Word: controllable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...demands of industrialists and "moderate" military men in his Cabinet that Japan halt her offensive and limit the campaign to the occupation of the "conquered" territory. On the other hand, the Cabinet's military ' "extremists" insist that Japan push on to the final goal, i. e., control of all of China and the fall of Chiang Kaishek...
...streets commandeering commercial trucks. One U. S. automobile branch agency was given a rush order for 1,800 machines. Next step observers last week believed imminent was the complete application of the National Mobilization Act, which would place the nation on full wartime footing, give the army virtual control over industry and all phases of national life...
...added last week. Even Japanese admitted that the city of Lanfeng, 150 miles west of Suchow, had been retaken by Chinese regulars. To the Japanese their withdrawal was strategically necessary. To the Chinese, Lanfeng's recapture was a major success. Both sides admitted that the battle for control of the strategic Lunghai Railway was not yet over, that the recent capture of Suchow had not yet caused the collapse of China's resistance on the central front. Extensively along the railway the Japanese attacked, and the war began spreading to hitherto quiet parts of China. Reports placed...
...crash of a United Air Liner in a Cleveland gulch last week, this much was known: at 11:07 p.m., the DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport) radioed Cleveland: SHIP OVER PARKMAN. FOUR THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE. EVERYTHING O.K. A few minutes later Radio Operator James C. Wynne, in the Cleveland Airport control tower, saw the plane and prepared to "talk" Pilot James Brandon in to a landing. Suddenly the DST disappeared...
...sedentary occupation was elimination of the necessity for struggling up out of a comfortable chair to cross the room and tune another station. The eliminator made its appearance last week when at a dealers' and distributors' Chicago convention, Philco Radio & Television Corp. engineers demonstrated their new Mystery Control unit...