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FIERCE - SHANSI

FIGHT.

Japanese Withdrawal Claimed

Hanking, Oct. 10. Fierce fighting in the forthern und eastern fronts in honal is continuingg the Japanese a turite zubie na are throwing hovy reinforcements against the Chinese in an attempt 10 smash the fes and push toward Talyti the provincial capital.

on

On the noritiem front 8,000 Jop-

Nineteen Killed In Air Crash

All Passengers And Crow Dead

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

CHINESE EXPECT ATTACK

If Canton River Barrier Lifted

Canton, Oct. 18 The fleet of 39 Jopanese warships haa artin appeaƑed close to. Hong- ['konit, according to an official, who

explained flat the A

Japanese may resume the bombardment of Decca Tigris if the river barrier' in lifted. Our Own Correspondent.

Salt Lake City, Oct. 10. A searc party has reached the wreckage of the trans-con- tinental airliner which crashed In Wyoming yesterday storm, and discovered that all the 19 passengers and crew aro dead. I IN America's worat

F. Abius eight Japanese, destroyers commercial aviation disaster.

4 11 lurking around the Pearl Actually the toll in 20 as a passen-River delta and past of Macno, says

BOOM REMOVAL PROBABLE Canton, Ort. 19. Re-opening of the Pearl River to

anese infantryinen have been pounit-er Mrs Helen Ferrero. was the International News Agency,

She was under her)

ing the Chinese lines for over 72 en route for San Francisco to give hours but the Chinese are still hold birth to a child. ing firmly the treeches. A Tal-uncle's care. yuan report claims that the Japanese casualties in this section alone are

over 2,090.

Another despatch received here reports the re-capture of Panshit

• antl Kunachinchang. two small towns. by the Chinese forces,

From October 15 l, yesterday Japanese heavy artillery have been pouring tons of projecules into the Chinese positions south of Kwantsun, Most of the Chinese defences have) bern destroyed and a whole com- pany has been wiped out. General Chi Italu-min, a battalion comman- der, lost his life during this on- counter walle several other officers) were wounded.

Eighteen of the boules were

thrown through a hole torn behind shipping is deemed poss.Dịc D5 42 the cock-pt, and scattered 100 feet, report was current this morning that from the front of the plane. They sme icind of arrangement has been were all buried it the

upon only decided

by the

snow,

milly legs and arms proiruting. The other authorities. An announcement may victim was jammed in the cock-pit, be made shortly.

loose.

could

ATTACK ON HOIHOW gaso. The Chi Ping News Agency re-

Canton, Oct. 18.

ports that Holhow, n Hair, was shelled by

and Japanese cruiser

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1937.

Sappers Deny Charge Of Desertion

Face Court Martial After Voyage

To Japan

Sentence will be promulgated or Supper A. S. Andrews, 22, and Supper F. išird, 21, as a result of a Court Mariial held d Wellington Barracks yesturelay, when, they pleaded not Ruilty to changes of desertion from His Majesty's service, and being absent without leave on September | 18.

The Court was comprised of Major B. L. de Robeck, M.C., R.A., (Pre- sident; Capt. S. J. Ritchie, MIC Lieut. L. C. Beadnell, Capt. C Thomas, RE, Prosceuting OMeer und Capt; M. W. Whitaker, RW.F. Defending Offlter.

After evidence of arrest had been given by Sergeant-Mujar Hobertson who boarded the Empress of Asia on October 0 and took the defendants plot, who returned from the It is old, however, that only scene aid the plane was badly vessels drawing no more thin sever

intu custody, the following statement smached. However it was largely in feet may pass through the narrow

was made by the first defendant; - On Friday September 17 I lef one piece and the motors had torn channel. All the river steamers from school in Hongkong and went over |Hongkong have a draught of right to Kowloon about 7 pm. I returned "We did not touch anything so we to ten feet, and if this report were to barrucks at 1.30 am. bui did not have no idea yet as to what caused true, only junks and other small report on my return as I had an the smash," he said.

craft can pass the boom-Inter- } appointment on Saturday with the A rancher, Mex Jamison, sold, hational News Agency.

engineer of the President Jackson. "Apparently a fire followed the crash.

and I was afraid that having already In the inside of the ship we

Overstayed my leave I may be do. During the fighting on October 17 a detect a faint odour of burnt

tained in bartacks 213 punishment ID-passenger Japanese bomber was line."

The remainder of the night was spent forced down near; sinhsien. The Another rancher, J. W. Myers,

at the Seamen's Institute. At 16 machine, which is undamaged, la re-suid, "It was

'clock on Saturday morning, I went ported in worth $500,000,

over to Kowloon with Sapper Bird 10. keep the appointment. Stopping at the Y.M.CA. for little while we went from there to David's Cafe President Jackson, where we m the engineer of the and had more drinks than was good for us. We then left the cafe, and went with the enger of the President Jackson on board his ship, and into his cabin While we were talking. I told him we were absenters and would ge inte trouble, when we returned te barracks. He suggested we should go away on the ship with him. I refused as I had no intention to desert.

United Preas.

terrible

теля.

On the eastern front the Cilincse The victims include Dr. Louis are continue to hold back the in- Gross, one of the most distinguished vaders and the Japanese offensives heart specialists in New York, two in this area have proved most costly newsreel man and a young in men and material. The Chinese) dess, sors Reuter, claim to have reized huge quantities; of Japanese munitions, two sets and numerous maps and docu- nents. Central Naas.

radlu

cluded

furcés,

CHINESE MASSACRED

Nanking, Oct. 19. According to a idugee who fived here from nor.h.m Shangs, all the male adults in Yangkas, an in- portun town 0:11 the Pelping Sutyuán Hallway in northern Shanel, were matoured when the dupanese troops captured the Town last

month.

Manchukuo and

Mongol

four destroyers, beginning at five o'clock last night. Aa attempt to and bluejackets was repulsed. The that were arines were on rafts lewar-o'clock last night the Garrison Com- Lowed by motor launches. At 10 mander, General Chon Cheung, re- ported that the battle was still raging Our Own Correspondent.

WARSHIPS OFF AMOY. As soon as the invaders come into.

Amoy, Oct. 19. the town, they made a systematie Seven. Japanese warships are now house-to-house search and seized all anchored off Amoy. It is stated that foodstuffs in the homes of civilis, the vessels moved norths from Can- The older people were forced to ton fearing further attacks from thr carry le foodstuffs out to the 3n-mry Cinese-Central New", panese camps.

The younger mates were huddled =

together outside of the elty wall and JAPANESE WITHDRAWAL

machine-gunned by the

Japanese.

Talyuanfu, Oct. 10,

The refugee estimated that at len It is reported here to-day that the The informant revealed that the 3,000 Chinese were killed at Yang-Japanese are withdrawing from Sho troops which entered Yangkao in-|kão,--Central News.

hsien towards Mayi.--Central News.

Just another 6 minutze wish I didn't always vake so. tired. Those wretched directors are meeting this moming too!

ALL their

happiness depended on him.

Oh, Mr. Martin! I had to send that report into the directors meeting without you seeing it. Sorry couldn't)

wait. But checked,

it carefully!

THINKS

Very efficient-

but not your job,

young munt

MEANWHILE IN THE DIRECTORS' MEETING:

But, my dear sir, Martin looks tulf asleep all day. If the younger man can do the job better, Martin must take the conroquences Ill-tall to Martin

THAT NIGHT

Their hoppiness depends on say job..! The directors are right, I am hotf asleep. I'll simply

have to see a doctor. about this inetched tiredness

THE DOCTOR SAYS:}

It's this waking tired that's holding you back!! Even during sleep. Theartbeats and ellier automatic actions go on using up energy.. Unless chergy's replaced during sleep. of course you wake tired-Night Starved! I advise

Horticks.

HI-VEVA

GRAH

Darling! Remember Ike MONTHS LATER

getting a rice this month. I hate to

see you slaving and doing all the housework yourself.

Let's get a daily halp in

T

Does your husband

wake tired?

TF he does, see in It that he gets Horlicks

regularly, a cupful every night. He'll get the". right kind of sleep, and wake refreshed. He'll be able to concervante better, he won't be handi- capped any longerst his work by that dealening tiredness.

HORLICKS

guards against Night Starvation

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WENT ABOARD KITANO MARU

Sapper Bird and I then left the ship at 4.30 p.m. bound for our own barracks. and when passing the Kitano Maru, which lay alongside the President Jackson, an elderly lady, whom I know owns a Javanese Cafe in Wanchat, beckoned us un board. She was

travelling Arsi

clans with few other passengers,

We stayed talking on deck for a time with her, till the left us to talk | to friends, enying the would be back in a few minutes, and in a dazed condition, I rat down on a deck chair and fell asleep,

I woke up when a steward came beating a gong the ship was then in Lyeemun Pass.

We reported to the steward, who took us to the purser's clerk, and told him w were soldiers, and asked if we could be taken back. He said the ship

could

not be turned back for ten roldiers. 1 then suggested wr might go back on the pilot boat which was still alongside, but the purser refused. We were then gent below among the refugees in thr third class, and they fed us with bread and waler for four days.

realize I was absent withou

Jove, but I had no intention to desert.

PROMISED DRINKS

:

When questioned by the Prosecut. ing meer as the nature of the entagement with the engineer whie! made him willing to risk furth panishment for hang absent to Reef the appointment, the reply was tha if the not the enginger at Davit: Cute as Saturday, he would giv then ue drinks,

"Eme pour son by the second de-

ieroboration.

HOSPITAL ATTACKED

Maryknoll Sisters Under Fire

Shanghal, Oct. 10 (7.30 p.m.).. Eleven Am-rban Bus, member of the Maryknoll Sisters, conducting a merey layoutal for mental attent nor Mthat have ustifed the. American Consulate that Japanese plans prayed the varsin with machine guns on Friday, while werty of 20 patients and two sisters were citting in the garden: There wire no casualties or damage.

Th American tu es over a bukling, near,which many of the tombs. dropped recently--United Presa.

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