Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-06-25 | Page 1 | Chiness Planes Sink Foe's Ships in Yangtze

Chinese Pla PIan s Sink Foes Foe's Ships fl in Ya Yangtze Vessels Sent to Bottom or 11 U Japanese Disabled in n Week of Raids HANK OW June 25 INS INS Pitting Pitting I airplanes against warships in a campaign campaign campaign cam cam- to stop Japans Japan's naval drive up the Yangtze river Chinese Chinese airplanes air air- sank two Japanese e planes loia 1 tonight fighting craft and set two transports afire Eif ire All All' Allday All day Chinese aerial squadrons bombing warships fighting Nipponese Nipponese Nipponese Nippo Nippo- pursuit planes atta attacking king aerodromes aerodromes aerodromes aero aero- nese land units unit and strafing ranged up and down the Yangtze between and At the end of their Intensive onslaught on on- the had brought slaught sla they vessels weeks week's toll on Japanese war fire to 11 sunk or disabled by airplanes at Five Japanese airport were destroyed warships and Some 50 Japanese transports were slowly steaming up the Yangtze Yan tze ready to shell cities of ot under cover and land troops naval barrages when the Chinese raids took place To reach the huge Nipponese river fleet the Chinese twice evaded flyIng fly fly- Ing Japanese squadrons and then thea engaged In a thrilling aerial fight with 12 Japanese planes Riddled with bullets but safe the Chinese later returned to their base at according to Chinese aviation headquarters SHANGHAI June 25 INS An INS An involving the wife of Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- incident central tenant Thomas H. H Massie figure of the famous Hawaiian several years ago shooting case tn was reported here nere y said was Mrs Massie the reports at sentry slapped by a Japanese as she was returning to after visiting her husband lus hus her quarters band aboard the U. U S. S cruiser Tulsa Naval officials here minim minimized zed the had received incident stating they no official reports of it While stationed in Honolulu some was convicted of Massie years ago killing one of the Hawaiian attackers attack attack- wife Thalia Fortescue Fortescue Fortescue For- For first of Ms is ers rs Massie He was released after after after af af- af- af tescue a half hour prison term serving ter wife is the former Florence Florence Flor Flor- present His ence Storms Storm of Wash