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Show MM,AiMlllr.1fog THE PAYSON t HRONin e. payson. UTAH China $ of II, is month Japan's conquest In retrospect, enters Us second year. twelve months . . . tre examine the past ORIENTAL THUNDER: sSiT; my'" I ,grr A , s rj; Lw fi?$$ y &(? ',, vff wounded 200 Curlier, on July 7, Jap troops killed and the near Peiping in the Marco Polo bridge incident, soldier a for Jap "missing search outgrowth of another conflicts, crowds of succeeding days, which brought repeated milled through Peiping. This was war! harassed civilians Chi-ne-- Ih is mans mother never thought her son would start a war. He Is Sadao Miyajakl, a marine whose abduction caused the Japs to send out landing parties at Shanghai, followed by flashes with the Chinese. Japanese armored cars rumbled from their bhanghai ozo Salto, Lieut. Isao Oyama and Seaman after headquarters members of an inquisitive landing party, were killed by Chinese troops of the peaee preservation corps on August 9. On August 14, Shanghai's fall began. Oil August 12 c rer U fa: Japan invited international complications August Hr itis.li Ambassador to China, was seriously wounded bv Jap near Nanking. Kesult: Apology from Tokyo, 20 when Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Ilugessoi- - i, Vnitcd Stales indignation over the war came August 30 when the Shanghai civilians were to die by the hundreds before President Hoover was bombed by (lunese planes. A few davs Japan forced the city into submission. I!otnbs were no re- earlier Jap planes bombed Shanghai's business area, caused 000 casual-aviator- s specters of age. On August 22, hundreds of civilian casualties resulted when shanghai s south railway station was struck. tics when two department stoics collapsed. Hov S. S. The eet ;t1 3Y '5 '? Mrs. Juanita Lewis spurns rebel to earn her livelihood as a s shine girl in New York. Her husband, an unemployed tunnel w made the shoeshine stand and Mrs. Lewis says she likes the work her own boss. Womens emancipation from the kitchen b about the time feminine suffrage was granted. The revolt has grown i a few weeks ago a prominent authoress suggested that men have "in such a muddle of things that they should be left home tn do the di :i 1 ;ers Tod; dal ser i' ;e r no ev a !',S -- :p( t far ib ::or Pinal!)', on November 9, Shanghai fell after one of the wars fiercest battles. It was also on this dav that Taivan capitulated. By this time world indignation was aroused at ruthless Japanese slaughter. But tersely worded messages to Tokyo brought only official shoulder shrugs. 1 mted Stales wrath flared again December 12 when the C. S. S. Panay was bombed and sunk on the Yangtze river. Also bombed was a I mlcd Slates oil tanker. Thirteen were wounded and four died, Including Sandro Sandri (above), Now the battle turned to Nanking, but meanwhile peaceful Shantung province saw war as China struck back unexpectedly. Two Lniled Stales warships rushed to Ismgtao to protect 300 Americans. Several d silk mills were destroyed. Italian newspaper correspondent. led sice i! de tfi Jap-owne- 1 tco! Trea t re Mast vho a ( s t 2 m j sdnu fcjjot Hk state. !di tfea tein, -- iij : ruai aper ria; tjai' v Ct.' riooi i Nanking fell amid fierce slaughter of Chinese. Little wonder that Jap soldiers found small welcome when they tried to make friends with Nankings shuddering populace. Chinas future looked dull as 1938 hove into view and Gen. k took his troops to the interior. Chlang Kai-she- a. Temporarily, the tide turned. Chinese inflicted 2.000 casualties at laierehwang and on April 19 (above) led Chinese planes on a raid over Japan, dropping pamphlets Instead of bombs. it sue: Japans troops rumbled onward. Suchow fell May 19 and Vpnonese army officials announced that Hankow, temporary headquarters for fie C lunese government, was next on their list. By this time C hina had made good her threat to offer stiff resistance. The march to Suchow had been marked by several disarming counter-attack- s that stunned the Japs ct j foir taali: iaki iree-- KV. jKwfaaWi -- 23 i 3)an ?r3 A s.Sn ' r:d &iu sas&saali V :r,g sg z$ cyj 3 Women even go in for striking, noting a battle outside a New made during ral women were injured and others und for jail. Girls won t stay home! x ; I vcV-'.- y 4 v At. Peaceful Canton to the south, only a few miles from Great Britain s Hongkong, was Japanese aviators killed 3t)0 and wounded 1,000. But bombed May 28 when blood-mathis was only a start. For successive days the rain of death continued un'il parts of Canton shambles. On June 5 an estimated 50 Jap planes bombed the city for an were stench-fille- d boor. Protests were ignored. d IWf Ell K .- i ,t i 'AA ts . Japan's dme on Hankow easy. Her troops pushed v hp th traditionally Chinas sorrow because its periodic floods cause hunger a' 'dd' th' But no" il became Japans sorrow when June rains sent the stream over it "b anks Nipponese warriors. Meanwhile, Japanese back home are urea or war nn ( ani1.. ,raP9ed militarists vow they will pound China into submission if it takes ten p0"rrful vear . CO - ijL. has not been 2 - i X kSi1fofr&Mil "factor? V v x C S$ i: vs v.'e- v , jr v. Wellpsley V - ft takes i5 college s varsity crew v? n |