Word: braving
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lieut. General Seishiro Itagaki, officially declared last week in Tokyo: "The conflict between Japan and China is little affected. . . . Sino-Japanese hostilities have just started. The unexpectedly early victory at Hankow should be attributed to the august virtues of His Imperial Majesty, and at the same time to the brave efforts of the Japanese forces which participated. After victory, tighten your helmet strap...
...first that he was saying their only chance for life was to wrap the blankets around their heads, dash downstairs through the flames. He was seen to offer to lead the way. The three salesgirls took the blankets and followed for a short distance, then their nerves cracked. Although brave Louis Frichet kept pleading with them and trying to hold them back, all three salesgirls finally, rather than face the flames, leaped off the roof to death. Alone with his blanket, the personnel manager began his delayed trip downstairs. It was too late. Not even the bones of Louis Frichet...
...editorial staff of the Memphis Press-Scimitar was recalled to its office to get out an extra edition on the bombing of Chicago, St. Louis, the threatened bombing of Memphis. A brave Californian telephoned Oakland police that he was prepared to go East and repel the invader. In Providence frightened townsfolk demanded that the electric company black out the city to save it from the enemy. Pious Virginians telephoned the Richmond Times-Dispatch that they were praying...
...Madison, an undefeated Wisconsin team that had trounced Marquette and Iowa, put up a brave front against Pittsburgh but could not muster enough strength even to dent the No. 1 team of the East until the last ten seconds of play when Pitt, in front 26-to-0, put its third-string men on the field. Final score: Pitt 26, Wisconsin...
Serge Koussevitsky feels very strongly for the Czechoslovakian people and detests the injustices which they have experiences in recent months. He therefore consider it his duty to do his bit in expressing his and this country's sympathy for that brave little democracy, by favoring her own son Dvorak in his opening program. Ernes M. Jandorf...