Having once been the office of the defunct Russo-Asiatic Bank, the Central Bank of China Building is. of historic importance. After obtaining the. property, the—Kuomingtang ofücials attached to the National Government of China functioning in Nanking prior to the war used the property as the office of their oficial bank. Practically all the most important, officials in Chungking have made use of the building in one or the other. Both Dr. H. H, Kung, present Minister of Finance at Chungking, and Mr. T. V. Soong; now in America, had offices in the bank when they served concurrently as governors of the institution while being Ministers of Finance, Gen. Chiang Kai-shek himself was once in the building to see Dr. Kung: off on the coronation mission th London.
(Continued on page 2, col. 3 3 face and: head.' Leaving. their ' weapons at the.scene of the crime they left the house as hurriedly as they had. entered.
Relatives: of the deceased rushed to his bedside after the assailants had: made; their departure and found the victim in. the throes of death. His face was severely gashed by the blows which were rained upon him.
The British planes were across the Jura Mountai the southeast, the communique said, The final "all-clear" here was sounded at midnight, while in Geneva. the last "all-clear" signal was heard at 11.15 p.m, in Zurich the final "all-clear" came at 11.44 p.m.—United Press. cee
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