Playboy of Chinese Politics Flees to Japan for Safety
A defiant warlord, Chang Tsung-chang, known as the playboy of the Eastern world, seeks asylum in Japan after a career of warlord excess and bloodshed in Shantung. Beppu hosts him with limited security as Nationalist forces pursue his scattered forces and his vanished Chefoo headquarters.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Beppu
Kyushu
Japan
Kerlebad
Marthal - Chang Tsung-chang
Shantung
Shipboard escape from Port Arthur refuge in Japan
The Japanese refused to let him land claiming he abused Port Arthur as a base for his Shantung venture. A reporter saw him in shabby clothes and a bowler hat crouched by his tank. The next day he appeared neat, shaved, and dressed, after which authorities granted him refuge in Japan. He hired six first class cabins on a Japanese steamer, bidding farewell to his mother and wives before setting sail for Moji.
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Chang
Kwatung
Shantung
Kwangtung
Japan
Neveretheless
Port Arthur
Dairen
Moji
Radium Delivered for Havana Cancer Institute Opening
Eight hundred milligrams of radium costing 45000 dollars was delivered to the new Cancer Institute in Havana. It is the first of four planned shipments for the island, and the institute formally opened on May 19.
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Havana
Cancer Institute
All-Russian Communist Party adds 224909 members in 1928
Moscow reports the party reached 1,529,250 total members with 45.5 percent workers and twelve percent peasants. In Paris an auction of 18th century French drawings brought 400300 with a top price of 10600 for a Louis Gabriel Moreau Ouache view of the Park of St Cloud.
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Moscow
All-Russian Communist Party
Paris
St. Cloud
Ouache
Louis Gabriel Moreau
Fishermen of Stamboul Plane Gift to Turkish Air Force
The Stamboul fishermen association, whose members operate in the Black Sea, the Bosphorus, and the Sea of Marmara, presented a plane to the Turkish government. In gratitude, the government named the aircraft Fishermen of Stamboul.
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Stamboul
Black Sea
Bosphorus
Sea of Marmara
Turk‘sh
First Soviet Arctic meteorological station opens near Leningrad
LENINGRAD UP The Soviet Union opens its first regular meteorological station north of the Arctic Circle on the Kola Peninsula May 1 at 2,800 feet altitude. Rome Mussolini decrees army officers may marry before 25 without royal consent as part of promoting marriage. Auckland legends of Maori natives being collected by Sir Maui Pomare. Springar Kashmir Dutch explorer P C Visser begins crossing Himalayas toward Karakoram. winter stay planned in Tibet.
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Leningrad
Soviet Union
Arctic Circle
Kola Peninsula
Rome
P.muesolini
Sprinagar
Kashmir
P. C. Visser
Himalayas
Aings
Tibet
Frozen Watermelon Cocktail and Tomato Custard Note
A historical recipe fragment describes hollowing a watermelon with a vegetable cutter, freezing the balls with sugar and lemon juice, and layering salt and ice for three hours. It also gives a tomato custard method simmering tomatoes with water and spices, then pressing the mixture through a sieve.
Trunks Held For 10100 In New York Auction Claim
New York officials hold six trunks of wearing apparel valued at 5200 that Mrs. Ector Orr Munn, daughter of the late Rodman Wanamaker, can recover by payment of 10400. The notice is dated June 10 and involves a custody claim awaiting settlement.
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New York
Pro Custome
Ector Orr Munn
Rodman Wanamaker
Saint Halts Lava Belief At Terzigno Vesuvius Eruption
In Terzigno peasants believe a statue of St Anthony stopped lava flow a few yards from homes during the Mount Vesuvius eruption. locals visit the village to view a rough lava replica. Residents flock to witness the event amid the eruption.
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Naples
Italy
Anthony
Terzigno
Involuntary bankruptcy action filed against W F Martin
Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings were instituted today against W. F. Martin, initiating a formal process to satisfy creditors. Court filings indicate the petitioner seeks relief under applicable bankruptcy statutes with the aim of liquidating or reorganizing assets under court supervision.
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W. F. Martin
Faint Mountaineer Falls to Death After Rope Cut
Innsbruck Austria June 10 A mountaineer Paul Seidel and Rudolph Reider were climbing the Speckkar Spitze when Seidel reportedly urged Reider to sever their rope to avoid a cliff. Reider complied and Seidel fell 900 feet to his death in a dramatic alpine accident.
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Pal
Innsbruck
Gadsden firm to accept 100 homes next Wednesday
Gadsden Land and Building Corporation, building 475 homes for Goodyear mill employees, will accept 100 next Wednesday, bringing total completed to 300 this week. Landscaping contract awarded to Frazier Nurseries and work is underway in the mill village.
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Gadsden
Ala
Gadsden Land & Building Corporation
Goodyear Rubber Mills
Mill Village
Frazier Nurseries
Cornbread Without Eggs From Market List Note
A reader describes making corn bread without eggs by mixing three-fourths cup corn meal and flour with shortening salt and soda, adding one and a half cups buttermilk, beating, and baking in a hot oven for about twenty minutes. The text notes difficulty due to missing eggs on a market list.
Canterbury report cites small police force and long murder-free period
Canterbury England with 24 000 inhabitants has 35 policemen. Capt Vansittart the mayor says there has been no murder here for 40 years. Eleven arrests for drunkenness last year, most offenders were petty thieves or traffic violators.
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Canterbury
England
W. Vansittart
Corn Silage Cuts Fodder Costs for Fattening Lambs
Corn silage for fattening lambs saves hay and grain and reduces feed costs. Caution advised when starting lambs on silage to avoid health issues and ensure proper adaptation.
Guiding Your GED Child Athletic Babies
A nursemaid observes preschoolers on a roof performing risky play with no warnings from teachers. The staff stay nearby to prevent serious harm while allowing safe bumps to build skill. The lesson for home parents is to let babies test limits carefully. Dogs are dying by the thousands in an epidemic of Canine typhoid in England.
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England
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