The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-17
Japanese, Chinese
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planes, an donly a short time before Chinese planes had flown straight along the road, bombing bluejackets there.
 Looked Like Chinese Advance
 To observers who thrilled at the Japanese raid, 1t appeared that the Chinese had advanced to the junc- tion of the range road and the north Szechuan road, which passes up through the settlement to the Chi- nese area north of 1t.
 All day, the Japanese tried their hardest to blast out the Chinese all round the city.
 Earlier, Japanese staff officers had asserted that they killed 400 Chi- nese in their attack on the Chapel area, where the apparent Chinese advance was made. The Japanese succeeded In silencing the chinese for the time, on the other side of the Whangpoo river.
 Americans Advised
 American consular authorities urged all women and children to leave by any boat for any port, and the conference between Admiral Yarnell and British Admiral Little brought joint statement urging even non-essential American men to evacuate.
 This would affect comparatively few Americans. Many permanent residents, in addition to newspaper men, are members of the foreign volunteer corps whose services would be vital In an emergency.
 American warshipS were converg- Ing on Shanghai. The gunboat Isabel, with 60 bluej Is due tomorrow from Tsingtao. The de- stroyers Edsall and Parrott, each with 100, are due tomorrow from Chefoo.
 Heart of Destruction
 Airplanes, field artillery and thu big guns of Japanese warships again joined in a feast of destruc. ton.
 Japanese planes and Chinese planes took turns in the air and onl big Chinese bomber plunged to eartf in the Hongkew area in flames.
 It was asserted, on the Japanese side, that the offensive was intended to drive out the Chinese troop, massed here in scores ofthousands
 But the belief was growing that < was intended, in part at least, te cover the landing down the river oi the first contingent of reinforcinn Japanese army men from the home. land.
 A big Japanese freighter lay of, the site of c projected American Con. sulate during the bombardment. Lin. ing It's rails were khaka .clad fightinf men who, according to witnessel familiar with Japanese uniforms were those om soldiers and not o, navy landing divisions.
 Jap Warships Hurls Tons
 Japanese warships pumped tom upon tons of shells into the Pootunl section of the city across the riveI from the international settlement seeking to end the menace of thu Chinese troops there.
 Squadrons of bombing and fight ing airplanes cooperated. The bomb CTS systematically bombed the arei along the Pootung side of the river flying in two squadrons of thre planes each, while the fighting ship directed the warship fire and oc casionaliy dived themselves {. machine gun the Chinese positions.
 Hundreds of Americans refugees bound for the mouth of the river l. board the Dollar liner Presiden Jefferson, were endangered whei fiveChinese bosnbers flew over tn rixer as their tender started ou from the docks.
 Endangered also were nor Americans, men and women, wh were bidding farewell to those ol the tender.
 Chinese Planes Bombing
 Bombing as they went, the Chin csc planes flew down the rive while another, shooting down fror the stormy clouds, made for tn Japanese cruiser Idzuno, whic has been a principal target--a tor get that, because bornns missed and fell in the international set clement, has cost untold casuaitiel
 It was learned from reliable Jap anese sources that the old ldzum had been damaged-- either yester day by torpero fired by the darin crew Of @ Chinese suicide boat c today by airplane bombs. But des pite the damage the Idzumo was abl to open up It's anti-aircrafts gun against the lone Chinese plane an the squadron. One plane of tn squadron gradually lost altitude dived sharply while its pilot trie vainly to pull out, filtered for moment and, still several hundre feet from the ground, burst int flame and crashed inthe Hongke' area.
 Smelling Is Danger
 Smelling continued to endange the millions crowded Into teh inter national settlement. ehrapnel fra ments, stray shells and bullets, kep Up deadly rain.
 one artillery shell fell on the in ternational settlement jail in tn Ward Road, where 4,000 heiples prisoners were held, including som foreigners. Ten Chinese prisoner were killed and 70 prisoners wer wounded.
 Shanghai continued to be the ke. to an undecIared war. The Japan csc offensive of today was a defef1s i've movement, really, against tn tens of thousands of Chinese regu lars nassed ail round the city.
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