Shanghai, June 6.
Wang Gno-koh, modest bicycle shop owner, was shot and killed in front of 56 Route F. Voyron at 925 pin. yesterday, when three gunmen opened fire on him as he was leaving his establishment together with his wife and children, to attend a circus performance.
Police near the scene at the time, immediately gave chase to the eseaping gunmen and just prior to arriving at the Rue F. Bayle intersection, constables arrested a suspect who was taken to the station for questioning.
Until an early hour this morning. he maintained that he was an innocent "pedestrian merely running away in an endeavour to get out of the line of fire Relatives of the victim maintained that Wang had no enemies and that he was in no way connected with any military movement, Detectives charge of the ease thus have not even fu indication of the possible motive for the murder.
Wang's body, pierced by three bul-ets, was convoyed to the public mortuary where an inquest. will be hela this morning. which took place of the China Printing & Finish 7 Chinese Celebrate Festival Shanghai, June 11
With all banks, many shops amd public bodies closed, Chinese in Shanghai enjoyed the Dragon Boat Festival yesterday in a. traditional manner, although on a moderate scale lowing to war-time financial stringency. Family banquets were held at noon and festival gifts were exchanged. The half-yearly settlement day did not witness any Chinese bank failure. On the contrary the banks are reported to have made big prests.
Amusement centres staging dramas in connection with the festival, which now has entirely lost its original Shanghai University Claims Settled Shanghai, June 8.
The Japanese ' authorities have paid in two instalments to the University of Shanghai a solatium of CN$1,060,000 for damage done to the properties of the university and to individuals of the staff, stated the Japanese Embassy' spokestnan yesterday's press conference. The first payment was made in gold dollars on May 29 and the second yesterday, the rate of exchange having been fixed at that of April 19.
The recent negotiations were conducted between the Japanese naval liaison office here and representatives of the university and, in reply to a question, the spokesman sai that neither the American nor Japanese Consulates-General took part.
The university was established and is supported, it is recalled, by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and the Foreign Mission Board the Southern Baptist Convention. meaning, were packed to capacity with Chinese holiday crowds. Children were dressed in their Sunday best and had plenty of "sung tze" cone shaped packages of rice and pork and salted eggs to eat.
All Chinese shops and banks were supposed to have cleared up their half-yearly accounts early yesterday morning. Owing to the increase in prices and the dealings in foreign exchange indulged in by some banks, Chinese merchants and bankers here fare reported to have all made enormous profits during the past few months. Hanks' here will" reopen today, No dragon boat race was reported yesterday, although such a race was jo usual thing during the pre-war days. the dragon boats were used by the Jancient Chinese to save the spirit of Chin Yuen, a premier in the Tsu Dynasty who committed suicide by {throwing himself into a body of water Hunan because he had lost the
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