Show F 9 P summarizes THE WORLDS WEEK ID western newspaper union china skies rain fire T IP HERE was war in north chi china 1 na whether it had been officio officially ally declared or not japanese bombers zoomed over the densely populated city of raining death and destruction and endangering thousands of citizens of the united states and other foreign countries the air air attack was Nip pons retaliation for a chinese army drive which nearly drove the japanese out of their north china stronghold chinese troops declared that thousands of noncombatant combatant non men women and children were killed or injured by the airmen the bombers left holocaust in their wake flames engulfed tient sins principal buildings the central railway station the militia headquarters the famed na dankai akai university ver sity and the Chin kiang international bridge connecting the chinese city to the foreign concessions in the latter inhabitants who were not concerned at all with the war were forced to seek what safety they could in cellars which provided little shelter from the exploding bombs chinese and japanese soldiers fought hand to hand in the streets with entrenchments in some places only feet apart three chinese armies operating 0 S suddenly and swiftly along a 95 mile front between taku Tient sins seaport and neiping Pei ping conducted the attack which incurred the wrath of the japanese military command they drove the japanese away from the three key ra railroad stations and entered the japanese concession japan immediately responded with her air attack concentrating upon the heavily populated chinese section of infantry attacked the chinese barricades in several parts of the city japanese artillery went into action and drew lusty response from the enemy which sent shell after shell hurtling into the heart of the japanese concession many soldiers on both sides were killed from neiping the chinese awen ty ninth army was driven back 80 miles to the west until not a chinese soldier was left in the city or its environs gen sung cheh yuan commander resigned turning over his post as chairman of the political council to gen chang tsu chung a subordinate division commander |