Word: leaders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ally (nominally his subordinate) Yen Hsi-shan, the so-called "Model Governor" of Shansi Province. By Yen's orders certain of Chang Tso-lin's troops who had been preserving order in the city ad interim were allowed to depart with a Nationalist safe conduct, after their leader, General Pao Yulin, had partaken of a farewell ceremonious cup of tea. The Peking Diplomatic Corps informed the Nationalists, at this point, in the name of the Great Powers, that General Pao and his men, by preserving order through a difficult crisis, had deserved well of all concerned and must...
...Mongolia and her return to China" Wen-chi is the name of a Chinese lady who was captured and carried away to the North by invading Tartars in 195 A.D. She was ransomed after 12 years of exile in the desolate country of Mongolia and returned to marry the leader of the Chinese army. Her misfortunes and their happy ending became the subject of legends and poetry that in turn were used as topics for illustration by the classic Chinese artists...
Walsh a son of a former major league hurler, was on the mound for the South Bend outfit, and held the Harvard batters well in hand throughout the nine innings. He allowed only seven' hits and struck out ten men. Walsh also was a leader in his team's attack, scoring four runs and collecting a home run and two singles in four times...
...year-old Jack Linder who weighed 341 pounds. He was the most honored guest at the garden party given by Thomas M. Farley, political leader of the Fourteenth Assembly District. Mr. Farley's district is full of Jewish, Italian and Irish constituents. All of these have plenty of children and plenty were at Mr. Farley's party last week. As demure and vagrant as fluffy rabbits, the little girls in their white dresses went creeping about the lawns giving vent to small cries. The stags at the party chased them from time to time: there was a regrettable...
Samuel Emory Thomason, onetime general manager of the Chicago Tribune, purchased last week for some $2,000,000 the Chicago Daily Journal, oldest newspaper in Chicago (founded in 1844). Associated with him in the purchase was John Stewart Bryan, handsome publisher of the Richmond, Va., News-Leader. The late John C. Eastman had willed the Daily Journal to five employes before his death...