U.S.S. HOUSTON 
MOUSING PRESS NEWS 
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18 July , 1933 
EOREIGN NEWS (Cont’d) 
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Rome, Italy: 
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S! The Roma”, Italian Press, said that the second anniversary 
of the Spanish Civil War would bring victory for the Insurgents 
Mussolini’s Popolo Italia asserts Franco is fighting not only 
for Spain but for all civilization. ”In this struggle in which 
much more than destiny of a Nation was at stake, the Spain of 
Franco could not remain alone”. Fascist Italy has made reports 
in which they repeatedly and- solemnly affirmed their wishes 
that Spain be a free, strong, and independent state. 
Shanghai: 
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The Japanese reported that airplanes, supported by the Army 
and Navy, continued their offensive cruising, designed to 
capture Hankow and Nanchang. It was learned that five armed 
Japanese motor launches forced their entry into Lake Poyang 
which leads into Nanchang,- the main battle sector along the 
Yangtze river between Kiukiang and Hankow. 
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Chinese reports asserted that the invaders suffered 10,000 
casualties in the battles of the last two weeks below Kiu- 
kiang, They said that several boatloads of bodies were seen 
proceeding down the Yangtze river. The Chinese also said 
that the Japanese were paying high prices in materials as 
well as men in their effort to advance, adding that the 
Chinese defenders were holding firm despite every effort of 
the Japanese to dislodge them. 
The Japanese militarists ignored the Chinese reports that they 
had suffered heavy casualties. The Chinese reports stated 
that their war planes continued to make systematic raids on 
the Japanese Naval units in the Yangtze river, ’’inflicting 
more damage”. Japanese sources said their armies ranged the 
Yangtze River from Kiukiang to Hankow, shooting down eight 
Chinese pursuit planes, two bombers, and showering explosives 
on Chinese positions. 
Paris, France: 
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Gaston, Le Provost de Launey Manor, Paris, addressed a message 
to the people of Paris which will be posted early tomorrow 
morning. ’’Tomorrow, King George and Q,ue:en Elizabeth will be 
guests of Paris, You all know the high importance of this 
visit. Hang flags in windows - decorate your houses, so that 
the flags of these two nations can float everywhere together. 
Cheer the King, Cheer the Queen”. 
Sunday night: A Government comminique admitted the fall of 
Barracas and Pina, two towns inside the Valencia Province, and 
said, ’’Italian invaders succeeded in the occupation after a' 
terrific combat in which insurgents used more than 50 tanks, 
supported by constant aerial attacks”. 
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Wimbledon, England: 
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Scotland Yard, with one false identification recorded against 
it in Wimbledon’s Tennis Club murder case, said Saturday that 
the brunette victim had been positively identified as Rosalie 
Patricia Mullins, estranged wife, and mother of two children. 
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