We regret to record the death of Mr. Otho F. Smith, assistant manager of the Tobacco Products Corporation. Death occurred very suddenly on Wednesday, Mr. Smith succumbing at the General Hospital after only three days' illness from spinal meningitis. He was a native of Richmond, Virginia, and was very well known in Masonic circles, his mother Lodge was North Side, Virginia, and in Shanghai he was associated with Sinim Lodge Ha leaves a widow and two children. On Thursday there was a full funeral service according to the Scottish Rite and the body was afterwards cremated.
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