The Archive · 1938

CHINESE RETURNING

TO CHAPEI

"No Place Like Home," Say Families Interviewed "There is no place like hom even if it isn', what it used to be members of three Chinese families returning to shell-scarred Chapei told a reporter of the "Shanghai Nippo" yesterday.

The three families, the first to go back to that district to reside, are headed by Mr. Chen Tao-pai, Tayangmiao Road; Mr, Chang Shao-tsun, Tantzuwan Road; and Mr.

Tung Tzu-long, Chungshing Road. Satisfaction at having once more a place to call their own made up for the lack of conveniences in that devastated area, they told the reporter when interviewed by the dim light of candles the only mination available to them at resent.

Permission was granted for first time on Thursday for Chi to return to Chapei to reside.

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