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JAPANESE DRIVE ON HANKOW Reports from Hong Kong say that Japans overwhelming military might hammered at crumbling Chinese defenses on two fronts today with every prospect of quick and com ¬ plete victories for the Nipponese The huge southern port of Canton lay at the mercy of the invaders while in the Yangtze River Valley the tempo of the Japanese drive against rapidlyAt Hankow increased rapidly At dawn today twentyseven Japanese war planes raided Hankow clearing a path for the ground attack that is soon to strike The planes rained bombs on the Chinese Chicago concentrating particularly on the citys army station Damage was believed heavy
