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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Spurring full speed on a shaggy Mongolian pony, War Lord Tang flourished his repeating rifle, drew bead on a stationary target, riddled its bulls-eye with lead. ''Marshal Tang is also a dead pistol shot," boasted one of his officers. "He shoots with his left hand, with his right and with both hands at once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA-JAPAN: Two-Gun Tang | 3/6/1933 | See Source »

...island of Japan. To reach Lingyuan they would have to take two mountain passes of great natural strategic strength. Reputedly these passes were held by picked troops sent down from Chengteh by the Governor of Jehol, redoubtable Tang Yulin (see col. 1) and up from China proper by "Young Marshal" Chang Hsueh-liang of Peiping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: War of Jehol | 3/6/1933 | See Source »

...with fear (as well they might be) hundreds of Japanese Peiping residents as well as North Chinese piled onto trains bound for Central China and Shanghai whither 3,882 cases of Manchu treasures were lately shipped from Peiping by the "Young Marshal," no fool (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: War of Jehol | 3/6/1933 | See Source »

...point for a Crimson victory; while S. G. Haskins '35, the only Sophomore among the first ten players, couples a slightly unorthodox style of playing with indefatigable endurance, which breaks down an opponent's complacency as nothing else can. Bo Breck '34, recently out of Stillman infirmary, and Marshal Fabyan '34, complete the nine-man team, while J. B. Walker '33, Archibald Cox, Jr. '34, and R. S. Francis '33 are the reserves...

Author: By Time Out., | Title: Lining Them Up | 3/1/1933 | See Source »

...quite true that the Debating Council conspicuously lacks the support of the undergraduate body. This is not so much the fault of the Council as of the undergraduates, who fail to realize their lamentable deficiency in public speaking, always so clearly revealed when the First Marshal rises to act as chairman of the Lee Wade and Boylston Prize Speaking Contests...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debatable | 2/28/1933 | See Source »

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