The Archive · 1938

Be Celebrated Shanghai Japanese Plan

Elaborate Festivities

Shanghai's Japanese Community will celebrate the 37th birthday of Emperor Hirohito with an elaborate programme of festivities today, ae cording to Japanese newspaper At o'clock this morning al Japanese residents of Shanghai wil pay tribute for one minute to the Emperor. Wherever they may happen to be at the time, at home or on the streets, they will pause their activities and bow toward the cast A huge celebration meeting will be held at 10.30 o'clock in Hongkew Park under the auspices of the Japanes: Residents' Corporation.

At 230 o'clock in the afternoon Japanese military and naval bands comprising 150 musicians, will marc from Hongkew Park through th streets. They will march as far of the Japanese Primary School, Rang'

Road by way of North Szechuen Chapoo, Boone and Woosung Roads.

A concert will be given at the primary school by the two bands fo two hours beginning at 4 o'clock. and paints things as they appear t him. Curlously enough, however, the clothes of the few worshippers who appear in some of the paintings are as they are in

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