CHINA: Kidnapping Notes

¶ Kidnapped last October by Chinese bandits with some smattering of Western culture, Rev. Bert N. Nelson, Minneapolis, Minn. Lutheran missionary, has been bargaining ever since for his release, communicating with his brother in Shanghai.

Last week Brother Daniel Nelson said he was about to settle with the bandits for $10,000 Mex. ($3,000) "less a sum to be expended for gramophone records, chess boards, wrist watches, ammunition, fresh fruit, fountain pens, tennis rackets & balls, basketballs, footballs and other articles."

¶ Also kidnapped last October near Loshan in Honan Province was Rev....

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