The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-19
JAPS WIDENING
MOBILIZATION
OF MANPOWER
Both Sides Suffer Heavy
Losses In China, Past
Two Days

TOKYO, Aug. 10. tUP)-lhe
cabinet today decided to invoke
sections of the mobilization law
requiring all physicians, pharma-
cists and technical school gradu-
ates to register for emergency
service.
Men who register will be sub
ject to CONSUMPTION service as
needed. This was viewed as evil
dence Of enlarged demands for
man power. du cto the Chinese
war.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 10. (UP)-
Both Chinese and Japanese have
suffered heavy losses during the
past 48 hours in the largest aerial
battles OF the Chinese-Japanese
war to date, foreign military at
taches in Hankow reported to-
day.
The Chinese forces were led by
Soviet Russian pilots flying new
machines Of which scores recently
have arrived in the Hankow area
as result of a barter agreement
reached between Chinese General
issimo Chang Kai-shek and So
Wet ambassador Ivan Luganets-
Orelsky.
An official Japanese statement
said the Japanese forces destroy
ed SO Chinese planes in a single
action yesterday around Henyang'
headquarters of the rcorganlZcd
Chinese air force south Of Han
koW.
The Chinese said they shot
down two japanese bombers and
captured Il japanese pilot who
bailcd out Of his flaming machine
in parachute.
The Japanese were making
slow progress in their land oper-
ations southeast of HankOw but
still were confident that the Chi
nese provisional capital area will
be taken within a few weeks.
There was heavy fighting on both
, banks of the YangtSe river near
Kiukiang. Chinese still were hold
ing Juichang, key to Hankow's in
ner defenses, on the south bank
of the flood-swollen river.
There was no confirmation OF
Chinese reports that their gueril-
las had occupied Tsinan-fu, CAPT,
tai Of Shantung province, but SER
vice on the TientSin-Pukow (Nan.
king railway still was disrupted
! indicating that if the Chinese had
not actually captured Tsinan they
at least had isolated it.
! Foreign reports from Changsha
capital of Human province, lndi'
Gated the city was all but destroy
ed in Wednesdays tremendous
Japanese air raids in which more
than 200 Chinese were killed anc
500 wounded by Japanese planes
| In tn cHankow tri-city area
Chinese and foreign personnel OF
the American church mission II
Wuchang crossed the YangtSc riv'
or i'm row boats to escape Jap
ancse air raiders who have beer
bombing the Wu-han (Wuchang
HankOw and Hanyang) area al
most daily for weeks.
Those fleeing included II Am
orleans and Britons, Chinese mis-
sion workers, 80 babies orphaned
bv japanese bombs, and scores OF
refugees.
Evacuated establishments in
clude the Church General hospital
st. MichaePs church, st. Anne:
convent, and st. Hilda's girls
school.
! John L. COe, of Ann Arbor
! Mich, Bishop Alfred Gieman. ant
Robert Kemp remained to look al
ter the American missionary prop
erty.
In Shanghai five Chinese gun
men. believed to be members OF
the pro-Japanese yellow Way
Society" shot and killed Lob Lien
kwei, superintendent of the Chi
nese section of the lnternatlona
Settlement police force. as Lot
was alighting from his automobile
outside the Central hotel in tht
heart of the settlement. His chauf
feur and another Chinese with hin
were wounded.
The assassins empticd two auto
matte pistols and three revolVer'
into the police superintendent anc
then walked away. -.
Lob was chief police investi
gator of the activities of Chinese
agents of the japanese who have
! been carrying on a campaign OF
counter-terrorism against Chinese
nationalist agents of Generals
simo Chang Kai-shek "blue Shirt
organization.
Loh's assassination came te"
hours after Col. Kusomoto. CHIEF
of the special service station OF
the Japanese army which is n
charge of anti-terrorist activities
against the Chinese nationalists
had apologized to U. S. Marine:
for incursions by his men into
their defense sector. He said those
guilty had been severely repri
handed"