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Show GERMAN AIRMEN RAID PARIS; MANY KILLED Bombs Thrown at Various Points in the City and in the Suburbs. PARIS, Jan. ol, 2:40 a. m. German 'airplanes raided Paris last nl?ht. The alarm was given at 11:30 o'clock. Bombs were thrown at various points In Paris and the suburbs. Several persons were killed and material damage is reported, according to an official announcement. Full details are lacking at present, but a further statement will be issued as soon os accurate information is received. German air raids on Paris have been infrequent durinc the last year. During the first tvo years of the war Zeppelins were in the habit of bombing the French capital, but defensive measures proved too rnnch for them. The last previous raid on Paris was jnade on the night of July 27, 1P17. Two bombs were dropped without doing any damage. Before that ihe la.st air raid alarm was given on the night of March 16-17. but the raiders did not reach the city. On January 2?, l<i, Paris was raided bv Zeppelins for the last time, twenty-four twenty-four persons being killed and twenty-seven twenty-seven injured. |