Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
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acted on shipboard. I was surprised to find that they made talking pictures, if these by Darryl F. Zanuck placed behind the scenes create the drama in the deep peculiar voice which the Japanese always use in dramas, This dialogue helps immensely to the understanding of the pictures. The audience was mixed men and women. Rained at 10 P.M., continued all night. Already, I have seen no hotels or red-light houses in the market. There is very little regulation to change. They are allowed to go at any speed possible, even by trolley cars discharging passengers on both sides of a street as suits their convenience. No police regulation of traffic as seen on corners.