with Wounded Thirty-five pupils who had been attending Japanese primary schools in Shanghai have remained in war-torn Hongkew, the "Shanghai Meinichi" reported yesterday.
According to Mr. Tadashi Ishii, principal of the North District Primary School on North Szechuen Road, who was interviewed by a "Mail chi" correspondent, 15 pupils of his school and 20 pupils of the Central District Primary School on Rengo Road, have remained in Hongkew during the hostilities.
Of the 15 from the North District School the principal told the correspondent, six are girls. He added that if those from the West District Primary School on Kigochow Road are added, the total would be greater.
Though only a primary school student, the principal said, Miss asue Mayeda is serving as a nurse in a military hospital Two other youngsters, Master Kazuo Fujii -and Master Hiroshi Mine, he added, are assisting Japanese officials. Master Yo Yamagata, the principal said, is serving at the Japanese Consulate-General, with Miss Midori Yamagata, his elder
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