In the first big criminal case to be heard by the Changchow district court - since it was reorganized following the hostilities, six employees of the Da Sheng Cotton Mill, Changchow, were recently charged by the mill manager with having misappropriated $40,000 in cash, 25 gold rings, four pairs of gold ear rings, two gold "shoes" weighing 50 ounces each, and a quantity of other valuables, Chinese reports said yesterday.
The defendants were alleged to have taken away the valuables from the mill premises when the owners and manager of the mill and their families evacuated Changchow during the hostilities. Defendants denied the accusations, Peiping Officials to Learn Japanese Peiping, Sept. 2, For the purpose of facilitating the cause of Sino-Japanese friendship," the Ministry of Industries of the Peiping "Provisional Government" has opened several Japanese classes for its. employees, These classes meet for one hour every afternoon after office, and are in charge of Japanese language teachers.
It is stated that, with the exception of those who already speak Japanese fluently, all the Employees of the Ministry attend these classes, Reuter.
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