Attacked by a gunman while riding in a rickshaw near the junction of Lin Tun and Kuan Chien Roads in Soochow, Mr. Yao Chih-an, secretary of the Civil Affairs Department of the Kiangsu Provincial Government, wes slain at 9.30 o'clock on Thursday morning, the "Tairiku Shimpo" reported yesterday.
He was on his way to his Government offices from his home at Min Lo Li, Pi Peng Fang, Lin Tun Road, the daily stated.
Since the outbreak of the Sino-
Japanese conflict, prior to which he was a primary school teacher and a member of the self-government committee of the Provincial Government, ao has served as secretary of the civil affairs department.
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