Far East seen through Duke historian Clyde’s updated classic
Duke University historian Dr. Paul H. Clyde updates The Far East to provide a scholar’s view of the Chinese Revolution Chiang Kai shek postwar Japan and the roots of Western misreads. He argues China’s revolution has internal roots and that postwar Japan may or may not sustain democracy.
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Pirates Loot WWII Shipwrecks Off Philippines Coast
Scrap iron pirates raid naval graveyards of sunken World War II ships near Samar and Leyte. Senator Garcia urges army inquiry as 500,000 to 700,000 tons of salvageable scrap are thought to lie buried in Philippine waters.
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Samar
Leyte
Philippine
Melchior’s Funeral Song Brings Laughing Crowd
Opera star Lauritz Melchior earned early fees singing at funerals. A Grieg hymn he loved ended with palm leaf lines, and a mourner’s bench roar followed when a companion struck the deceased with a beer bottle. The death’s exit later explained the incident.
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Grieg
Melchior
New York stocks slide in second dullest week of year
NYSE prices slumped about $1 billion as volume fell to 5,067,639 shares the smallest since May. Trading opened firm but Tuesday’s decline hit oil and rails, with many issues down and investors cautious on market direction and holiday volume.
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Louisville & Nashville
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Judge Takes Offender's Advice in Burma Court
In Rangoon an elderly man with no prior record faced a charge of riding a bicycle contrary to traffic rules. When asked for remarks he asked the judge what he would say if he were in his place. The magistrate asked the same question. The man replied that the judge should discharge him, and the court did.
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Burma
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