The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-21

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them understand, he made a noise
like a train, and the Chinese
caught on" They took him to the
train" which turned out to be a
water wheel, making a noise much
the same as train.
Joyce wasn't able to eat the food
laid out by the Chinese, but finally
he was. taken o-Fnfilssionaries.
friends OF the Dunns, and enter
tanned there. He was later sent
safely on his way.
Another OF the Tokyo raiders
parachuted near neighboring
! town OF Shunan and was there en-
, tertained by the local officials and
missionaries.
One of the missionaries present
was planning to be married and
had nothing with which to make
wedding dress. This Tokyo raider
gave her his parachute for the pur-
pose. However, before the dress
could be made and the wedding
could take place, the missionaries
were forced to flee from an ad-
vancing Japanese army. AS they
Travelled, they had to tighten their
loads by leaving articles Of clothing
behind them. one OF which was the
missionary's potential wedding
dress.
Crouch Under Table
During the first air raid that
Mrs. Dunn and Barbara had gone
through in the interior Of China,
five planes attacked the city. In
the interior, no resistance was Of
fered or protection afforded, so the
family with several guests and a
small puppy all crouched under a
Chinese table, which was only
about four feet square and covered
with a heavy wadded coverlet to
efford some protection from shrSp-
mel splinters. Bombs rained down
for a half hour. but the gyoup was
unhurt. although hits were made
on three sides o. the house.
Substitute paper panes. which
replaced the glass windows, pop
ped like paper bags on the first
conclusion. when the group crawl
ed out from beneath the table
they found the heart of the city in
flames and the fire being famed
toward them by strong wind.
However, suddenly the wind chang
ed at the critical moment as II in
answer to the Chinese cry, FAM
meng mieh-huo," meaning, Change
wind, extinguish fire"
Fear Disease
At one time an epidemic Of spi-
nal meningitis broke out in the
city and country. People we're
frenzied with fear. Almost forgot
ten idols were brought to memory
and resurrected from a stage OF
dusty decay; incense was burned
to them in the hope that their
wrath might be appeased and the
epidemic stayed. But things con-
tinued to grow worse. Professions
with drums, incense and fireworks
paraded the streets, people ate
garlic to keep off the germs, 9th
ers claimed peaches should be
avoided and raw turnips eaten
instead. The local government
burned up $1,000 worth Of incense
and firecrackers one night to stay
the plague. An overworked Rus
sian doctor was handicapped for
blankets and medicines. and the
village lost nearly all their chill
dren (forty or more) in just a few
days. The gatekeeper Of the Dunns
lost a brother in the epidemic,
In spite OF large injections Of sui
fanilamide. but no harm came 10
the Dunn family.
Travel in China was a real prob
lem. Nearly all the railways had
been torn up and the only meth
DDS OF travel were by bicycle, rick
shaws, river boats and TRUCKS, and
OF course walking. During the
Dunns long trip into the interior,
they saw six trucks which were
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