Evening star., 1937-10-14
BY the Associated Press.


SHANGHAI, October 14.-The worst
bombArdment in Shanghai's bloody
warfare raked the International Set.
tlement today, killing or woundine
scores of Chinese civilians and wound.
Ing United States Marine.
Marines were forced to evacuate two
huge cotton mills inside their defense
lines where they had been quartered
These structures were hit by shells
believed to have been fired from JAP
anese guns.
None OF the Marines billeted in the
mills WAS wounded, but Milton Hiatt
private in the 4th Regiment, was struck
In the shoulder by a rifle bullet while
on duty inside machine gun defense
works.
A sailor aboard the United States
flagship Augusta, j. p McMichael, was
injured slightly by shrapnel from jap
anese shells spraying the cruiser al
anchor in the Whangpoo.
Fire Lasts 2 Hours.
For two hours the japanese and Chi.
nese blazed away at each other with
the most intensive fire laid down in
the Shanghai fighting. Beside artil-
tery batteries, Japanese warships in the
river, machine gun and rifle fire, the
hail Of death-dealing missiles and ex-
plosives was augmented by aerial bonn
bardment.
Chinese and japanese plane squad
fons fought overhead as ground forces
battled for possession of approaches
to the city and fighting swirled around
the edges Of the barricaded Interna-
tional Settlement.
American property in this once
wealthy commercial city was disclosed
to have suffered further damage from
Japanese air bombs. It was learned
that six foreign homes in the western
district Of Shanghai which the jap
anese destroyed had belonged to an
American real estate concern.
The houses were tenanted by Ger
mans and Britishers, all of whom hap
pened to be away when the air raid
ers came. The houses were marked
with huge flags designating their ten
ants nationality.
1t was estimated that more than
100 Chinese were killed or bombed in
the International Settlement.
Bombs Kill IS.
Some so miles west of Shanghai an
additional IS Chinese civilians were
killed when Japanese warplanes
bombed a passenger train on the Soo-
chowKashing Railway.
The japanese naval commander,
Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, apologized
for the wounding of the American
sailor after United States Admiral
Harry Yarnell protested against reck-
less firing by the japanese warships.
One gigantic projectile of undeter-
mined origin exploded in the settle
ment near the foreign Y. M. c. A.,
killing or wounding IS Chinese
civilians. Forty more were killed or
injured when the street car they were
riding In was blown off the tracks
near the barricades held by American
Marines on the northern edge of the
settlement.
Police reported that at least half
q. dozen other shells, believed to be
Japanese anti-aircraft shells, fell in
the settlement. Ten persons were
killed and wounded when one shell
crashed into the Avenue road, one of
Shanghai's main thoroughfares.
At the North Station q furious bat
tie was raging and the terrific cres-
cendo of the guns rocked the city. The
popuiace was thrown into terror as
night settled down.
Marine Lines Sprayed.
United States Marine defense lines
were subjected to a continuous spray
OF, shell fragments, bullets and shrap-
mel for two hours, beginning at $50
pm. This rain of missiles was coming
from the terrific fire the Japanese were
pouring into the Chapel section and
the return from the Chinese machine
guns and rifles, which continued dur
ing the entire time.
The marines and other foreign
defenders Of the settlement expert
enced the hottest IRE yet seen in this
war.
Hiatt, the Marine who was wounded,
Was struck by .25-caliber rife bullet
while on defense duty along Soochow
Greek, facing the Chapel section. He
was inside the Marine machine-gun
defense works near Markham Road
Bridge, which since the outbreak Of
hustilities has been one Of the hottest
spots on the northern border OF the
settlement.
The bullet pierced HATS arm near
the shoulder, but the wound was not
regarded by Marine authorities as Sc
rious. He was the fourth Marine
wounded since defense duty was begun.
Hundreds Of Shanghai citizens were
in peril throughout the day ~ jap
anese bombers continually new over
the International Settlement. They
dropped more than 100 bombs Just
across the settlement boundary In the
strong Chinese positions 1t Chapel
Marines were forced to take cover
In their sandbagged barricades along
6oochow Greek when three OF dozen
a more giant bombs landed dan