Forced into. Motor Car revealed that the victim. riding in his private rickshaw, bearing licence No. 2822. was coming out of Lane 77 Connaught Road when he was stopped by four gangsters, one of whom was armed. He was pushed into a waiting car. The vehicle was then driven away in a westerly direction.
The victim is 39 years of age and a native of Ningpo. He is said to be wealthy and in the cotton business. The crime. it was believed, had been committed for ransom, since the victim was not known to belong to any organizations, Soviet Ambassador to Vichy Named Moscow, Mar, 22, M. A, E, Bogomolov, Soviet Charge d'Affaires at Vichy has been appointed Ambassador to Vichy, it was announced here yesterday. Mr, Bogomolov thus is the first Soviet Ambassador to-France since March, 1940, when the French Government declared M, Jakov Surits persona non grata and demanded his recall,—United Press, Not One Grain Wasted "N.C.D.N." Photos, 4 brighter side of the situation is seen on the Soochow Creek with the unloading of rice into the Settlement.
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