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...criminal action for some forgotten offense, of exhorbitant initation fees later on, even possible injury to her children, confronted the girl who held out against her immediate co-workers. Since there were more unionized waitresses than non-unionized, it is not too much to say that they were the heaviest offenders in this dining hall controversy, whereas the "inside union" may be very likely be open to attack in the current drive to unionize chamber-maids...
...north and central China. In the sunny south, where Japanese troops are not yet operating on a large scale, Japanese pilots busied themselves systematically bombing Canton's rail approaches from both Hankow and Hong Kong. One day this week they bombed in relays for nine solid hours, the heaviest air-strafing yet seen in Japan's war in China...
Meanwhile, for the third time bitter fighting was under way at Teruel. Generalissimo Franco, having decided that to recapture that city was a better psychological move than starting another offensive, laid down the heaviest artillery barrage the war has yet seen. Wave after wave of his infantry followed, finally captured El Muleton, the second of Teruel's four strategic heights to be regained by the Rightists. Sticking grimly to their lines, Leftist officers admitted that if El Caudillo had sufficient reserves, Teruel might fall to the Rightists again, pointed out that this would leave Franco just where...
Total visits to all clinics this fall are 6,342, the figures show, which is 363 more than a year ago. Commenting, Bock said, "The various clinics as a whole are running nearly parallel with last year, which was the heaviest year in the history of the department...
Another week passed, and no square mile changed hands in Spain last week but signs were not lacking that the six-weeks' stalemate would not last much longer. On Thanksgiving eve, Madrid, quiet for over a month, received its heaviest shelling since October 16. Some 300 buildings were damaged, scores of civilians were killed. It happened to be the first occasion that Counselor of U. S. Embassy Walter Thurston had visited Madrid in over a year. Unscathed, he presided at a Thanksgiving dinner (from cans) for the remnants of Madrid's U. S. colony: five newspaper correspondents...