Word: lem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...LEM W. HOUSTON...
Long ago Chiang pondered that prob-lem and selected the province of Szechwan. backed right against the Tibetan highlands and 125 miles from British Burma. Szechwan, biggest province in China proper, has a population (76,000,000) bigger than the white population of the British Empire. It is more or less isolated from Eastern China by mountain ranges and the gorges of the Yangtze River. In its centre forehanded General Chiang has quietly been setting up the biggest military and aviation base in China, 850 miles from his capital of Nanking. Szechwan's one liability is that...
...fortune in the big city, Lemuel sets out for Manhattan, falls victim to a confidence man. and is jailed by mistake. Here his dismantling begins: all his teeth are pulled out by order of the kindly warden. Lemuel is surprised to meet his friend Shagpoke in prison. To Lem's commiseration the bankster replies: "I am an American businessman, and this place is just an incident in my career...
...Florida casino. Actually, however, the countenance of Edward G. Robinson is less wicked than Mongolian. Shrewdly cast in this old (David Belasco-Achmed Abdullah) melodrama of San Francisco's Chinatown, he needs no make-up to assure you that he is the heathen executioner of the Lem Sing Tong...
...Waters. Time--four 22-minute periods, two 5-minute overtimes. Referce--J. Carr. HARVARD 1934 M.I.T. 1934 Nichols, g. g., Becker, Hetzel, Bull Wemple, r.f.b. r.f.b., Seligman Pollard, Oppenheimer, l.f.b. l.f.b., Guerro Damon, Gummere, r.h.b. r.h.b., Gallardo Robinson, c.h.b. c.h.b., Hansen Robbins, l.h.b. l.h.b., Brockman Gilbert, Chase, o.r.f. o.r.f., Lem Streeter, i.r.f. i.r.f., Consentino Nolan, Martin, c.f. c.f., Krom (Captain) Masjoan, i.l.f. i.l.f., Gray, Conn Baxter, Lawrence, o.l.f. o.l.f., De Vausney, Polsson...