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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 20 Jul 1939, p. 16

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WIEOLDT"S D»avis(Stre ët-Evanstou Shop Thuredy from 9:S80 a.m. to 9, P.m. Regku79e loa SHORTS -U eune quali:y sanforlzed fab- ri« and tan covqçrts, and fatey, prinus. Made whk elastie hachi and front boit. Si;.. <6 to 16. In coverts, khaki, Zulu elodi, fancy rayon wpoleua. AUl wiuli slid. elastie lipis and aIl round boit,. Six.. 8 go 20. 91 and 81.15 valu«. for.. ..p telcen: "At 12:30 on May 3, our farnily gathered for lunch, with Dr. Linicolni Dsang, president of West-China Un- ion university as guest. Suddenly the shriek of two sirens was 'heard, and -we knew that enemy planes were coming. We opened al doors and Windows to lessen damage by concussion in case -a. bomb should faîl near by. We ran down two long flightsof steps into the bowels of the earth 'for protection from these awful -missiles ci destruction, drop- ped from great bombers flying, at a height of 10,000 or more feet. Our cave bas three entrances, and -con- sists 'of a series 'of tunnels, running 50or ,60 feet under a hill on the campus. It was my duty to control one entrance, to prevent crowding and the carrying in of baggage. Descrbes Bonnbing "Soon the secondwaUrn gofsho)rt bl asts of the sireèns was heard, and the drone of Chinese pursuit planes came to our ears. I counted eighteen of these spiraling to gain altitude and thus be above the enemy planes when they arrived. Other Chinese. planes were traveling on a bigger scale to engage the enemy before they reached the city. Ini a few minutes the heavy drone of1 the big bombers was heard, and almost irn- me iaev fth Pnt-it-afc. trace t, et under cover, and then, 1 rechedthe bottom the earth seemed to heave, wave upon wave, and there were deafening explosions and the crash .of falling buildings. This lasted but,.a fewV minutes and then there was a deadly stillpéss. "I i~, Clty ln Flames carefully Up thej devastated area. Cnungking is a peninsula. betwèen the Yaingtse and. Xialing rivers. I. found 'that thirty- six enemy planes had approached fromn the southeast and dropped bomnbs on either side of'a long-street that para Ilels the Yangtse.- Bombs were dropped indisèriminately celéar across the city and not one military objective w a s bit. Hundreds% of buildings Were> stili burnig. It was estimated>that more than 1,000 per- sons weire killed or wounded. "That night, in spite of the fact that i. was, physically tired, ,having walked six 'miles, and carried beds: and patients,, those horribly mangled bodies and the two littie boys with broken arms and legs who had been caught -in the raid. on their wayý to, scho ol, prevented sleep. So. ended a spring day that had begun so happi ly. Japs Fail of Goal 'Wlîat is the réaction of the Chi- nese people to this policy of ter- roi-ism? Of course the Purpose of the Japanese is to ruin the morale of the people, to stop ail business and bring about the downfall of the Central government under General- issimno Chiang Kai-Shek. Is it Suc- ceeding? Not in the least. The more the enèmy bombs the stiffer beComes the resistance of the peo- ple. The government offices are unvnse nve marvelous recupera- tive powers, s0 I was not surprised to see stores being repaired and goods moving through the city. "About haîf a million people have been evacuated and only those hav - ing urgent business will be allowed within the city limits. Scattered iri- dustrial cooperative villages are be- ing established in a wide area arounid Chungking where the people cari find peace and employrnent. ISmall Amount Down- 10 Weeksto Fay er ni carried the patients to the andi struclc the %Irst car-of-a -ca receiving roorn. Here a sight to Chicago, North Shore and Milwau- Inake one weep met our eyes-peo- kee electric train as it entered the ple with limbs severed, broken legs intersection. Slight damnage to theý and arrme, bodies horribly tom by truck resulted. Braun stated that shrapnel, Others had been severely ,hedid not see the.descending gates i

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