Word: mcphee
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Just at the corner of Nanking Road, not one block from the Wing On department store, accidentally demolished by Chinese air bombs last August, the inevitable grenade was thrown. "I saw a figure across the street throw something," John McPhee, Scottish inspector of Shanghai police, related afterward. "I watched a blur coming toward me. The object hit the ground and rolled between my feet. I pushed a Japanese civilian away and turned around just as the object exploded. A piece of shrapnel cut through my coat and hit my police card. I'm pretty lucky. I thought...
...Carols Christ Is Born of Maiden Fair Gauntlett This Is the Truth Sent from Above Vaughan-Williams Le Miracle de Saint Nicolas French Carol Soloists: Karl E. Schevill '37 David P. McAllester '38 Sing We Noel Tutti venite armati Gastoldi Glorious Apollo Webbe Two Sea Chanties arr by Colin McPhee Stormalong Solist: John L. Bishop '37 What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor? Soloist: Benjamin C. Riggs '37 Der Gang zum Liebchen Brahms Four Choruses from "Patience" Sullivan
...Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, Scot Willis McPhee left his house bright & early one morning bent on swapping his rusty 40.40 rifle for what he could get. Dark & late that night Scot Willis McPhee returned with a Mauser rifle, an eight-day clock, a pair of rubber boots, a yellow cat, a goat great with...
...Collier's printed it in booklet form and sent out more than 50,000 copies to those who had voluntarily requested copies. CARL KULBERG Assistant to the President Collier's New York City "Evangeline" Department (Cont'd) Sirs: In re the matter of Mr. Douglas G. McPhee's Sept. 4 comment, may I say: In the heart of New York City, by the shining big sea water, . . . Not the poem "Hiawatha" gave the rhythm of that item Yes, I know Longfellow used it, but not so in "Hiawatha" Couched in "Hiawatha's" meter, this...
DOUGLAS G. McPHEE...