Show CHIANG'S ARMY BARS PATH AIM P OF RESCUE E PARTY Massed Troops Form Barrier to Foes' Foes Advance SHANGHAI May 30 AP AP- AP Japanese reinforcements battled battled bat bat- bat bat- tied furiously today in an effort effort effort ef ef- ef- ef fort to reach Lieutenant General General General Gen Gen- eral Kenji Doihara's trapped division virtually surrounded by Chinese northwest of Lan- Lan feng Chinese dispatches said the re reinforcements reinforcements re- re still were five miles east of ho how however ver and nd blocked off by masses masses of Chinese troops The predicament of Doihara's di division division division di- di vision seemed likely to become another another an another an- an other f face ce pidgin incident so notable from a psychological standpoint standpoint stand stand- point in Chinas China's war war to save herself herself herself her her- self from the Japanese invaders Doihara's reputation as an outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing army leader and nd the chief hief Japanese political manipulator would make his defeat by the Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese of tremendous importance Th The loss of face would be akin akin- t to tl that at suffered by the Japanese in their recent defeat at Chiang Leads Troops Troop The Chinese with Chinese with se-with with Generalissimo Chiang shek Kai reported personally personally personally person person- ally Commanding oper oper operations operations' fromfield from fromfield fromfield field headquarters at Have nave thrown n a a mighty barrier o of fighting men in front of the Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese forces and are fighting g des desperately des to stop th the offensive ve westward wet west ward ard along the railway Continued on Page Pale Two Column One CHINESE TRAP TRAPS S JAPAN TROOPS Continued from Page One S Doihara's division the ad ad- ad fance lance el element ment of a Japanese arm army which aimed eventually at reachIng reachIng reaching reach reach- ing the provisional Chinese capital capita at was cut off in some som of the bloodIest bloodiest fighting of the war Japanese leaders reported all attacks attacks attacks at at- tacks thus far repulsed by Doihara's Doihara men men who were entrenched in three villages near Meanwhile Japanese forces south of the railway advanced along a central China highway leading leading leading lead lead- ing directly to the railway which crosses the at These forces were said to have penetrated ant and engaged Chinese defenders in hand hand- to hand combat inside the walled cit city S Japanese Explain Delay These forces started off to the southwest from the Intending in intending intending in- in tending to cut the Desolate Shore Where Peter Levines Levine's Body Was Discovered I It to S J S SS I S 5 S 'S t-M t i S S S S. S 1 q I I J S- S jS 4 S 'S S a 5 5 5 5 S 5 5 S S 4 BEACH OF ISELIN ESTATE ON LONG ISLAND 1 This spot is only a few miles from boys boy's home line below but the Chinese Chi nese contend it will be necessary for them to swing north to help I Doihara's division out of its perilous perilous peril peril- ous otis position To explain the halting of their drive on the the immediate objective of the Japanese in their drive toward the the Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- Jap-I Jap anese asserted that for sheer manpower manpower manpower man man- power the army concentrated by bythe bythe bythe the Chinese exceeded any force hitherto encountered encounter d. d is is' 30 miles s west of On n the Lung Lung- hai hal line Destructive air raids on ort Canton in tn the last few days have fostered reports rep that a Japanese expeditionary expedition expedition- ary force is en route to South China preparatory to landing u under der strong naval protection Foreign military observers however are dubious about such an operation developing Air Raiders Ralde s Active The They pointed out that a a. land offensive offensive offensive of of- would require at least men at the outset Such an attack likely would involve a landing between between between be be- tween and Hong Kong then thena a drive across country on on Canton Japanese bombing planes continued continued continued contin contin- raids on Canton apparently S seeking to destroy the city's morale S Cantons Canton's principal railway depot w was bom bombed d again this morning It was estimated that 1000 civilians have been killed and about 1500 wounded in the seri series s of raids I S S Canton refugees were flooding in into into in- in to Hong Kong seeking to esc escape pe pethe the air menace but generally the Chinese Chines seemed to have maintained their heir sp spirit it British colonial at Hong Kong said that due to congested congested con con- conditions brought about by bythe bythe bythe the Influx of refugees from Canton Amoy Arnoy oy and it might be necess necessary ry to close the frontier to safeguard guard refugees and nd residents already there It estimated that S It was three o of a a. million refugees were in Hong Hong- Kong and environs with a amore million ion more expected to pour in |