Three Japanese Planes Said to Have Been Shot Down in Raid Over Capital City Chungking, May 12, Staging a surprise raid, 21 Japanese planes. bombed Chungking this eveing, concentrating their attack mainly the north: bank of the Chialing ver, where several big fires were started.
Tt is officially claimed that throe Japanese machines were shot down, The raiders appeared at 7 pam. Chungking time, just before sunset.
Although their principal objective was across the Chialing River, bombs were also dropped on this side of the river, inside Chungking city proper.
Air-raid alarms. were sounded. at 630 pin., and Chinese machines. immediately set out to engage the raiders, who were heading for Chung king In close formation. Thrilling combats occurred as the Chinese planes dived to the attack" and zoomed up quickly again for a fresh charge.
As the raiders flew over the limits of the elly itself, anti-aircraft guns, whose fire caused a terrific dins, opened up.
Bombs were rained on the north bank for nearly two minutes. Even dugouts lying' deep. underground shook as if an earthquake was progress, and the occupants suffered acute prin in their ear-drums owing to. the. concussion, The "all clear" was sounded an hour Tater, at 730 p.m.—Reuter, Foreign Godows mit Chungking, May 13.
In their raid on Chungking yester-the Japanese bombers appeared {0 concenivate ehielly on the bunk of the Yangve River where it meets the Cluating River, A small town on tye north hake of Chialing River seemed particulely to et their atwntion, Rescue workers. however, who last night crossed the river to render fest id to the woursied there, declared that the easualr'es were comparatively. slight, only 19 persons penny killed and wounded, Many people, they led from the town ae soon larin was seuneded, were observed in the vicin" French barracks immediate-
The otices of Messrs. Hunt & Ca., 1 American shipping concern, situat= only 200 vardy from the barracks, were demolished French sailors assisted a Chinese fire brigade in bringing the fires under teontrol and preventing them from. spreading to the barractes.
'A Chinese communique issued here today slates that 27 Japanese bombers urtieipated in yesterday's raid Chungking. Three of these planes, it oMfcially announced, were shot down yesterday evening by Chinese fanti-aiteraft batteries, One of then slated already to have been found north bank of the Chialing Chungking Chungking. May 10, Under instructions. from General it raids on Chungking on May 3 and according to Dr. Yen Fu-ching, Director of the National Health Administration.
Dealing with Chinese sufferings in the present war, Dr. Yen stated that the number of Chinese soldiers killed and wounded is now well over 1,000, '000.
Six million children," he said, must be cared for by the State because their parents have either been killed by the Japanese, or are otherwise missing."
"The number of refugees forced to evacuate and seek refuge away from their homes," he continued, "is now well over 50,000,000. Of this number, 16,000,000 are destitute and have to be supported by the Star Referring to the shortage of doctors and nurses, Dr. Yen Fucching stated that China has only 9,000 trained doctors and 6,000 nurses, who are far from suifelent, The Army Medical Service, he added, at present maintains 300,000 beds for wounded soldiers, with a medical stof of 20,000 workers—Reuter,
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