3 Jul 1944, Harry Ching's wartime diary
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Mon, 3 Jul 1944
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Many cases reported people mauled in streets by animals. Seven cases reported mostly after midnight. Believed wild starving dogs. Bodies eaten. Stray dogs to be shot.
Rosary Hillites complain insufficient food. 400 there, Red Cross wants reduce to 300. May throw out Hullo Johns ((Chinese wives of regular soldiers)) without children.
Nursing pumpkin, first ever produced on roof. Then typhoon and rotted. But good half was excellent.
