Big Attendance at Ball at the Paramount The Shanghai Municipal Police Spe-dals gathered in force last Wednesday evening at the Paramount for the first of what it Is hoped will be a series of annual balls. Over 400 wore resent, including a number of guests. The ballroom was especially decorated for the occasion with the flags of all nations, and over the bandstand the Police' flag, with "SMPS."" in electric lights just beneath. The floor show included a special song number written and arranged for the aces sion by Lynn Cowan.
At the official table, with the Deputy Commissioner of Specials, Mr. MacDonald were:—Major_ and Mrs. Gerrard, Major and Mrs, Bourne, Mr. and Mrs. Young, Mr. and Mrs, Aiers, Mr. Givens, Capt, and Mrs. Wah, Capt. Smythe, Mr. and Mrs, Gilbert, Mr, Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Uyehara, Mr. and Mrs. Liang, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, Me, W. J. Gande, and Mr. C. C. Tao, The committee for the bali consist ted of Assistant Commissioner R. G.
'The' child was carried away at about 120 pin. on December 12 las year by three gangsters who entered the house on the pretext of presnt= ing a gift to the family. The household declined 10 give any informa. Mien regarding the development of the case, but the Special Crime Branch, who had been following up clues, learned on Tuesday that Fepresentative of the father was to negotiate with the kidnappers over the question of ransom in the Far Eastern Hotel, in Thibet Road, yesterday morning.
In order to facilitate their work, the police also took a room in the same hotel and, at about 11 am, when the expected negotiations were taking place in room 821, detectives raided the place, rounding up, will out difficulty, three suspects and a representative of the family, Information given by one of the suspects led the police to 9 Kwang Sing Alley, Wuchang Road, were the four-year-old boy was rescued, In the house, a woman who. was looking after him was arrested, Further raids were made in Naniao, and in a house in Rue Admiral Bayle, where a woman and a man were arrested and a pistol seized Detectives of the Special Crime Branch about three weeks ago rested a man who was reported 10 have sold his share in the kidnapping for a small amount to one of the men rounded up last Wednesday. The suspect has been extradited to Hang chow to answer a murder charge.
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