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...Marrying Kind. In Singapore, charged with attempted suicide, Fong Kum Mok tearfully told the court that he tried to slash his throat after reflecting on his marital problems, explained: his first wife died, his second ran off with thousands of dollars in cash and jewelry, his prospective third broke her promise to wed him, fled with several hundred dollars...
...south China, Canton's Nam Fong daily reported famine in 50 out of 98 counties in Kwangtung, 20 out of 74 in neighboring Kwangsi, where some of the people were down to eating tree bark, grass and domestic pets. In Canton, 4,000 peasants were arrested for petty thefts like grabbing grocery parcels from pedestrians; the city's milk powder for babies was considered so poor and unusable that human milk was getting onto the market...
...kidnapers had chosen their victims carefully. The two youths were members of wealthy and prominent families in Macao: Fu Iam-kin, 14, was the son of multimillionaire Gambling Magnate Fu Tak-iam, and Antonio de Assis Fong, 22, was the son of the manager of Macao's Central Hotel. The kidnapers sent word to the parents demanding ransom of 700,000 Hong Kong dollars ($122,850 U.S.). But they reckoned not on Gambler Fu Tak-iam. He announced that he would not pay ransom for his son because it would set a bad precedent: he has four wives...
Last week, 14 days after the kidnaping, a phone tip led police to the deserted house, where they found young Fu Iam and Tony Fong half starved and temporarily paralyzed by their bindings. The gang had decamped an hour before, learning of their betrayal just as they had finished slicing young Fu Iam's ears...
Others elected were James E. Bacon, of Wilmett, Illinois and Winthrop House; Richard C. Farrington, of Piae Orchard, Connecticut and Leverett House; Gim P. Fong, of Newton; Calver C. Groton, of Westerley, Rhode-Island and Lowell House; John B. Manning, of Worcester and Winthrop House; Ira H. Peterman, of Yonkers, New York and Dunster House; Costas C. Rodis, of Nashua, New Hampshire and Kirkland House; Ralph F. Scalera, of Midland, Pennsylvania and Winthrop House; and Robert L. Wiley, of St. Paul, Wisconsin and Lowell House...