M. Vyshinsky Given Order of Lenin by M. Stalin Moscow, July 21.
The Soviet Public Prosecutor, M. Vyshinsky, has been awarded the Order of Lenin, the highest order in the Soviet Union, for "consolidating revolutionary lawfulness and strengthening the procurator's office."
M. Vyshinsky prosecuted in all the recent big mass trials in Russia, including that of the Bolshevik leaders, Kameneff and Zinovieff.
Meanwhile, the trial and execution of another 24 railway officials in Habarovsk for alleged spying is reported. They were all alleged to be: members of a "Trotskyist and Japanese terrorist spying organization on the Voroshiloff branch of the Far Eastern Railway."—Reuter.
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