WAR IN CHINA: Hi, Joe

Some bowling enthusiasts are known to have nightmares wherein they roll small balls which can knock down only one pin at a time, and no sooner are successive single pins knocked down than they bounce up again. Somewhat similar nightmares are said to be troubling Japanese generals, who bowl over Chinese towns one by one, only to have the Chinese seep in behind their advance and set them up again. Last week Japanese announced they had captured coastal Haichow (pronounced Hi, Joe) and Lungkow (Loong-Go), last Chinese-held ports north of Shanghai, and two inland Shantung towns.

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