During the year two Chinese connected with newspapers were assassinated, attempts were made on the fe of two other Chinese journalists while three men were abducted, The editors and employees of several Chinese language newspapers received threatening letters. During June and July, the offices of three Chinese newspapers were attacked by a gan desperadoes armed with Mauser pistols and hand-grenades, 45 foreign and 316 Chinese publications were registered with Municipal Police in 1939, Film Censorship.—During the year the police censored a total of 1.27% pictures comprising 386 feature Sims, '709 short introductory films and 180 newsreels and representing approximately 3856493 fect of film, as compared with 1,809 pictures com: prising 403 feature films, 941 short films and 195 newsreels and representing 4,498,104 feet of lin in 1038, All by-products were sold cither working and 2 for miscellaneous {open "market Or through anson: Slaten of fikes for 1800 quarterly better prices than if sold under la Shanghai contracts" resulllag "in
hnust contract ihe demand always exceeding" available supply.
import, "Inspection Foods:—This scutement ore of srtkes branes, now at the end of its second Fret Year, experienced one of is busiest January, ns\a. record established when" over" 86000] 2
Of the films censored, 111 were approved after objectionable parts had been deleted; 30 were not approved: tone was approved for private ¢xhibition only; one was withdrawn from censorship at the request of film distributors and seven were pending at the end of the year, One feature lin, amined twice during 1930 by the Dist were dlacharged on the Setile-Trent Bund. But following the ea {ol of all imports to Shanghai, the Importation of pigs to the Bund Heores, showing only ii4—snd" all Sieve tepeislon to ttl Bund decreased proportionally.
The monopoly of the pig trade in the Yangtsze Delta finally resulted in the Inauguration of the Shanghai Hvestock market, first situated at 52 Yochow Road, At first, condi tions under which the pigs were transported and. discharged at the Ewo Road Jetty were very poor however, with the sid of our Haft at' the site, advice to the shipping agents, and written pro paganda, suffering among the animals was reduced considerably, and the mortality rate dropped slightly. AE the end of August, the Yochow Road lairage was closed, and a new site occupied just off Seitiement ter ritory in Chapel, at the corner of and Chaoufoong Roads, With ind "more spacious Tairaxe not only pigs, but also cat~ tle, goats, sheep and fow! are hand-this concern. of Stanford At Annual Dinner
Stanford University alumni from the Shai 10, [Class of "08 to the Class of "37 gathered yesterday evening at a Founders' Day Dinner held in the Sanko Restauran Boone Road, when Japanesg graduates were hosts to their American fellow alumni. "Commander 8. Afizota, of the Imperial Japanese Navy, bade the participants welcome og secrclary of the gathering which, he said, he hoped would become. an nual institution. referred to the well-support Stanford Club" of Japan and. its lof Tung Wen University, Mr. K. Ikeda, Mr. K. Iseri, Mr. W. W. Jourdin, Mrs. W. Judd, Mrs. A.B. Laswell, Me. V.
Meisling, Miss B. Miller, Commander Mizota, Mr. R. R. Raven, Mrs 'TO, Schmid, and Mr. A. Steele.
Unavoidably prevented from attending were Judge Milton J. Helmick of the United States Court for China, Mr. Gordon Campbell, United States Marshal; Mr. Hallett Abend, and Mr.
Mr. Jourdin, a member of the Class of "08, spoke on behalf of the Ameri= can alumni and thanked the hosts for the happy "arrangements they had wade for the reunion. The dinner, a Japanese style, featured sukiyalsi fand other national dishes. After the neal a group photograph was taken, Jond the evening ended withthe sing ing of Stanford songs. ame eton. ston jas soars wee arrested for offences connected with strikes and other labour agitation.
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