Arrested While Serving in the Astor House A Chinese spy who was seized 1 Japanese Consular Police ought before a court-martial wa: executed by a firing squad here on March 5, local Japanese newspaper yesterday g on ord from the headquarters of a Chinese secret serv the man. Wu Chih-yuan, 29, x belonged to the Kiangsu and Chekiang Anti-Japanese Society, obtained employment at the Astor House, Whangpoo Road, on December 7, ti "Shanghai Mainichi" He represented himself a Formosan because of his knowledge of the Japanese language, learned durin: an eight-year residence in Kobe.
Ten days later he was arrested the Consular Police on a charge of espionage.
His espionage aqtivitie were established by the court-martial according to the paper For the exemplary fulfilment of special ka assigned by the Governent in strengthening the defensive power of the Soviet Union and for heroism displayed in this work, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U, SSR. has conferred the title of Hero of Soviet Union upon Colonel Senatorov, Major Dushkin. Major Shevchenko. Lieutenant Laputin Junior Commander Kruchinin and Junior Commander Semenov For outstanding successes in the military, political and technical tr: ing of the units of the Red Army. the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of US.S.R. has awarded 213 commanders, political workers, junior commanders and Red Army men with orders of U.SS.R.
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