Word: panay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Many of the scenes in the moving pictures of the Panay sinking," he cackled, "were faked in American waters." Then, with reporters too amazed to ask him which of the grimly bloody scenes he referred to, he went on to astound them even more...
...There is one mystery we haven't solved in Japan yet," mused he. "The mystery of the smoke-screen that veiled the Panay during the bombing so our airplane pilots could not distinguish her American flag. Those bombers thought they were bombing fleeing Chinese...
Boat. Having already promised to make "indemnification for all the losses" sustained when Japanese bombing planes sank the U. S. gunboat Panay, proceeding up the Yangtze with a convoy of three Standard Oil tankers last December 12, Japan last week received an itemized bill from U. S. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew in Tokyo. Property losses were put at $1,945,670.01, indemnification for death and personal injuries at $268,337.35. On the total of $2,214,007.36, which includes no punitive damages, the State Department expected prompt payment...
Only once was Hindmarsh arrested by Japanese police in Shanghai, and that was outside the Soviet Embassy. In the war zone after the Panay incident, officers were instructed to pick up all Americans and apologize profusely for the bombing. "I got feeling a little guilty about the Panay after four or five arrests," Hindmarsh said...
Speaking of the Panay incident, films of which were shown at the conclusion of the lecture, he said, "The fact that some 80 Japanese soldiers who ran out into the river in an attempt to warn the attacking bombers of the Panay's nationality were machine-gunned, and two officers killed, does not indicate that the attack was a result of an order from higher...