Chungking, May 31. Chinese civilian" casualties from the four Japanese air raids on Chungking this month {olalled 9,800, Reuter is_authoritatively informed. These casualties were suffered in the Japanese bombings on May 3, 4, 12 and 25. The figure is said to include only dead bodies ac~ counted for and wounded registered at hospitals. OF the number of wounded, 2,000 are said to be serious cases. There are still many bodies buried deep under debris which have not been extricated. Many others who were wounded were either slightly hurt and did not register at hospitals, or they were taken care of privately—Reuter.
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