May 1, The annual "Bigger and Betier Babies Weel" will be sponsored this year from May 2 to May 8 by the Dairen Civil Administration Onlec and the Dairen Municipal Olfiee, assisted by various women's organiza tions here, 'The observance centres round the' traditional Boys' Festival Day on the Mfth day of the fifth month when every noble, virtuous and laudatory. quality Is given special recognition so that the youngsters will alm to live worthy lives, Monthly Licences for Radios Radio owners in Manchoukuo and the Kwantung Leased Tersitory pay monthly tolls to the Manchuria Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Fifty-seven villages. at "Yungtsenyuan, about 20 miles east of Harbin, have been abducted by a gang of 200 bandits, according to messages reach~ ing Changehun.
'The bandits, led by Chao Shou-chih, stormed' the village early in the morning, disarmed 20 members of the local self-defence corps. roused the still slumbering villagers ana escaped with 70 captives.
"About 200 members of the local Peace Preservation Corps augmented by 24 police emeers, gave chase and battle. engaged the bandits in a four-hour
Thirteen of the captives were] liberated and fourteen rifles recovered. Twenty-five bandits and three members of the punitive force were killed in the aetion—Reuter.
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