Alleged Confession of Mass Crime by Japanese Urawa, Saitama Pref. May 24, jur persons are dead and Aftec ing ill in hospitals with. typhoid fever as the result. of sri alleged end ish attempt a: mass murder by sdigal specialist at Kawaguchi, hear here.
Accused of having sent gifts of cakes infected with deadly typhoid germs, Telzaburo Takahashi, 3, Car, nose and throat specialist,''was being held by the Saitama Prefectural police, Takahashi was arrested on May 8 and held for questioning atter his: wife, a physician attend his family developed symptoms of typhoid fever. Two members of the 3 oetue's family died.
According 19 a confession released by the police, Takahashi admitted be had fed cakes infected with typhoid culture to his wife in an attempt to, collect insurance, Fearing the physician attending his wife might discover the lot, he is Said to have confessed he sent a Boxtull of deadly ockes to the doctor's house. Two persons who contracted the discase died, Police assert that Ts hash made similar "gifts to other med practitioners, resulting inthe death of two more persuns.—Domei.
Turning to Soviet Russia, Gen, Sugiyama depicted a strong Govern: ment, unaffected by recent activities against its authority, forging ahead with preparations for war og the Fesult of the achievement of the of Second Five-Year Plan.
"Especially its very bold plans in the Far East make us believe that their intentions in this area are not peaceful." the War Minister asserted, citing "the concentration of largo Soviet land and air forces, the completion of the double-tracking of the rans-Siberian railway and" the creation of munition manufacturing centres in the Far East Gen. Sugiyama "appealed for fpational union and for ce-operation between the people and the Armys
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