Word: canton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chinese Communists cracked down on some of the last remaining Roman Catholic missions. News reaching Hong Kong indicated that the Reds had arrested at least eleven priests in Shanghai, ten in Tientsin and an unknown number in Canton. Familiar charge: the priests were "well-known spies...
...matches, firecrackers and Sin. Into Macao one day last week came the Portuguese ship Rovuma, with a cargo of iron and steel plates, machine tools and industrial chemicals. That night coolies shifted the Rovuma's freight into motorized junks, which began moving up the Pearl River toward Canton...
Edward P. Almy, Dedham, Mass.; Edward P. Bliss, Sherborn, Mass.; John R. Bray, Orchard Park, N. Y.; George W. Chase, Canton, Mass.; Richard J. Clasby, Natick, Mass.; Walter S. Cooledge 3d, Arlington, Mass.; Thomas J. Coolidge Jr., Brookline, Mass.; Walter F. Greeley, Framingham, Mass.; Edward A. Hubbard, South Natick, Mass.; Francis X. Mahoney, Boston, Mass.; Douglas C. Manchester, Newton, Mass.; Edward J. Mrkonich, Eveleth, Minn.; James B. O'Brien, Cambridge, Mass.; Edwin B. Richardson, New York City; Reginald N. Wood, Marblehead, Mass.; Maynard W. Powning, Wayland, Mass...
...British" captured Von Rundstedt at Bad Tölz. General Von Rundstedt was captured at Bad Tölz, somewhat dramatically, by 2nd Lieut. Joseph E. Burke of St. Petersburg, Fla., then a platoon leader in the 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th ("Texas") Infantry Division . . . JOHN F. MORGAN Canton, Ohio...
...make the most of it. In 1913 he signed with the New York Giants as an outfielder, played off and on in the National League until 1919. But it was as a pro footballer that Jim made his fame, if not his fortune. A longtime star of the Canton (Ohio) Bull Dogs, he ended his playing days in 1929, a tough old man of 41. Knute Rockne liked to recall one pro game against Thorpe. Playing end, Rockne twice crashed through the blocking backs and dumped Jim for a loss. "Rock," said Jim, "do you see all those people...