Word: news
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meanwhile, however, rumors that General Han Fu-chu, the able, progressive former Governor of Shantung, had been executed for failure to resist the Japanese (TIME, Jan. 24) were followed last week by definite news that he had been executed at Hankow by a firing squad. Said Shanghai's Daily China Press, which the distant Chinese Government still controls: "The shamelessness of many Chinese generals in the recent past is indeed appalling. Even in the days of the defunct [Imperial] Manchu regime responsible generals were wont to resort to suicide in attempts to redeem their personal honor...
Even more money was saved by worried department-store owners and souvenir manufacturers. Forgetting their Princess' national trait of doing things thoroughly, but slowly, thousands of souvenir baby spoons, mugs, cups and porringers had been made, almost all of them marked "January 1938." Days passed with no news from rural Soesdijk Palace before which stood a silent crowd, forbidden by palace officials to shout, or even to stamp their feet to keep warm. Finally with less than 24 hours of January left to make the birthday mugs legitimate, the Princess' Princess was born...
...encouraging for the families of the colonists was the news printed last week by Armed Forces (Benito Mussolini's official military paper). It gave an account, presumably not exaggerated, of the difficulties of pacifying Ethiopia. During the rainy season (mid-June to mid-September) 113 Italian bombing planes were kept busy supplying isolated Italian outposts. Armed Forces described as "characteristic" the "episodes" of Lalibela, Bilbala Gorgis, Debra Brehan and Debra Sina...
...Names make news." Last week these names made this news...
Over three weeks ago a bitter ruction broke out in print among the elite of U. S. sportswriters when New York News Sports Editor Jimmy Powers reproached some of his fellows for an alleged alliance with sharp Promoter Mike Jacobs. New York Mirror Sports Editor Dan Parker countered that "Screwball Bowers" had "appropriated" word for word a Herbert Gorem sports story from the New York Sun, "used it ... in his syndicated out-of-town column...