Word: battlefield
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that he had been "captured." Major Kuga wished to commit harakiri-to disembowel himself with his sword-but his own sword had been broken in the battle, an aggravation of his shame. Brooding and white-lipped Major Kuga walked last week to the exact spot on Shanghai's battlefield where the hand grenade had knocked him unconscious. There, putting his service pistol to his head, he fired one well-aimed shot. "The suicide of Major Kuga." said the Japanese military spokesman at Shanghai, "has aroused the greatest sympathy and admiration in Japanese military and civilian circles here." In Shanghai...
Since China's forces had withdrawn some 20 miles from Shanghai (TIME, March 14), Japan's remaining 30,000 troops had last month's battlefield to themselves. Upon it last week they proceeded to stage a sham battle. Advancing with shouts of "Banzai!" against a nonexistent Chinese foe, the Japanese captured position after position, firing their rifles and machine guns as they did so. Realism was added by the presence of hundreds of decomposing Chinese dead upon the field...
...guarantee of life. French and German differences have grown worse and they give every evidence of growing still worse in the future. Whether the development comes to war within predictable time or not, warlike years lie ahead for Europe. ¶ "American investments on this continent are investments in a battlefield...
...eight original Houston children, survivors are Andrew Jackson Houston, custodian of San Jacinto battlefield, and Mrs. Nettie Houston Bringhurst of San Antonio. Living descendants: 20 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, 35 great-great-grandchildren. Living grandchildren are: Mrs. Margaret Bell Probert, New York novelist; Mrs. G. H. Loe, Toledo, Ohio; Temple Houston Jr., Enid, Okla.; Sam Houston Ill, Claremore, Okla.; Richard Houston, Woodward, Okla.; Mrs. W. C Henderson, Tulsa, Okla.; Adriane Houston and Margaret Houston, La Porte, Tex.; Mrs. R. E. McDonald, Stamford, Tex.; Mrs. Josephine Paulus, Pearsall Tex.; Mrs. J. B. Heitchew, Abilene, Tex.; Harry Houston and Temple H. Morrow...
...lantern slide show of undergraduate days. When the reunion broke up before midnight. President Hoover said to his guests: "Come back tomorrow morning for medicine ball." Some of them did, and the next night, without the President, they ate another reunion dinner. A tour of the Gettysburg battlefield completed Stanford '94's celebration...