Word: blockings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...huge public funeral. Finally Dario Echandia, Liberal leader in Ospina's new cabinet, arranged a solution that Senora de Gaitan accepted: a private funeral this week at Gaitan's home, with burial of the body in the house which would then become a national shrine. The block in which it stands would be converted into a national park. In the center of the park the government would raise a statue of the martyred leader...
...pretty fair job. He limited Colby--a heavy-hitting team in its own league, at least--to eight hits. Although he did give up there straight safeties in the eighth, he would have been out of danger if Will Eldridge of the Bruins hadn't thrown a downfield block on Myles Huntington as he came into second. Eldridge was out, but Huntington's off-balance throw to complete the double play got by Coulson and two runs were...
...Manchuria, nine Communist divisions were pushing toward Tahushan, 65 miles southwest of the government's enclave at Mukden. Capture of Tahushan would block Nationalist efforts to reopen land communications with the Mukden forces. In Shantung, the north coast cities of Weihaiwei, Lungkow and Tengchow had been evacuated by government troops. To the northwest the Reds pressed down on the steadily narrowing Paotow-Tientsin corridor, and wealthy citizens sold their belongings for wads of paper money that they hoped would pay for their flight south...
Jubilee tickets will go on the block in the House and Coop over the weekend, Chairman John T. Hasel '51 said last night, as sales moved into their second week...
Meanwhile, the Peace Committee announced further plans for the rally. Three oversized telegrams calling upon Congress to block UMT, the draft, and all "measures which add to the war tension" will be circulated, with signers contributing ten cents or more to support the proposed permanent Peace Committee...