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First shot in New Jersey's gubernatorial campaign was immediately fired not by Democrat Moore nor Republican Clee but by an Independent, a Parsi named Dinshah Pestanji Framji Ghadiali, whose first name means "King of Duty." Born in Bombay 63 years ago, King of Duty Ghadiali has been, according...
Another piece of frankness unfamiliar to Oriental diplomacy bobbed up last week when word reached Shanghai from Tokyo that the Chinese Ambassador, old Hsu Shih-ying, had padded up to Japanese Foreign Minister Hirota's office, expressed a desire on behalf of China to arrange a non-aggression pact...
The price of rhubarb root (a cathartic) last week rose to 65? a lb., up almost 200% in the past three weeks. Ephedrine (a nasal astringent), which hay fever sufferers this month are using everywhere, similarly shot up 200% to $3 an ounce. Mandrake root, which Elizabethans considered a cure...
One of the most celebrated U. S. citizens involved in the Japanese earthquake of 1924 was Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Sr. who was on a world tour. That the family of the 26th U. S. president could hope last week to keep up with that of the 32nd (see p. 18...
This blunt admission, distressingly crude, had its elegant Japanese counterpart in a speech to the Diet last week by Premier Prince Konoye. "I think there are many persons in the Chinese Government who understand Japan, including General Chiang Kai-shek," purred the Premier. "I think it should be the basic...