p.m. yesterday having been delayed for about two hours were reported to have been stripped to the waist "Wan Ho Company Hsupu shortly before 1 p.m. arriving at Paimow, Kiangsu coastal district, at about 230 pin, At Paimow, the passengers boarded the ferryboat to come to Shanghai but the Japanese were alleged to have: ordered the uriist ferryboat to come near the gunboat so that passengers might be searched as more were suspected to be guerillas. The boat was allowed to continue its trip to Shanghai at 3.45 pin.
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