The Archive · 1941

Manchoukuo Closing AN Dance Halls

Sex, Decadent Jazz and Frivolity Condemned Mukden, Feb, 25.

The few remaining dance halls in Changchun att Mukden are to be Closed by the authorities at the end of this month, R Closüfe of these—éstablishmeits, which local gwardiens of public morals describe as "Occidental importation associated with sex, frivolity and decadent jazz," raises the question of new employment for dance hostesses ani musicians—a question which in the majority of Cases will have to be solved by the girls and musicians themselves.

It will be recalled that in order to ensure "clean living" several cabarets in Manchoukuo were closed at the end of last year—Reuter.

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