Aug. 21,

Central News, Agency's representative at Tsingtao states that Sino-Japanese negotiations for a settlement of the recent

U.S. CONVICTS RESCUED

convicts mortar

Shanghol, Aug. 21. Nine Ward Roud prison

by a trench were injured chell which struck the gaol an hour after the American convicts had been rescued by a special patrol. Three American prisoners were successfully evacualed from the prison. The women are expected to be released later to-day."

It was four discovered that of the sumeshing while doctors and helper STOP PRESS shooting of two Japanese marines, have heen brought to a dend- been lodged in the Marines quot, and

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country.

ADMIRAL LITTLE'S

CONDOLENCES

the

service of your

long-range observer can escape feel-

Admiral Sir Charles Little, C. in C. ing that neither the Chinese nor the New York, Aug. 20.

Japanese are showing any considera of the Chinn Station, has sent a mes- The New York Times, in

sage to Vice-Admiral Yarnell in tion for civilian lives in a situation which he says "Please accept editorial, draws attention to growing danger of the appalling where such considerations cost them sincere sympathy of myself, officers catastrophe in China. It expresses no atratérie advantage. The realistic, and men of British ships present here | the opinion that there is every sign French are entirely justified in firing on the casunities the Augusta his of Chinese resistance in the North, on any fighting planes appearing over sustained in the

Concession. particularly if

If supported and direct-their

Alluding to reports of Japanese The French nuthorities also sent ed by Nanking. There is an ad- ditional important indication that warships tactics of creeping up with- condolences.

Just before he was killed. Falgout, Chiang Kai-shek is being influenced out lights at night alongside the by those of his associates who, re-Augusta and then opening fire, the who was called "The Kid" by his gardless of the cost, will not agree Herald-Tribute says the only appro-pals was reading a magazine. The

comment on

tactles shell which brought about his death, to compromise with Japan by sacri- priate

"would deserate these columbus, is now believed to be a 37 millimetre, neing the Northern provinces.

Tactics which characterise thebut on Investigation is continaling. The Herald-Tribune 'points out that

Shell fragments are being dug from President Roosevelt's attitude on the Asiatic at war ought to give Amer Augusta shelling is correct, since lean pacifists something to think portions of the ship where they be neutral bystanders must be prepared about before they exhort us to scrap came embedded. All of the injured

our armaments."—Reuter,

(Continued on-Page-2),--|: to take. chances. Nevertheless, no

such

lock, leading to a very tense situation.

Gonzales, one of the prisoners, has Faupel; another, sald that the casional sniping,-United (Press.

It is said that the Japanese are stalling while they await geol area was quiet except for oc reinforcements prior to opening hostilities.-United Press.

| frequentching.

are

the In

un-

POOTUNG BOMBARDMENT

are

Shanghai, Aug. 21.

inter- Japanese warships

where mittently shelling Poolung. - several large fires are blazing, includ- ing the Nikka cotton mill which has been brightly lighting up the Augusta before dawn to-day-

TEHCHOW SITUATION ITchchow and Mashang are all

twice Tehchow, Aug. 21, founded, but

the Japanese Chinese ploinclothes forces com-nachine-gunned farmers near Tsong- prising the advance posts at fchow, three of whom are from the present stationed at Yanglluching, London Mission Hospitai ni Tsang- twelve miles from Tentsin,

chow, from which place all foreigners as yet have evacuated.-United Press. No fighting at Machang is

been reported, although there has

ACAIN REPULSED akirmishes

Puoting. Aug. 21. vicinity of All tile

A further Japanese attempt ere at the moment

of The Japanese bombardment bogged down the rivers which have cross the Yungling River south swollen

torrential Pelping from the east to the west Pootung lulled as ten Japanese planes owing to the

the Pelping-began circling over the city. After rains, during the post week The area through which weather has halted even the dally Hankow Railway runs, was repulsed the planes had disappeared deep into visita of Topanese planes along the yesterday, according to military, In-Pootung, Six Chinese planes uppeared

telligence received here.

from Chapel at a very high altitude- railway lines.

Five or six hundred Japanese at- and circled over Hongkew in the

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A Japanese spokesman reports that Japanese planes bombed, Trangchow,

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of