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SHANGHAI, Tuesday, Oct. 11--Gen. Chang Fa-Kwei, China's famed "ironsides" commander, claimed the greatest victory of the Chinese-Japanese war today, asserting that he had virtually wiped out the Japanese 101st division from Tokyo in a series of smashing counter attacks on the Nanchang front southeast of Hankow...
Birthday. Henry Richard Gibson, probably the oldest living former (1895-1905) Congressman; his 100th or 101st; in Washington. Biographies say he was born in 1837; his family Bible gives 1836. Said he: "What's one year among a hundred? Certainly nothing to worry about...
...Vayo to produce his White Book listing documentary evidence of Fascist intervention in Spain. These documents-mostly photostats of papers taken from captured soldiers-were almost completely limited to evidence of Italian intervention. The press summary handed newshawks listed 100 separate documents. The book contained 101, the hastily suppressed 101st carrying an overlooked reference to German participation. All this deeply planned strategy was knocked higher than a kite at week's end by the bombs that fell on the Nazi battleship Deutschland, the shells that blasted Almeria (see p. 22). Upon receipt of the news, Alvarez del Vayo presented...
Riding roughshod over the 101st Field Artillery, the Jayvees piled up a 10 1-2 to 4 score as the final whistle blew. The seven points scored in the first chukker was indicative of the manner in which the Crimson trio galloped through the game. Ed Gerry '36 and Peter Jay '36 shared scoring honors with 5 goals apiece, while Paul Fox '36, riding in the No. 2 position, made two tallies...
Twenty thousand tons is a big ship. Lloyd's Register of Shipping, published for the 101st time last week, reported that the number of ships of this size on the world's oceans now number exactly 70. Other Lloyd's facts...