Word: englis
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TONG WAR-!?Eng Ying Gong and Bruce Grant?Nicholas L. Brown...
...Author Eng Ying (Eddie) Gong, proprietor of an Americanized restaurant at No. 1 Pell Street (nucleus of Manhattan's Chinatown) observed, noted, took part in tong warfare, wrote an inside story of it. Along came Reporter Bruce Grant, who read the story, realized that it was an expose exciting and spectacular enough to appeal to underworld-minded readers, was the first authentic history of the tongs ever written, was a splendid scoop. He wrote Author Gong's manuscript into reportorial text. All Reporter Grant needed was a rewrite...
Whereas all major New York papers gave "The European Union" from half a page to a page, the British Labor Party's Daily Herald played it down to less than half a column. Britons of all parties seemed uneasy lest a European bloc against Eng land emerge. Since Scot MacDonald is a Socialite on cordial terms with the Second (Socialist) International, he was placed in an awkward fix last week. For French, German and indeed all Socialist papers on the Continent hailed "The European Union" as a braingrandchild of the Internationale. (M. Briand. of course, is a Socialist...
...Manhattan, two old Chinese, Eng Loy, 51, and his cousin Eng Fu-wee, 62, retired to their room. Eng Loy asked for a blanket. Eng Fu-wee refused to give him one. Eng Loy grabbed the blanket. Eng Fu-wee hit Eng Loy with a meat cleaver. Eng Loy found a meat cleaver and hit Eng...
When separated, half an hour later, both were covered with blood, both had had their skulls fractured many times. Doctors said Eng Loy might not live. Eng Fu-wee soon died...