In an attempt to murder a member of the Special Service Section of the Japanese Army, Mr. Sasaki, and several of his friends including Formosans and Chinese, four hand-grenades Were hurled into his residence at 65
Gordon Road last night by an un-kñown number of Chinese, several of whom fired shots after the missiles had been thrown, with the result that a Chinese servant was injured and removed to hospital.
The grenades were thrown during a party which had been given by Mr. Sasaki, in honour of his friend, Mr. Ko, a Formosan, to celebrate his engagement to a Chinese girl, Miss Tsang. At about 8 p.m. the party broke up in confusion as three sudden explosions occurred in different Parts of the building, these being followed by the firing of several pistols, windows being shattered and much damage being done to the exterior of the house.
Luckily none of the grenades found their way into the room where the party was being held, but a Chinese Servant was picked up outside suffering from a ruptured left eye ball and bad lacerations on the eye lid. He was removed immediately to St. Luke's Hospital where he was detained, In Pennsylvania, traditionally a rock-ribbed Republican fortress until the New Deal and the Committee for Industrial Organization united, the Republicans scored two notable victories. Mr. George J. Earle, present governor of the state, conceded that his opponent, Senator James Davis, and been re-elected to the Senate, He also conceded that his ruming-mate, Mr. Charles Alvin Jones, Democrat, had been defeated by Judge Arthur H. James for the governorship, succeeding Mr. Earle.
Michigan's voters flocked to the polls to register their distaste of the methods used by Mr. Frank Murphy, present governor, in handling the automobile strikes. At the last returns, Mr. Frank Fitzgerald, former governor of the state and this year's Republican nominee, was leading Mr. Murphy, 379,094 to 262,331 with only a few precincts as yet unreported.
Ohio's Democratic Senator, Mr. Robert J. Bulkley, who was one of President Roosevelt's "favoured few" to receive a helping hand in the Democratic primary, was apparently going down to defeat. Mr. Robert A. Taft, Republican son of the late President Taft, was leading Mr. Bulkley, 758918 to 664,881 with 5,749 of 8,599 precincts reported in.
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