Word: droving
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Feeling their way along the 1,000-mile Spanish front for a soft spot to strike next, last week the Rightists struck Madrid. Taking advantage of the shift of thousands of Leftist Spain's best veteran troops to other more pressing areas, Rightist troops drove their way into Parque del Oeste, succeeded in momentarily scaring Leftist defenders of the University City salient...
Shantung Campaign. The historic first defeat in modern times of a major Japanese force, when Chinese fortnight ago drove the invaders out of Taierhchwang and chased them 20 miles back into Yihsien, brought down overwhelming Japanese reinforcements from Tsinan and Tsingtao last week. These raised the siege of Yihsien, from which 20,000 Chinese retreated, and approximately 150,000 Japanese effectives were said to face perhaps 400,000 Chinese along the broad "Chinese Hindenburg Line" paralleling the Lunghai Railway. Greatly alarmed, responsible Chinese newsorgans editorialized last week "Suchow is our Verdun," admitted that if Suchow is taken by the Japanese...
...King of Kings that an architect omitted plumbing detail when building a hotel, that Teheran's water supply still came through the streets in half-open, easily contaminated cement drains, that Teheran's old electric power plant had a limited capacity. When His Imperial Majesty drove at night through a street not sufficiently lighted for his tastes, he ordered more powerful bulbs installed. Upshot of this was that the rest of Teheran was plunged into semidarkness...
Egypt's 18-year-old King Farouk last week drove through Cairo streets, sardine-packed with cheering, cotton-robed fellaheen to open the first Parliament elected since his Coronation. Sixteen-year-old Queen Farida, who has been breaking precedents right & left since her betrothal, last week led the way in breaking another. With Queen Mother Nazli she watched the opening from the royal loge, the first time female members of the royal family have attended the traditional male function...
Besides Lupien, catcher Paul Doyle and second baseman Dave Shean garnered three hits apiece. Shortstop Dick Grondahl drove out two base knocks in three attempts, and all the other Mitchellmen, even the light-hitting Curtiss, get one safe blow, except Rud Hoye. Centerfielder Gannett and left-fielder Jo Jo Soltz smacked doubles. Two of Doyle's hits were two-base affairs...