Japanese Army Employee is Shot and Killed Attacked by unidentified Chinese snipers, an employee of the Special Service Section of the Japanese Army was slain near Chengchiachen, about five kilometres north-east of the Hungjao aerodrome, on March 7, the "Shanghai Nippo" said yesterda; At 9 o'clock in the morning of that day the Army employee, Mr. Masaji Nishioka, 32, left Shanghai by motor car on an inspection trip through the Shihpao and Hungjao area, accompanied by two friends, Mr. Mitsuyo Fujiyama and Mr. Kei Kawahara On the way back In the afternoon, the car developed engine trouble near Chengchiachen. While the men were engaged in repairing the car rifle shots suddenly rang out from a point near-by auf Mr. Nishioka fell to the gonnd with blood gushing from a wound in his head.
His companions administered first aid then' took the wounded man to the Shinozaki Hospital in Boone Road, where he died at 6 o'clock the next morning. Rites for Mr. Nishioka will be held here after the arrival of his wife from Nagasaki.
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