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Memsers and friends of the Foreign Y, M.C.A, are reminded of the third evening of music under the direction of Prof, S.S, Aksakov to be held in the main lounge this evening at 8,30, Japanese bank notes are being circulated in such cities now under Japanese military occupation as Taitsang, paoshan, Kating, Quinsan d Soochow, states a report to the "Sin Wen Pao,"
Direct cable telephone communication between Mukden and Osaka, a distance of 2000 kms,—will be formally inaugurated on February 21, it was announced in Mukden yesterday on the successful completion of tests, The line is said to be the world's longest.
Mr. Chen Li-fu, an influent member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang and concurrently Minister of Education, arrived in Changsha from Hankow on Feb. 16, says a dispatch to the "China Daily News" Mr, Chen will stay in Changsha for a few days in connection with some important business of the Ministry.
Four representatives of refugee children throughout the country will call on the American Ambassador to China, Mr. Nelson T. Johnson on Feb. 17 to express thanks to President Roosevelt for his leadership in launching the $1,000,000 financial campaign in aid of Chinese war refugees, states a Chinese message from Hankow to the local press.
Tue Office of the Opium-Suppresjon Commissioner for Szechuen has been dissolved on orders from the Central authorities, says a message to the "Hwa Mei Pao" In pursuance of a re-organization scheme recently adopted by the Government, the duties of the defunct commission have been taken over by the Department of Civil Affairs of the provincial administration.
Tur Mongolian-Tibetan Affairs Commission of the National Government, which has decided to hold a memorial service for the late Panchen Lama in Chungking on March 8, has notified various circles there. asking for donations of floral tributes, silver trophies, silk draperies and wooden tablets for the occasion, says a dispatch to the "Sin Wen Pao."
Changteh, Feb. 17.
Veering to the west without continuing their anticipated push toward Kaifeng, the Sakanishi detachment of Japanese infantry. last night occupied Yangwu, about 40 kilometres from Fengchiu.
From this position, it is expected, they will advance on Changchow, junction of the Peiping-Hankow and Lunghai Railways, 32 kilometres directly. south.
The column launched its drive from Fengchiu, which it occupied in conjunction with the Takagi unit yesterday morning.
Other columns of Japanese infantry continued to advance to Kaifeng.
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