China War Threat as Foreigners Under Fire in Nanking
Foreigners including 155 Americans and many Britons faced bombardment during the Nanking crisis after Cantonese forces took the city. U S and British destroyers and marines protected evacuees, while a general strike and violence surged in the foreign and native sections.
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China
Nanking
Shanghai
North China
Chinkiang
South China
Standard Oi! Company
United States
Noa
Preston
Emerald
America
Japan
Central Labor Union
Markham Road
C. 8. Williams
United States War Forces
Colonel Hill
Helgoland Island A World War Era North Sea Asset
A National Geographic bulletin notes a $600000 appropriation to build breakwaters on Helgoland to defend the North Sea outpost. The piece details its history under Germany since 1890, local attitudes toward militarism, and the island’s current peaceful, tourism driven character with two villages Unterland and Oberland connected by stairs.
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Washington
Helgoland
Germany
National Geographic Society
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Zanzibar
Africa
England
League of Nations
Great Britain
Scotland
Unterland
Oberland
North Sea
Enforce Politeness in Manila Traffic Force
Traffic policemen in Manila are instructed by Chief of Police John Green to move traffic without berating motorists. Minor offenders receive a short kindly talk, while serious ones are greeted by a judge. Movement relies on precedent and custom rather than strict regulation, with American arrivals often impatient.
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Manila
John Green
Forest Week Set By Dorothy Brall A T A
The American Tree Association designates the week of April 24 as American Forest Week. The association has distributed 100,000 copies of the forestry primer written by Charles Lathrop Pack to schools nationwide.
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Dorothy Brall
American Tree Association
Association
Charles Lathrop Pack
Wood With Two Wooden Legs Fined for Speeding
In Hopland California EB A Wood with two wooden legs was stopped on a wooden bridge near Hopland by Officer Ryder. He claimed Oakland as his residence and was driving 51 mph. Before Judge Clendenin he paid a $10 fine.
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Ukiah
Calit
Wood
Hopland
Ryder
Clendenin
EB. A. Wood
Oakland
Red bug proves to be most annoying to U S Marines
Bragman’s Bluff Nicaragua marines and bluejackets at the neutral zone report the red bug a tiny tick that hides in grass and bites by piercing skin. It causes intense itching, swelling, and bleeding sores, prompting kerosene use and constant scratching. A limerick contest offered a five dollar prize for best verse about the pest.
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Red Bug
U. S
Bragman’s Bluff
Nicaragua
United States
Butler Man Claims 48 Eggs in One Sitting
Claude Kennedy a 27 year old of Butler an employee at a car building company claims to have eaten 48 eggs at one sitting the eggs supplied by Main Street Market in Butler.
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Butler
Claude Kennedy
Ennedy
Seth Main Street Market
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Russia
Amélia
Maly
Count von Bernstorff
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New York
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Burleson
al Smith
William G. McAdoo
Smith
Solid South
Good Will
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Para
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John W. Benton
Detroit
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Mex_ico
Mexico
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Eet
Minnesota
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Hubert Work
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Versailles
Island
Gron
Kant
Witt
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Theodore Roosevelt
New York State Memorial
Grand Central Palace
John Russell Pope
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West
Seventy-seventh Street
New York City
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