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Word: malaca (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1936-1936
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...chief water-main serving the northern part of the city. Fifteen fires by explosions started in various places. Bombed and burned with a loss of 1,000,000 pesos was Parsons Hardware Co., only a quarter of a mile from the great tinder box of the President's Malacañan Palace. Police with riot guns raced through the city trying by a frantic display of energy to conceal the fact that Benigno Ramos' proclamation had completely lulled their suspicions, that they had taken few precautions against such violence, that they had no idea whether Sakdalistas, Communists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PHILIPPINES: Shattered Sleep | 10/12/1936 | See Source »

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