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Whether or not the battle which was in progress last week would be remembered in history above the great battles of Lord Nelson-the Nile (1798), which broke Napoleon's Oriental ambitions, and Trafalgar'(1805), which limited his ambitions in Europe-remained to be seen. Those affairs exposed the marrow of British power. One summer evening at Abukir Bay, after a maddening two months' search in which his fleet had been without benefit of speedy frigates for scouting, Nelson with his 14 ships of the line came on the fleet of 15 Frenchmen at anchor. Moving down...
...There are ten medical schools in Nationalist China. Held by the Japanese are Peiping Union Medical College ("The Johns Hopkins of the Orient"), St. John's and Aurora in Shanghai...
SHANGHAI (Friday)-Fear that the European war might spread to the Orient "at any moment" was voiced in high Occidental diplomatic quarters today and appeared to be based on a belief that Japan will join Germany and Italy in a simultaneous "knock-out" offensive against the British Empire...
...went to call on the King. Leaving the Royal Palace, he discovered that his wallet containing passport, money and letters of introduction was missing. A search began and an appeal was made for its return. As "Wild Bill's" hour of de parture arrived, the Orient Express was kept waiting 20 minutes while the Royal Palace was ransacked. Finally, he departed for Yugoslavia, Greece, Albania, Turkey minus wallet and passport. He still had his watch...
...Japan and the combustible China coast. But the shake-up did not shake it much. Still flying his flag on the flagship Augusta was 63-year-old Admiral Thomas Charles Hart, whom fellow Annapolis cadets called "Dad" (because he had a baby face). Wise in the ways of the Orient, Tommy Hart has only five months to go to retirement, has done too good a job to be pulled out before his time...