Word: localize
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...into Tsingtao piled 600 more Japanese marines. When their commander made secret demands which local Chinese officials pluckily rejected as "unreasonable and fantastic," Japanese war boats rushed into port to menace Tsingtao further with their big guns. The Japanese marines moved forward to seize the city's water works, then moved back as 3,000 Chinese troops approached. Sudden freezing weather came and 36,000 locked-out Chinese millworkers shivered, railing at the warm Japanese millowners...
...September by the Federal Council of Churches' National Preaching Mission to revivify the spiritual life of the U. S. (TIME, Sept. 28). This venture, first of its kind, enlisted the aid of 70 U. S., Canadian and British religionists who in groups of various sizes visited 25 U.S. localities. Conceived originally by one-time Moderator Hugh Thomson Kerr of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., the project cost $60,000 of which two-thirds was raised by local churches, the rest by private donations, John D. Rockefeller Jr. being put down for a modest contribution. With details...
...occasion for the controversy in Student Union ranks is the instruction of delegates from the local chapter to the national convention of the American Student Union in Chicago. There the issue of definite affiliation with a radical political party will arise, and Harvard's radicals are eager to rope the local organization in on their side. By succumbing to their wiles, the Student Union will automatically cease to exist as a living force in the University...
Contrary to local reports, information from observers in northern New England report a heavy fall of snow throughout yesterday and early last night. Reports from Stowe, Vermont; and Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire report a steady fall. Laconia, New Hampshire, the nearest place reporting snow, has a near freezing temperature which may cause rain before morning...
...Mansfield at Stowe, Vermont, now boasts nearly 40 miles of trails. Forming a network about the mountain the trails include such well known runs as Nosedive and Chinclip. Trails for all types of skiers from expert to novice have been laid out by the C.C.C. under the guidance of local ski clubs...