Pleasant Grove Review | 1950-11-24 | Page 8 | Buried British Paintings Lost as Death Seals Secret |

Type	issue
Date	1950-11-24
Paper	Pleasant Grove Review
Language	eng
City	Pleasant Grove
County	Utah
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Creator	L. W. Gaisford
ARK	ark:/87278/s6np65mq
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6np65mq

Article Title	Buried British Paintings Lost as Death Seals Secret
Type	death
Date	1950-11-24
Paper	Pleasant Grove Review
Language	eng
City	Pleasant Grove
County	Utah
Page	8
Creator	L. W. Gaisford
OCR Text	Show Buried British Paintings Lost as Death Seals Secret HONG KONG When the Japanese seized Hong Kong early in World War II, the British buried 25 valuable paintings. Now they can't find them. Austin Coates, assistant colonial colo-nial secretary, said three men burled the paintings In the grounds of the governor's residence. resid-ence. Only they knew where. All three men died. Each believed be-lieved the other two would tell where the pictures were buried. A search of government files has afforded no clew.
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6np65mq/8836211