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NEW OFFENSIVE

ANTICIPATED IN CENTRAL CHINA JAPANESE BRINGING IN REINFORCEMENTS. EFFORT TO WIPE OUT GUERILLA BASE. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day. 11.45 a.m.) NEW YORK. Juno (i. The “New York Times” Chungking correspondent says developments here indicate that the Japanese may soon launch a new major offensive in Central China. The Japanese forces in Hupeh have been reinforced and additional reinforcements are continuing to reach Hankow. The Japanese are making an effort to wipe out an important guerilla base in the mountains in Southern Hupeh. CHUNGKING BOMBED 1 700 PERSONS SUFFOCATED IN TUNNEL. JAMMED ENTRANCES BLOCK VENTILATION'. (Received This Day, 11.25 a.m.) CHUNGKING. June 6. Japanese bombers dropped flares, after which they set fire to the down town shopping area. A dozen bombs hit the Press hostel compound, startint; two fires. It is officially stated that 700 persons were suffocated in a supposedly bomb-proof tunnel, when four entrances, overcrowded with people, prevented ventilation.

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Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1941, Page 6

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Tapeke kupu
154

NEW OFFENSIVE Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1941, Page 6

NEW OFFENSIVE Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 June 1941, Page 6

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