Eight Killed, Two Wounded in Farm House "Wounded a month ago in Woosung, two Chinese, a farmer and his 17- year old son were conveyed to Shanghai by way of Pootung yester Cay morning and.are receiving treatment at the Lester Chinese Hospital. Their conditions are not serious A Japanese soldier was said to be responsible for their wounds. It wa: reported that the Japanese went into a farm house in Woosung at about 5 p.m. on March 6, and after having shot dead eight persons found inside, wounded the farmer and his son, The two Chinese, shot in the abdomen and thigh respectively, were first conveyed to a Japanese hospital in Paoshan. After treatment, they left for Pootung on March 17, where they remained until yesterday morning. They landed at the Customs Jetty from a boat shortly after 11 am, to get treatment from a Shanghai hospital, Japan to Economize Tokyo, Apr. 5.
The Japanese financial and economic position and the concern felt at the continuously-increasing costs of war, are reflected in the official statement issued after yesterday's Cabinet meeting when it was decided to instruct all official institutions to exercise the utmost economy during the financial year beginning April 1. The War Minister, Gen, Gen Sugiyama, has ordered ihe military authorities to use extreme care in using the extraordinary war budget of Y.- 3,000,000,000.—Trans-Ocean.
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