SINO-JAPANESE WAR.
CHINESE CHANNEL BLOCKED. RAILWAY CONTROLLED. Received March 28, 10.30 a.m. TOKIO, March 27. Following the capture of Manchang, the Japanese are threatening Wuning, ou the border of the Kiangsi and Hunan provinces. . , Their control of a long section of the Chekan railway strangles what has become an important channel for munitions, in addition to Chinese exports, since the bottling of the Yangtse and Canton Rivers.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 100, 28 March 1939, Page 7
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67SINO-JAPANESE WAR. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 100, 28 March 1939, Page 7
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