ASSAULT ON WOMAN
FACE-SLAPPING INCIDENT AMERICAN PROTEST (Reed. Aug. 17, 12 noon) TIENTSIN, Aug. 16. The United States Consul has strongly protested against the actior. of a Japanese sentry who yesterday slapped the face of Mrs. France: Mary Richards, a 60-year-old Ameri - can subject, crumpled up her Japanese -and American passes because she refused to place her baskets oi: the same mat as a stripped Chinaman.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20018, 17 August 1939, Page 5
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66ASSAULT ON WOMAN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20018, 17 August 1939, Page 5
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