CHUNGKING RAIDS
JAP. TERRORISM EXHAUSTED PEOPLE STORM BRINGS RELIEF (Reed. Aug. 14. 10.30 a.m.) NEW YORK. Aug. 13. Messages from Chungking state that Japanese air raids desti-oyed a press hostel, rendering most foreign coi-res-pondents homeless. The damage to-day was greater than at any time during the last five days, during which the people spent the greater part of the time in air i - aid sheltei's. The all-clear periods to-day totalled only an hour and 10 minutes. The Chungking cox-respondent of the New York Times says a thunderstorm ended the worst oi-deal by air bombardment which Chungking had ever endured. Japanese raids had gone on with only short intervals since Friday. Apparently the latest Japanese tactics are to keep Chungking constantly under alarm. The populace has been squeezed in the bomb shelters for 22 of 24 hours daily. Chungkiixg residents were nearing a state of collapse from fatigue and hunger.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20634, 14 August 1941, Page 5
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