White @ squadron of naval aircraft circled" slowly overhead and. bluejackets stood at attention, three wrecked planes were burned at an ait base near Hankow this morning in a unique memorial ceremony honour. lag" Japanese naval acer who met death "on il-fated raids over "the Wuhan area. The bonfire was lighted a band played the naval march.
Friends of the naval pilots searched for the wreckage el the planes and corsied it to the base soon after the occupation of the Wuhan ellis, Ashes fud charred remains of the crat Will be. buried near the base, The three slain pilots were Lieut.~ Commander Noburu Kaneko, "Com. mander Jiro (Tokul) and" First Lieutenant Naohisn Shinjo. Lieut-Commander Kaneko was killed on February 17 when his bomber crashed near the Chinese. lines.
Commander Tokul, who was one of the first tiers to carry out a trans ocean raid, never returned to his base after taking off for Sinokan, north: west of Hankow, on April 26, First Lieutenant Shinjo steered his bom: ber into a formation of Chinese planes ering' combat "over Hankow on with It.—Domet vegust 3_and crashed to his Value of Goods Taxed In Kiangsu Shanghai, Dec. 4.
Instead of being computed on the basis of a shop's gross business receipts, as was the case prior to the outbreak of hostilities, the business tax now collected in iXiangsu province is calculated on the basis of the value of goods, Mr. Wang' Pel-ping, director of the Kiangsu Provineial Business Tax Bureau, told newsmen yesterday.
This measure is necessary because of the fact that many shops are closed in various "oilies, but the measure will be of a temporary nature, according to Mr, Wang.
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