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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...months the murky floodwaters around the Yellow River, to the north of the Yangtze, have prevented the Japanese from making a widespread onslaught on Hankow but by last week the waters had subsided enough to allow them to set their troops in motion on a 400-mile line, extending from Chengchow on the Yellow River to Teian, 45 miles south of the Yangtze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Hankow | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...cannot be brought to trial. Prisoner Schuschnigg is in a "depressed state," the police admitted, but he will be tried in a few months before a special court on the charge of violating the Austrian Constitution. Likely sentence: Exile. "Germany's dignity," soberly cracked the police, would not allow his execution or sentence to a long jail term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Prisoner | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...Estelle in the Well'' acts, which exhibit an almost naked girl lying at the bottom of a very shallow well and for an extra 25? allow patrons to touch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Sent to the Cleaners | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

...feeling that politeness is commonplace and that smartness and insolence are equivalent to good breeding. We attained our freedom but our spirit is still bound by shackles forced by the frailties of our nature. We are Orientals. Orientals are known for their placidity and passiveness. I refuse to allow Filipinos to be so regarded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Moral Criticism | 8/29/1938 | See Source »

...aged poor. For this foundation, the $300,000 mausoleum will be the architectural centre. It was reported last week that as soon as workmen finish waterproofing the vaults, Jessie Ball du Pont, A. I.'s widow, may have a section of Nemours' high wall knocked down to allow public inspection of the tomb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tower at Nemours | 8/22/1938 | See Source »

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