Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-29
OFFICERS
WOUNDED
BY BOMB
Explosive Hurled During
Shanghai Celebration
Injuries Japanese.
AMERICAN QUIZZED
Koreans Blamed For Out
rage Which Endangers
Many Lives.
BY RANDALL GOULD
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

ohhtcu TresS StdII correspondent
SHANGHAI, April 29.-The five
highest Japanese official at Shang-
hal, who played the most important
roles in the recent Sino-Japanese
engagement, were wounded today
by a bomb explosion aimed to an
nihilate Japan's Shanghai leaders.
The bomb was thrown on to the
reviewing platform at a japanese
military parade.
japanese marines invetigating
the attack surrounded the home of
w. S. Hubbard, an American en-
ployed by the Shanghai depart
ment of public works, which has
charge of Hongkew park, where
the explosion occurred. Hibbard
was understood to be undergoing
questioning.
Seven men had been arrested,
including the park keeper who was
said to be a foreigner One man
was severely beaten by the Japan
ese crowd. Three of the men were
believed to be Koreans.
One of the three, Fino ri, 25,
was believed to be the actual
thrower of the bomb He was held
at japanese gendarme headquar-
ters
Rigid martial law was imposed
by japanese military in the vicinity
of HongkeW park and Szechuan
road.
1t was believed the gendarme
commander woulc be courtmartial-
ed, and the resignation of the chief
of Japanese consular police was
expected.
Fifteen thousand Japanese cele-
brating Hirohitos birthday saw
bomb explode at the feet of Of
ficials on the reviewing stand
where they were an easy target
for the bombers. The crowd was
singing the japanese national an
them, "Kimigayo."
The wounded, respective heads of
the Japanese military, naval, diplo-
matte and consular services here,
were:
Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu:
right leg broken; will be incapaci-
tated for four or five months.
Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura,
commanding naval forces, wounded
face and eyes, may lose eyesight.
General Yoshinori Shirakawa.
commanding Japanese troops,
wounded in the face.
Consul-General Kuramatsu Mu-
raj, left leg injured, expected to
recover in three or four weeks.
General Kenkichi Yteda, who
commanded the 9th division in the
Shanghai fighting, left arm in
jured.
American Escapes
Lieut.. Col. Walter Drysdale,
American military attache, and the
French, British and Italian mill
tary attaches, left the platform only
few seconds before the bomb ex-
ploded Another bomb fell on the
platform but did not explode.
There we're 10 men on the plat
form at the time of the explosion.
In addition to the wounded Of
ficials, Dr. T. Kawabata, leader
among japanese civilians, was
Slightly hurt.
japanese military constructed a
1t was found on the ground near
the reviewing stand.
The investigation of the bombing
was surrounded by the greatest
secrecy. No statements were is
sued and nobody was admitted to
police headquarters except Japan
ese officers. The japanese news
papers in Shanghai were prohibited
from publishing news of the arrest
of Korean, Fino XII, 25, suspect
ed of throwing the bomb.
All but two or three of seven
suspects arrested were released this
evening. w. S. Hibbard, the Amer
lean in charge of the park, was
released after questioning. He was
detained temporarily because he
intervened to protect the Korean
from the crowd.