The Archive · 1941

By Chinese in Hungjao

Mr. Teiko Soda, twenty-year old employee of the Japan Tourist Bureau in Hongkew, was shot and killed by Chinese guerillas at Tsinpu, some hundred yards off Hungjao, on Sunday afternoon. it was learned yesterday. Investigations into the affair are being made by the Japanese authorities. The victim sustained seven bullet wounds, Mr. Soda, in company with several other Japanese young men and Women, went on a picnic to Hungjao. At about midday, the little group sat down to lunch. It was then that they heard someone shout for help. Several shots followed, While the rest dispersed to take cover. the victim ran to help the man, who turned out to be a Japanese and who was being held by about ten Chinese. Before Mr. Soda could do anything, however, the Chinese fired at him, virtually riddling him with bullets, The gunmen then escaped. The body of Mr. Soda. who was considered to be a very trustworthy and hardworking youth, was brought to Shanghai on Sunday evening, Arrested An unarmed robber was arrested by the Settlement police at about 11.45 a.m. yesterday after he had participated in a robbery on Avenue Edward VII. The crime, perpetrated by several gangsters on the French side of the street, was reported to a member of the S.M.P. by one of the victims, who followed one of the robbers into the Settlement and pointed him out to the policeman. The criminal was arrested. sores, ringworm, itch, chapped lips and hands, piles and skin complaints generally are best treated with the delightfully fragrant ointment

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