Word: clashings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...This was exactly the "incident" the Japanese Army had been waiting for as an excuse to extend its control south and west of the province of Jehol, occupied in 1933, to the remaining North China provinces of Chahay, Hopei, Suiyuan, Shansi and Shantung. Spurning Chinese offers to investigate the clash, Japanese commanders swung their big guns on Peking itself-and the war in China...
...famed "purge" of radicals two years later. Victor Christgau was next given the $6,500 job of setting up WPA in his home State. Since 1935 he has administered $95,000,000 worth of Minnesota WPA projects in a manner not always acceptable to Elmer A. Benson. Their bitterest clash took place last winter, when Administrator Christgau refused to appropriate $700,000 for a weed eradication project sponsored by the Governor. Last fortnight, WPA's high command issued an order summarily removing Mr. Christgau, appointing Roy C. Jacobson, WPA field representative, as Minnesota's acting WPAdministrator...
Lowell and Kirkland softballers clash at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon in the most crucial House athletic contest of the year, because the Straus cup and the House championship go to the winner of today's game, so closely placed are the Bellboys and the Deacons in point totals...
This afternoon in the stadium unusually large delegations from all Houses will clash in the annual spring track meet. So close in point totals to date are Eliot, Lowell, and Kirkland that the House cup may depend on the outcome...
Manager Will Carfare of the poonmen pulled what he thought was a fasty on the CRIMSON yesterday afternoon when he decided to hurl the annual baseball clash himself. But his tactical master piece backfired, and the legit editors drove him to a shower of beer as they batted out between 50 and 60 hits to tally 23 times. Meanwhile the funny fellows just fanned and fanned but were finally presented with two makers for tradition's sake...