Minor thoroughfares along Avenue Foch and Avenue Edward VII will assume normal appearance as all barbed wire barricades are to be taken away. This move will be greatly welcomed by many Shanghai motorists, and traffic policemen. for it will facilitate traffic, which during the "anniversary" period, had become rather congested due to the closure of many streets.
Sandbag posts which the last few days decorated the entrances to most of the newspaper offices in the International Settlement, will also be taken down, while the volunteers, who have manned them since 5 am. on August 12, will receive a well-earned rest.
Yesterday brought memories to many Shanghai residents, who were here three years ago, for it was on that day, called "Bloody Saturday," that the International Settlement was bombed at two points. Two bombs fell on the Cathay and Palace Hotels in Nanking Road, and two more were dropped in Avenue Edward VII, a few steps away from the Great World, a well-known amusement centre here. More than 1,000 persons were killed in both bombings, this number including many foreigners.
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