Word: lefts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...night late last month, Cheng Chien, defender of Changsha, slipped over the Communist lines, surrendered the city. In Canton, the Nationalists promptly-named Cheng's boyhood friend, Chen Ming-jen, to succeed him as defender of what was left of Hunan province. Said Chen: "I shall defend the nation and protect my native province...
...Ming-jen defected to the Communists too. Another southward lunge brought the Communists within 215 miles of Canton, where weary Nationalist officials began packing again. Their next stop: Chungking, scene of their exile during most of the war with Japan. Nationalist General Pai Chung-hsi hastily regrouped what was left of his forces at Hengyang...
...worst earthquake in Ecuador's modern history* last week destroyed the garden city of Ambato (pop. 30,000) and left surrounding towns like Latacunga (pop. 20,000) mostly rubble. Estimates of the uncounted dead in the Andean valley ran into the thousands; in the town of Pelileo only 300 of 3,500 survived...
After nine years on the Supreme Court at an annual salary of $25,000, Justice Frank Murphy left an estate in Washington of $2,100-of which $1,600 was due his hotel...
...Appling has been celebrating his 40th birthday for several years now. The evidence indicates that he was born in High Point, N.C., some 42 or 43 years ago, moved with his family to Atlanta, played shortstop at Fulton High and at Oglethorpe University (where he also played football). He left Oglethorpe after two years to play baseball with the Atlanta Crackers, and the White Sox snapped him up during his first season...