(One of Shanghai's perrenial terests 8 about to have a "finis" Written at the end of its local history, fand that is the story of the U.S. army commission wich for years has, posed in the safe at the American Consulate, unclaimed. Whenever interest waned, or a new reporter sought material for a "colour fea The parade lasted an hour and was thoroughly enjoyed by all those present.
Tu accordance with the usual eus~ tora. of postponing official, receptions: fu honour of the King's' Birthday when it occurs on a Sunday, reception at H. M. Consulate-General ook place on Monicy.
"At 1130 a.m. Sir John Brenan, H. 1M. Consul-General, held a reception atthe Consulate to British subject and their friends. The reception was Targely attended and the toast, proposed by Sir John, received a hearty At the Zero Club, another recep-ion. was held when Brigadier-General E, B, Macnaghten, the Preident, proposed the toast, while at the R.A. F, Association later Mr. J. D. E, Shotter, who presided at the reception, was the proposer of the King's health, which was drunk with after an absence of nearly ten years, from this service.
At the conclusion of his two year tour in the Far East, he hopes to re turn to the "lighter-than-air service the which incidentally has brought him Fenown, both as the commander of the "Century of Progress" on its fight into the stratosphere, and as the com mander of the balloon entered by the United States in the Gordon Bennett Trophy Race. His balloon, skillfully piloted, retrieved the trophy and brought it to America permanently. Until Friday, he will be in Shanghai and is registered at the Metropol Hotel.
Emphasizing the fact that his trip into the stratosphere at Akron, O., was purely scientific in purpose, Cmdr. Settle stated that the results of the flight had been of definite value according to Prof. A. H. Compton of the University of Chicago.
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