Hongkong, Mar, 21, Japanese planes bombed the German' Cathiolie mission church at Linf, southern Shantung, last Wo nesday, wounding one German, belated semi-offelal Chinese reports said here to-day.
Other Chinese reports said the church was filled when bombed and that four persons were killed and approximately 200 others wounded. These reports did not indicate when ther Germans were among the deed or_wounded.
The semi-om cial report said that a large German Nazi swastika had been painted on the chureh—United Hankow, Mar, 20, The German Cotholle Church in Lingyl, southern Shantung, was hit by bombs and damaged on March 16 during a Japanese air raid on the oily, according to a message received here from a German Catholic priest, 'During the raid, the despateh said, Jepanese planes' dropped over 40 bombs and scored "direct hits on the. church gate and the auditorium of a convent for girls, "Pour refugees, one mole and three female, were killed outright, seven were seriously wounded and six slightly injured. A German flag flying above the church was blown to bits, while over 20 houses were demolished. The mission Is located In the poor quarter of the town."—Router,
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