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[[strikethrough]] Kondo [[/strikethrough]] After hasty breakfast. [[red underline]] Kondo [[/red underline]] here with 
^ [[insertion]] another [[/insertion]] motor car of Shiohara to take me to station for visit to [[red underline]] Kwanto Soda & Acid Co. [[/red underline]] First drove me thru a park. Then took train. See only Japanese everywhere and [[strikethrough]] j [[/strikethrough]] men and women look at me as something unusual without however, showing [[red underline]] slightest sign of rudeness. [[/red underline]] Hustling busy community. Dense population. Arrive at Oji two Ricksaws waiting runs us thru village seems helter skelter built. Half naked or all naked children. Inside of wooden unpainted huts always clean. and much exposed to view
Clean matting. Many lie down [[red underline]] practically naked. [[/red underline]] Everywhere the Japs show sound well formed limbs. [[red underline]] No sign of starvation even if living very economically. [[/red underline]] Rice fields. Men with coats [[strikethrough]] paint [[/strikethrough]]
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with letters on back. Shows their name of employer. My men one pulling one pushing, ran [[strikethrough]] fas [[/strikethrough]] on a fast trot thru hot sun. Giving once awhile a grunt or a yell. when turning a corner. There are many corners along fields. The road is scarcely size of a path. [[red underline]] Factory [[/red underline]] at the distance [[strikethrough]] looks [[/strikethrough]] with [[red underline]] its chimneys [[/red underline]] and long low buildings looks like any other [[red underline]] chemical factory [[/red underline]] but inside immediately strikes other note. Japanese coolies many of them naked other half naked, brown skin in hot sun. All well shaped. [[red underline]] polite [[/red underline]] and [[red underline]] intelligent [[/red underline]] looking. [[red underline]] No awkwardness, [[/red underline]] would certainly compare favorably with any european factory population and seem stronger and bodily superior altho' small of stature. Office cool clean simple building many employees. [[strikethrough]] sever [[/strikethrough]] many of them women. always same dress as